PremiumOpinionOpinion byWinston AldworthHead of Sport·NZ Herald·30 Aug, 2026 01:01 AM8 mins to readWinston Aldworth is Head of Sport for NZME, working alongside New Zealand’s best sports journalists in the radio and publishing teams.‌How the Springboks rated in their 33-26 victory over the All Blacks in Cape Town. 1. Gerhard Steenekamp – 5Got the starting nod courtesy of Rassie Erasmus’ team-sheet mind games and seemed to relish the opportunity to bring energy to the breakdown scraps. Scrum was even.

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