The Springboks overcame a tough Samoan side 59-7 in Paris on sunday. The Samoans played a hard, physical game and held the Boks for the first 30 minutes. However in the end the class of the Boks came through as they ran in 9 tries.
Bryan Habana showed how dangerous he is with his jet shoes in scoring 4 superb tries. His pace, and strength were sublime and he is the most dangerous back in world rugby at the moment. The rest of the Boks played quite well but the rugby world cup dream is over for Jean DeVilliers after he tore his bicep muscle. Francois Steyn played well in replacing him and he is someone that could become another real star for the Boks this tournament, however he has not played alot of rugby at inside centre.
The downside to the victory is the citing of Schalk Burger. But we only have 6 days to prepare for the clash against England…the Boks should be too strong but it is going to be a tough game and may well define this world cup campaign.

South Africa 59: Tries by Bryan Habana 4, Percy Montgomery 2, Jaque Fourie and JP Pietersen Percy Montgomery kicked five conversions and three penalties.
Samoa 7: Try by Gavin Williams. Williams kicked the conversion