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Springboks produce storming comeback to beat All Blacks

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South Africa scored two late tries to come back from a 10-point deficit and edge New Zealand 31-27 in a bruising Rugby Championship clash at Ellis Park on Saturday that came close to matching the intensity of last year's World Cup final.The All Blacks outscored their hosts by four tries to three but the boot of new Springbok out-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu proved the difference as he contributed 16 points in the first meeting between the teams since October's Paris clash which South Africa won 12-11.Bongi Mbonambi, Kwagga Smith and Grant Williams scored the home tries while Feinberg-Mngomezulu was successful with four penalties and two conversions.Caleb Clarke ran in two tries and Codie Taylor and Jordie Barrett got one each for the visitors as Damian McKenzie added a penalty and two conversions.

It was a third victory in the southern hemisphere championship for South Africa, who were 27-17 down with 11 minutes left but used their forward power to snatch a late win."We made sure not to panic and picked ourselves up.

We didn't give up, we’ve been behind before and we can draw on those experiences," said South Africa captain Siya Kolisi.The turning point proved the yellow card for Ofa Tu'ungafasi in the 68th minute and Smith scored after a sustained attack before Williams drove over in the 75th minute to secure the win.The opening two tries both came from line-out mauls with New Zealand going over in the seventh minute after sustained pressure from the kick-off.South Africa’s opening try from Mbonambi came in the 17th minute but television replays showed he lost control of the ball as he went over the line.

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