PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) South Africa scrapped to an 18-10 win over Australia in the Rugby Championship on Saturday to relieve a little of the pressure on beleaguered coach Allister Coetzee.
All of South Africa's points came from the boot of recalled veteran flyhalf Morne Steyn in a messy game which Australia dominated on the territory and possession statistics.
Both teams showed at Loftus Versfeld that they are way behind world champion New Zealand.
Steyn kicked two dropped goals, at the beginning and the end, to go with four penalties.
Australia rumbled over for the only try through prop Scott Sio in the 14th minute but didn't score at all after the conversion of Sio's try despite having the ball in the Springboks' half for most of the game, and nearly all of the second half.
