Australia's Tri-Nations victory over South Africa was Robbie Deans' finest hour as a Test coach, a magnificent vindication of his patience, authority and skills, writes Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald.
"Deans is only warming up with the Wallaby team, but even those of us who gladly admit to being his strongest admirers also had to concede that he was in desperate need of a confidence-boosting result in Brisbane.
"Deans' young side delivered in spades, rampaging all over South Africa by the end, as much through enthusiasm as outright Test skill. The truth for South Africa is that they were taken apart by a team with too many test newcomers and unproven performers to have won in this manner."
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