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South Africa wing Makazole Mapimpi scored two tries before the world champions withstood a fierce Scotland second-half onslaught as they launched their November campaign with a 32-15 win at Murrayfield on Sunday.
The victory took the Springboks back to the top of the world rankings.
Mapimpi struck twice in the first half as South Africa, fresh from adding this year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship title to their back-to-back World Cup triumphs, led 19-9 at the break.
But Scotland stayed in touch through five Finn Russell penalties only for the Boks to pull clear late on.
Although the fly-half reduced the visitors’ lead to just four points at 19-15 heading into the last quarter, Scotland were unable to manage a try for the second straight game against South Africa.
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