■ By ADAM ELLIS
A HAT-TRICK by Makazole Mapimpi helped the Springboks exact revenge on Japan four years on from suffering the greatest upset in World Cup history.
South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus confirmed there were no injuries to note as his team ended their tournament preparations.
A relief to Erasmus who named a near fullstrength team which had Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard pulling the strings at half-back. Erasmus said: “There are some tired players in the changing room and some tired bodies but we haven’t got a lot of injuries and it has put us on the right...
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