Planet Rugby's five-takeaway breakdown of the 33-26 Cape Town win focuses on what changed between Tests one and two — and the answer is almost everything. The piece argues that the Boks' return to their set-piece-dominant power game was deliberate and decisive: all three tries followed an identical blueprint of lineout or scrum dominance, gain-line control, then finish. The stat that captures it best is the shift from under one point per 22-metre entry in Johannesburg to four points per entry in Cape Town. The analysis credits Erasmus's chaotic week of tinkering — five changes from the Monday announcement to kick-off — as ultimately justified, highlighting Cobus Reinach's improved decision-making, Ethan Hooker's dominance of the aerial battle against Will Jordan, and the perfectly timed front-row rotations that swung the scrum battle and directly produced Kolisi's try. It also singles out Pieter-Steph du Toit's 100th-cap milestone — becoming the first Bok to win his 100th Test against the All Blacks — as both historically significant and performance-backed, with du Toit finishing as joint top-tackler alongside Etzebeth. The All Blacks' attack is acknowledged as still dangerous, but the piece argues their tendency to overplay near the line and concede penalties was self-defeating, and that when Nche and Marx are on the park, New Zealand's scrum simply has no answer. Everything now points to Soweto for the series decider.