Winger Jongi Nokwe became the first player to score four tries in a Tri-Nations match as South Africa routed Australia 53-8 on Saturday. Nokwe's quartet were complemented by four more from lock Andries Bekker, center Adrian Jacobs, replacement flyhalf Ruan Pienaar and Odwa Ndungane. Replacement fullback Percy Montgomery added two conversions, and flyhalf Butch James kicked three conversions and a penalty. The Wallabies managed just one try through fullback Drew Mitchell and flyhalf Matt Giteau added a penalty. Giteau slotted a simple 15-meter penalty five minutes into play and Australia held the lead for 10 further minutes before Springbok fullback Conrad Jantjes released Bekker through a short gap, and the lock ranged over for the first try of the match. The hosts struck again four minutes later when scrumhalf Fourie du Preez took a quick tap free-kick inside the visitors' 22 and passed to center Jean de Villiers who found Nokwe for the winger's first try. The speedster went over in the corner for his second following a five-metre scrum to make it 17-3. James added a penalty before Nokwe completed his hat trick, and secured the bonus point, with four minutes remaining in the first half. Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau's inaccuracy at a lineout on his 22-meter line cost the visitors when center Jean de Villiers latched onto a loose ball, before it was worked wide for Nokwe to canter over and extend South Africa's lead to 27-3 at the break. South Africa ends the tournament in third place with 10 points, while Australia remains in second with 13 points, one point behind New Zealand.
