Springboks romp to victory in Australia in Rugby Championship opener

Winger Kurt-Lee Arendse scored two tries as South Africa matched their biggest ever win over the Wallabies on Australian soil with a 33-7 victory over their error-strewn hosts in the Rugby Championship opener in Brisbane.

The world champions have added New Zealand attack coach Tony Brown to their technical team in a bid to instil a more ball-in-hand style and it was on full display as they ran in five tries with Siya Kolisi, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Kwagga Smith also crossing for scores.

An inexperienced Australia battled to get a foothold in the game and were dominated in the scrum and at the breakdown as they succumbed to a first defeat under new coach Joe Schmidt.

They did manage a late try through centre Hunter Paisami after the visitors had been reduced to 13 players via yellow cards.

It leaves plenty of food for thought for Schmidt ahead of a second Rugby Championship meeting between the sides in Perth next Saturday after the Springboks matched their record 38-12 success in Brisbane in 2013.

"We said as a group this is a big game for us to win, I am proud of the boys," Springboks captain Kolisi said. "We stuck to what we planned in the week, we are a learning team, coach Tony is trying to make us play differently in attack.

"When you are on top you have to make sure you take your opportunities and we lost a few lineouts in key areas. That is an area we need to improve."

The visitors crossed for their first try following an innovative attacking lineout move.

Ben-Jason Dixon took the ball at the set-piece and immediately offloaded to Eben Etzebeth, who was also still in the air. That changed the point of attack and the Springboks were able to maul the ball over the line through Kolisi.

The home side's defence was stoic in the