The lead changed hands four times and the teams scored a try apiece – both of them in the first six minutes – with the ultimate difference on the scoreboard being that New Zealand kicked five from five, the Boks kicked four from five.

The Springboks were transformed from their error-strewn defeat to the Wallabies a week ago. The All Blacks scrum and lineout was put under enormous pressure and their attempts to run through or around the defence produced no reward.