The Springboks headed to Cape Town on Sunday to prepare for a rematch with the All Blacks still searching for answers after a 27-27 draw against Australia.Players and the management described the highveld stalemate on Saturday as feeling like a loss. They knew this was one that got away. Playing at home and at high altitude should have been decisive factors to get the Boks over the line against a rebuilding Australian team that was inferior to many previous Wallaby teams in SA.Over the previous five years, the Boks had beaten the Wallabies at home four times by an average score of 26-9 with the visitors not scoring more than 10 points in a game.Coming off a 57-0 loss to the All Blacks in Albany two weeks ago, the performance in Bloemfontein was a step in the right direction. But the Wallabies are not the All Blacks.Bok coach Allister Coetzee does not have many options that will improve the side.Scrumhalf Ross Cronjé’s ability to be alive to sniping opportunities was good against the...
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