The Lions pushed the Springboks close on Saturday and Mike Greenaway writing in the Tribune believes that South Africa's experienced outfit were able to see them home despite some poor decisions by the coaching staff.
"The adage that form is temporary and class is permanent was lit up in green and gold on the King's Park scoreboard on Saturday night after the Springboks had showed their Rugby World Cup mettle against a Lions team that for three-quarters of the match were found out to be concealing deception beneath a month of flattery.
In the build-up to this series opener, few pundits had ventured a certain prognosis on how this one would work out. Nobody really knew.
Not the ring-rusty Boks, nor a Lions team that had been dining on fast food opposition since their arrival."
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