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World Cup quarter-finals with a bruising 49-18 victory over impressive Tonga in their Pool B clash on Sunday.

The latter crossed for three scores through barrelling captain Ben Tameifuna, Fine Inisi and Patrick Pellegrini, the first time in 17 World Cup games the Boks have conceded three tries.‘s win took them top of the pool with 15 points and into a strong position to qualify for the last eight, but they are not confirmed yet and must wait for the outcome of the clash between Ireland and Scotland next Saturday.

“We knew they weren’t just going to lay down and give it to us. We made a couple of mistakes but we fought to the end,”“They’re a great team, really hard to play against, they put everything on the line. We knew it was going to be a tough game. Hopefully, we’ve done enough to qualify for the next round.”on the day they were led by Kolisi for the 50th time. Flyhalf Handre Pollard made a successful return in his first test in 13 months as he kicked all his conversions and lasted 50 minutes.

But Tonga hit back as Tameifuna, officially the heaviest player at the World Cup weighing in at 151 kilograms, barged over from close range.

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