Warren Fortune's player-by-player breakdown of the 42-28 win over Scotland reveals a tale of two halves — and two teams. The starting XV, heavily rotated by Erasmus, was shaky enough to make it interesting: Willemse misfiring at 12, the defensive channels exploited out wide, Pollard unable to impose control at 10, and Dixon picking up a yellow card shortly after the break. The forwards were largely the standouts among the starters, with Nortje (8/10) and Paul de Villiers (7.5/10) doing the heavy lifting, and Cobus Wiese (7.5/10) producing a barnstorming cameo before his early exit. The real story is the bench: Grant Williams (8.5/10) is rated the best player on the park, credited with changing the game on introduction; Elrigh Louw (8/10) and Quan Horn (8/10) were nearly as influential. Willemse's shift to fullback and Horn's flexibility across the backline unlocked an attack that had been stuttering. Fortune's ratings make a quiet but pointed argument — this Bok squad's depth is genuine, but the first-choice combinations in this rotated line-up still have questions to answer.