Fly-half ‘amazing’ in Springboks’ huge victory

Coach Rassie Erasmus has lauded Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu as an “incredible talent”, after the fly-half scored a record 37 points to lead South Africa to a crushing 67-30 victory over Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Sept 27.

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But the two-time Rugby World Cup-winning coach warned that the 23-year-old is not yet the finished article after the triumph in Durban took the team to the top of the table.

Feinberg-Mngomezulu put in one of the great performances in a Springboks jersey, scoring a hat-trick of tries and kicking 10 of his 1l attempts at goal for eight conversions and two penalties. The conversion he missed rebounded off a post at Kings Park Stadium.

His tally broke the record for most points by a South African player in a Test, held by Percy Montgomery with 35 points against Namibia since 2007.

“We are very happy to win because it is one hell of a willing, very good Argentina side. Both teams were really up for it, but individual brilliance made a massive difference for us tonight,” said Erasmus.

“No one would disagree that Sacha was brilliant on the day.