BRENDAN GALLAGHER

LAST week in Brisbane Pieter Steph Du Toit famously asked Luke Pearce: “Where’s the scrum?” when presented with a choice of three separate penalties.
This week in Perth it was literally a case of “Where’s the scrum?” as an already chaotic game was reduced to potential farce with uncontested scrums for the last half hour.
With the game still in the balance the Boks, for a few seconds anyway, looked concerned as their most fearsome weapon was at a stroke taken away. Both Du Toit and Eben Etzebeth spoke earnestly with referee ...