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Waisea Sedre Luveniyali of Fiji is tackled by Francois Steyn of the Springboks during the IRB 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between South Africa and Fiji at Wellington Regional Stadium on September 17, 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand.
( September 16, 2011 - Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images AsiaPac)
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South Africa made up for their opening World Cup wobble against Wales by powering past Fiji 49-3 in Wellington on Saturday.
The defending champions were a far superior outfit from the one that edged the Welsh by one point a week ago, and silenced their critics with a comprehensive six-try victory.
Perhaps the biggest achievement for South Africa was keeping the Flying Fijians tryless, and credit must go to their outstanding defence which was rock-solid for 80 minutes.
Whilst Fiji never took a step back, the Boks simply had too much class for the islanders in a free-flowing spectacle that saw plenty of running rugby - most of which came from the men in green and gold.
Man of the match: Every Bok player from 1-15 put their hand up, but we'll go for Frans Steyn, who was influential throughout.
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next test:
9-22
SA v Namibia
Auckland
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9-25
Fiji v Samoa
Auckland
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