Springboks too strong for Scotland

South Africa 36 Scotland 16 : Fullback Percy Montgomery scored 21 points and South Africa four tries in a crushing defeat of…

South Africa 36 Scotland 16: Fullback Percy Montgomery scored 21 points and South Africa four tries in a crushing defeat of Scotland in Durban today.

Montgomery touched down once, and kicked two conversions and four penalties to keep the home side on top throughout.

Scotland's only reply was a late converted try by replacement left wing Simon Webster and three penalties by right wing Chris Paterson.

The home side's win was built on a commanding performance by their forwards, who were especially dominant in the scrums. Under coach Jake White, South Africa have now won 11 of their 12 home matches with the other drawn.

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Scotland have yet to beat the Springboks in South Africa after four tests in the republic.

South Africa: 15-Percy Montgomery; 14-Breyton Paulse (Gaffie du Toit, 62), 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Jean de Villiers (Wynand Olivier, 54), 11-Andre Snyman; 10-Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 9-Fourie du Preez (Ricky Januarie, 60); 8-Joe van Niekerk, 7-Juan Smith (Pedrie Wannenburg, 60), 6-Schalk Burger, 5-Victor Matfield (Johann Muller, 70), 4-Danie Rossouw, 3-Eddie Andrews, 2-John Smit (captain, Hanyani Shimange, 76), 1-Os du Randt (Lawrence Sephaka, 55).

Scotland: 15-Hugo Southwell; 14-Chris Paterson, 13-Marcus Di Rollo, 12-Andrew Henderson, 11-Sean Lamont (Simon Webster, 39); 10-Dan Parks (Gordon Ross, 63), 9-Mike Blair (Sam Pinder, 71); 8-Allister Hogg (Kelly Brown, 67), 7-Donnie Macfadyen, 6-Jason White (captain), 5-Scott Murray (Alastair Kellock, 59), 4-Nathan Hines, 3-Bruce Douglas (Craig Smith, 40), 2-Scott Lawson (Dougie Hall, 40), 1-Gavin Kerr.