South Africa 42-28 Scotland

South Africa v Scotland Match Reports

South Africa scored six tries as they beat Scotland 42-28 in a thrilling Nations Championship match at Loftus Versfeld. The hosts took control of the first half with tries from Embrose Papier and Evan Roos in quick succession to open up a 14-0 lead. But Scotland responded with tries from Matt Fagerson and Kyle Rowe to draw level at 14-14 by half-time. After the break, South Africa were reduced to 14 men when Ben-Jason Dixon was shown a yellow card for foul play. Scotland failed to make their extra man count and, once restored to their full complement, the Springboks pulled clear with tries from Elrigh Louw, Damian Willemse and Zach Porthen. Scotland again hit back through Josh Bayliss and Ben White to reduce the deficit to seven points with 10 minutes remaining. But Jesse Kriel went over two minutes from time to score South Africa's sixth try and seal a hard-fought victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:

• Autumn Internationals: Battling Scotland fall short as South Africa hold on for victory in Pretoria
• BBC: Scotland fall short in 10-try thriller with South Africa
• Guardian: South Africa prove too strong for enterprising Scotland in Nations Championship
• Telegraph: Scotland give Boks a much tougher game than England
• Scottish Rugby: Match Report: South Africa 42 -28 Scotland
• SA Rugby: Boks dig deep to beat Scotland in Pretoria