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Monday, 10 September 2007 |
 South Africa survived a brutal first-half battering by Samoa as they opened their World Cup campaign with an impressive victory in Paris.
With two of the most physical teams on the planet taking the field at the Parc des Princes the match always promised to be a bash-fest and so it proved as they combined to put on a thrilling opening 40 minutes.
Man for man the Samoans could match their Springbok counterparts for power but in the tight phases of the game, the scrum and the line-out, the Springboks had a clear edge. more
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