Mapimpi steals Hogg’s limelight as South Africa crush Scotland

World champions step it up after break to claim Murrayfield win

IMMOVEABLE OBJECT: Scotland's Hamish Watson (centre) is tackled by South Africa's Eben Etzebeth during Saturday's Murrayfield clash.

Autumn international: Scotland 15 South Africa 30

Still some way to go then. A brutal second-half display by South Africa left Scotland pondering anew the realities of international rugby. A confident display against Australia six days earlier seemed much further away than that by the end of this. South Africa laid into Scotland from start to finish. It took a while to tell, but the home side steadily unwound as the second half progressed, floundering beneath a barrage of pressure and muscle.