PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) South Africa scored two tries in a minute in the second half on the way to beating France 37-14 on Saturday, a pressure-relieving win for coach Allister Coetzee.
The Springboks ended a four-test losing streak that hung over Coetzee’s team from last year, the worst season in their modern history.
Victory over an experimental French team in the first game of a three-test series was made comfortable only midway through the second half by a penalty try and a try from scrumhalf Ross Cronje on debut, with those scores coming in quick succession in the 60th and 61st minutes.