A much-changed South Africa ran in seven ‌tries as they cruised to a bonus-point victory over Wales in Durban to continue their winning start in the inaugural Nations Championship.Despite the scoreline, it was far from a polished performance by the Springboks as the home side wasted numerous opportunities to push further ahead.Wales offered little by way of a contest, held scoreless by the Springboks for a second game in a row having lost to the world champions 73-0 last November.Reaction: New Zealand ease to victory over Ireland Listen | 18:42It took less than five minutes for South Africa to hit the front ‌as first Cobus Wiese ⁠burst through a couple of tackles before his brother Jasper barged over for their opening try.The Springboks won a penalty from the first scrum and demolished Wales in the second to lay down an early marker ‌as Reinach picked up from the base of the third to score easily.The host’s dominated possession and territory for the remainder of the ​half, but poor handling meant their third try came just before the break to give them a 19-0 lead.Rassie Erasmus’ side added four more tries in the second half as their set-piece dominance continued, but so did their inaccuracy with ball in hand.France's Maxime Lucu scores a try against Japan. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images In Tokyo, France ran in six tries against a ragged Japan, with Maxime Lamothe and Matthieu Jalibert each grabbing a brace for Les Bleus.France took advantage of the high-tempo, unstructured play with Alexandre Roumat and Maxime Lucu also dotting down.While Japan showed flashes of attacking brilliance, it was a disappointing end to a strong run of matches which included an emphatic 27-10 win over Italy and a dogged 20-36 defeat ​to Ireland.France got off to a flyer with Lamothe powering over from a lineout maul two minutes after kick-off. The Brave Blossoms looked shell-shocked in the opening exchanges ‌but ‌​showed some mettle to inch into a slim lead with a penalty from fullback Takuro Matsunaga and a silky piece of counter-attacking play finished off by Kippei ⁠Ishida.[ All Blacks beat Ireland with plenty to spare at Eden Park fortressOpens in new window ]But that ​would be the only time they were ahead. Minutes ​later Jalibert found himself in acres ‌of space as a ragged Japan back-pedalled towards ​their line. Having lost a man to the sin bin in the lead-up to they try, Japan struggled further and France ⁠took full advantage, Lucu grabbing the bonus-point try.Eddie Jones’s side rallied before the break, with prop Sojiro Otsuka bulldozing through several French defenders from a close-range tap penalty to cut their deficit to 13 points for the break, but France had their way in the second half, Lamothe picking off his second try.Les Bleus lost two players to yellow cards in the final quarter, but still ⁠Japan could not add to their tally with the hot and humid conditions taking a toll.Australia head coach Joe Schmidt embraces Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii after the Wallabies' win over Italy. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images Meanwhile, Australia lock Josh ‌Canham scored a hat-trick of tries in ‌a rampant win over Italy to give head coach Joe Schmidt a fitting farewell in Perth.The result ended a run of six successive ⁠defeats for the Wallabies, with ​Tom Wright, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Angus Bell, ‌Len Ikitau, Billy ​Pollard and Ben Donaldson also scoring ⁠in a feast ⁠of ​nine tries.Ryan Lonergan added five conversions, along with one for Donaldson, while captain Michele Lamaro and Australia-born Monty Ioane scored tries for the Italians.The Wallabies raced ‌to a ⁠convincing 38-5 half-time lead which provided the platform for ‌their first Test win since beating Japan ​in Tokyo last October.And at Murrayfield, Jamie Dobie scored a double off the bench as Scotland’s replacements made their mark in a second-half comeback against Fiji.Pierre Schoeman and Scott Cummings also grabbed tries on their introduction as Scotland overturned a 10-point deficit to win 33-17.Jonny Gray opened the scoring for Gregor Townsend’s side, but Fiji responded with three first-half tries, the final coming while they were down to 14 after a yellow card for Lekima Tagitagivalu.But Fiji’s resistance was broken when the Scots dominated the final half-hour to seal a bonus-point win.Saturday results:New Zealand 40 Ireland 21Japan 15 France 42Australia 57 Italy 10Fiji 17 Scotland 33South Africa 43 Wales 0