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Original story courtesy of SA Rugby.net

The magic muti of Nelson Mandela and Ellis Park worked for the Springboks again on Saturday as John Smit’s men beat the All Blacks 40-26 in their Tri-Nations rugby test match played at Ellis Park.

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At South Africa’s 1995 World Cup “Field of Dreams” and once again inspired by Madiba the Springboks scored five tries to two to keep alive their hopes of winning the tournament and also halted a run of eight successive All Black victories in a super-charged performance that brought centre Marius Joubert a hat-trick of tries.

The 14-point victory, in a thrilling match in which the lead changed hands five times and the All Blacks led 10-0 after seven minutes, means the Springboks and the Wallabies will be playing each other to decide the 2004 Tri-Nations at the Absa Stadium in Durban next Saturday.

Scorers were:

South Africa 40: Tries by Marius Joubert (22 min), Breyton Paulse (34 min), Joubert (38 min), Jean de Villiers (79 min), Joubert (92 min). Percy Montgomery kicked three conversions and three penalties.

New Zealand 26: Tries by Mils Muliaina (6 min) and Joe Rokocoko (62 min). Andrew Mehrtens kicked two conversions and four penalties.