On a weekend that supposedly inferior opposition have floored two northern hemisphere heavyweights, Fiji failed to make it a hat-trick of unlikely knockouts this afternoon but they gave South Africa an almighty fright.
The South Sea islanders even looked the most likely victors when they drew level with an hour played and, by repeatedly breaking the Springboks’ defence, will have given much hope to those sides watching with hopes of lifting the World Cup.
South Africa won 37-20 but will know that they will need to improve should they justify their newfound status of World Cup favourites, a tag given to them following the elimination of New Zealand and Australia yesterday. No surprise that afterwards John Smit, the winning captain, admitted, “There was a time