Aug 22, 2026 · 30 min · 16 segments
A quite incredible opening to the Greatest Rivalry Series has seen New Zealand outlast South Africa 33-16 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. In what could well be an instant classic in this stories…
Brett McKayHost
Pat McCareyGuest
South Africa 16 have lost to New Zealand 33 at Ellis Park, um, in, in Johannesburg.
Um, we'll get to all the moments that matter in a moment, but well, what's the immediate thoughts? How do you try and sum up what we've just seen?
Yeah, when you were kind of saying the headline, it was just almost like the All Blacks rope-a-doped the, the Springboks and got them to punch themselves out and, and then kind of cut them to ribbons there in the final 20, 25 minutes.
And, um, you know, it was just that image at the end of Cobus Reinach and, and Marco van Staden sitting on the, in the sin bin together.
And you're like, you never would've guessed, if you thought anyone was heading to the sin bin after, like, nearly al- almost the hour mark, it was gonna be, to be three or four All Blacks sitting on the bench like Ireland had at the Aviva Stadium last November.
But, uh, yeah, a, a little bit of magic from, from a few players really turned everything around.
So I think that's gonna get everybody's attention, and it's gonna make for a fantastic series.
Uh, it has completely, it's completely flipped the, flipped the series on its head now because I think there was, uh, I think the, I think the Boks were comfortable favorites going into this first one.
They'd still to that point were three tries to one up, and then suddenly, suddenly they, uh, Luke Jacobson scores that try, and then, I don't know, it was like a, it was like a switch flicked.
South Africa 16 have lost to New Zealand 33 at Ellis Park, um, in, in Johannesburg.
Um, we'll get to all the moments that matter in a moment, but well, what's the immediate thoughts? How do you try and sum up what we've just seen?
Yeah, when you were kind of saying the headline, it was just almost like the All Blacks rope-a-doped the, the Springboks and got them to punch themselves out and, and then kind of cut them to ribbons there in the final 20, 25 minutes.
And, um, you know, it was just that image at the end of Cobus Reinach and, and Marco van Staden sitting on the, in the sin bin together.
And you're like, you never would've guessed, if you thought anyone was heading to the sin bin after, like, nearly al- almost the hour mark, it was gonna be, to be three or four All Blacks sitting on the bench like Ireland had at the Aviva Stadium last November.
But, uh, yeah, a, a little bit of magic from, from a few players really turned everything around.
So I think that's gonna get everybody's attention, and it's gonna make for a fantastic series.
Uh, it has completely, it's completely flipped the, flipped the series on its head now because I think there was, uh, I think the, I think the Boks were comfortable favorites going into this first one.
They'd still to that point were three tries to one up, and then suddenly, suddenly they, uh, Luke Jacobson scores that try, and then, I don't know, it was like a, it was like a switch flicked.
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