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Full image gallery here.I was fairly sure that this was going to be a tight game, but it ended up a rather one-sided affair which messed with my carefully planned positioning approach. I ended up shooting 5 frames in the first 20 minutes thanks to a Tom Croft burst of speed down the line, and then it was all South Africa with England (and me) scarcely getting a look in.Toby Flood got England to 6-6 at half time, but something serious must have taken place in the South African dressing room as they came out and dominated. England were trying to do all the right things but just ended up with too many handling mistakes at crucial moments.Foden did manage to intercept and make it in for England's only try of the game, but Mike Tindall then fluffed a rushed drop-goal conversion which bounced away off the post. Had England got another try and conversion, that miss would have proven very costly. The final score was 11-21 to the Springboks.Another nice little photography lesson came after the final whistle. With both teams having left the pitch and the stadium emptying, a lot of photographers headed back to the photographer's room under the stands to warm up and sort through their pics. I usually like to remain pitchside to do this, as the 3G signal is better once the crowds have gone, and nothing chews up bandwidth like a bunch of togs sending loads of pictures at the same time in a small room.Whilst busy on my laptop, I looked up when  a cheer went around the ground from the vocal South African supporters. The South African's had come out for a lap of honour. Most excellent. Cameras at the ready as they came down my way. I moved a bit to get between the Springboks and the most lively bunch of supporters just behind me. Possibly not my wisest ever move, as Matfield is one big guy that doesn't go around errant photographers. Some nice thumbs up shots resulted, plus this cracker below as he stopped to have a nice long draft of beer from one of his fans. Top stuff from the Springboks - we could do with the England team doing the same when they win.Full image gallery here.