South Africa, defender of the crown as the current champion, defeated Scotland for the first date of Group B of the France 2023 Rugby World Cup.
In a tough match between two candidates for the title in the competition, South Africa managed to beat its rival by 18 to 3 by Pieter-Steph Du Toit and Kurt-Lee Arendse.
The Springboks They showed their best version in the second half and beat Scotland, who opted for a physical game but it was not enough to stop the three-time World Cup champion in their history.
The other results
Japan defeated Chile 42-12, which had its World Cup debut, on the first day of Group D of the Rugby World Cup being held in Francewhere Los Pumas fell against England.
The Asian team scored six tries and had Rikiya Matsuda as the top scorer with 12 points to achieve a key victory at the start of the competition.
Chile, for its part, participates for the first time in its history in a Rugby World Cup, so it was a momentous day for sport in that country despite the result.
In the same group, this Saturday Los Pumas lost 27 to 10 against Englandso the albiceleste team no longer has a margin of error to meet the objective of qualifying for the next stage of the competition.
Source: Ambito
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