In today's test match South Africa pummeled a depleted England team missing up to 30 of its top players due to injury, illness, and the absence of players from last week's Heineken Cup champonship game. The final score was 58-10. Notwithstanding England's weakened status, this triumph seems to validate South African optimism on the state of this year's Bok squad's chances to emerge triumphant at the World Cup in France. The stars for the Boks were veteran fullback Percy Montgomery, who has been a stalwart for South Africa for more than a decade and who converted seven conversions and three penalties, and Bryan Habana, who scored two tries. Next week's rematch at Loftus versfeld might be more telling, as the defending World Champions should be at closer to full strength.
