A 43-0 win over Wales looks comfortable on paper, but Wynona Louw's analysis argues the result carries more weight than the scoreline suggests. Three things stood out: first, the defensive and set-piece improvement after a shaky Ellis Park outing against England — 93% tackle completion, 20/20 lineout, and a scrum so dominant it physically drove Wales over their own tryline for Reinach's try. Second, the depth-building exercise is genuinely working — four debutants (Jaco Williams, Vusi Moyo, Carlu Sadie, Ruben van Heerden) all performed, Erasmus has now used 40-plus players across three Tests, and South Africa have fielded three different teams with three different halfback combinations without once looking disjointed. Third — and perhaps most unsettling for future opponents — the Boks were far from their best. Seven unconverted line breaks in the first half, 20 turnovers lost, 16 handling errors, and they still won by 43. The piece makes the case that winning this convincingly while this far from a settled, World Cup-ready unit is the most telling box ticked of all.