The Wallabies agony on the high veldt continued when they were swamped by the Springboks 44-31 at Loftus Versfeld. The Sydney Morning Herald's Greg Growden reports.
"Springboks second-row Victor Matfield was able to celebrate his 100th Test after the South Africans took the lead in the 50th minute and then were not really troubled as the Wallabies error rate continued to pile up.
"The result means Australia are still yet to win in Pretoria after five Tests and they haven't won on the South African highveld since 1963, while the Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate remains up for grabs with the Tri Nations already won by New Zealand.
"In a crazy and at times, scatterbrain international, five tries were scored in the opening 14 minutes with the Wallabies starting at a frenetic rate when their winger James O'Connor scored two tries and halfback Will Genia scored another in the opening 10 minutes.
"At last fortunes appeared to be working the Wallabies way, but they fell down badly in midfield defence with the Springboks scoring a succession of soft tries before the Wallabies lineout simply fell apart."
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