There may be debate over whether he should have been Man of the Match over Siya Kolisi but what Damian Willemse’s performance against Australia in Sydney did was give the Springbok brains trust a few things to ponder.

With Willemse in the starting team at flyhalf in the place of an injured Handré Pollard who has a knee injury and second-in-line Elton Jantjies who has a troublesome hand, the Springboks played with a lot more variety and even hints of audaciousness than one has become accustomed to...

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