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Exhibition rugby was celebrated at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on Saturday as the Springboks and Barbarians played with a smile, not a care in the world and without the pressure and expectation of a Test match environment.
Leinster, 20-11 victors, will play the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship final at the Aviva Stadium on June 20
It is fashionable for South African props to be the main attraction, and so it proved once again at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday with a player-of-the-match performance by Stormers loosehead Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Morne van den Berg won the battle of the No 9s with fellow Springbok halfback Jaden Hendrikse, and the Lions won the match 34-22.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu arrived in Gqeberha as rugby’s hottest property and within the opening 10 minutes he had produced a tactical masterclass.
Ireland were brave but the Boks were brutal — winning for first time in Dublin since Erasmus took over in 2018
