Tries to Digby Ioane, Ben Alexander, James O'Connor, Stephen Moore and Adam Ashley-Cooper put the Springboks to the sword as the Wallabies ran home comfortable winners to retain the Nelson Mandela Challenge Plate and get their Tri-Nations campaign off to a good start in the lead-up to the World Cup.
Australia was ruthless in exposing the gaps in the Springboks defence and looked far more enthusiastic at the breakdown than it did against Samoa, enjoying a rare win in the physical stakes over a much-changed South African line-up.
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