Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu's epic performance earns praise from Bok leaders

The young flyhalf produced a Man of the Match performance in Durban when he scored a record-breaking 37 points as the Boks scored nine tries in their victory over Argentina. The number eclipsed the long-standing record of Percy Montgomery, who scored 35 against Namibia in 2007.

Springbok coach Erasmus described the 23-year-old as "world class" and hailed his exceptional points tally, consisting of three tries and 10/11 kicks off the tee.

"Nobody can disagree that he was brilliant on the day," said Erasmus.

"What we always say is that you can't put someone in there and immediately expect them to be world class. It doesn't just happen overnight.

"He has grown a little bit against New Zealand, and a little bit against Australia away, and I think he only has 11 caps - or something like that - but I thought Damian de Allende helped him a lot and Damian Willemse played well and Manie [Libbok] came on played well and there were a lot of guys that played well, but no-one can disagree that Sacha was man of the match and did incredible things on the field.

"But in the lead-up to where he was today, there were many mishaps and bad kicking in other games he played. Sometimes you must give guys a chance to build reputation and their skillset at Test match level and he is definitely doing that; but there's helluva a lot of people helping him; Manie and Damian, Tony [Brown, assistant coach], Handre [Pollard], everybody."

Captain Kolisi heaped praise on Feinberg-Mngomezulu for the way he controlled the match.

"Sacha was amazing - not just in the way he scored tries but in the way he controlled the game," added Kolisi.

"The guys around him helped him make decisions but when we click as a team, every single player in the team can show who they are. That's what the coaches always speak to us about.

"They pick us for certain reasons - we all have a point of difference - and one of Sacha's is running with the ball. But other players have to do their jobs to put him in the position to do what he does."He was really amazing today. He took charge and took leadership which is what we wanted him to do. Hopefully he can continue next week."

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