Defending champions South Africa trumped their own World Cup points record with an 87-0 blitz of doughty Namibia to all but book a place in the quarter-finals at North Harbour on Thursday. The Springboks didn't quite replicate their landslide 105-13 15-try win over their African neighbours four years ago but they still finished with 12 tries, seven of them coming in the final 20 minutes as the floodgates opened.
It was a night of milestones with the Springboks bettering their previous record winning RWC margin of 66 points against Uruguay in 2003. South Africa also equalled their own record run of 10 unbeaten games at the World Cup and former IRB Player of the Year Bryan Habana set a new Springbok tryscoring record with his 39th career try. Winger Gio Aplon, replacement back Juan de Jongh and scrum-half Francois Hougaard all scored try doubles with fly-half Morne Steyn finishing with 20 points from a try, six conversions and a penalty.
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