Scotland battling hard as Springboks lead at Murrayfield – live

Brilliant! Fine attacking play from Scotland, Duhan van Der Merwe arriving in pyroclastic flow from deep and erupting through the South Africa defence. Eben Etzebeth somehow pulls him in from behind, but Scotland are on the march…

Canan Moodie has been relatively quiet but continues to impress aerially, getting up in the air above Tom Jordan. Malcolm Marx and his massive traps then introduce themselves to Max Williamson, who sees more of the Murrayfield turf than he ever would have liked to.

Scotland are scrambling superbly, though, and again force a handling error after a few static phases. They really are staying in the fight so well.

The scrum hits the deck with no-one deemed at fault, and Jaden Hendrikse is rather letting the Springboks down, another fumble at the base of a ruck allowing Scotland to snatch it. Blair Kinghorn punts upfield but then dives on a sliding Willie le Roux, a silly error and penalty.

A lovely RG Snyman pull-back helps South Africa get to the edge, though Andre Esterhuizen’s offload evades two waiting teammates. Pieter-Steph du Toit’s go-go-gadget arms ensure all is not lost, and to the left they then sweep, a wide pass tipped over the crossbar by Scotland full-back Tom Jordan and landing in Makazole Mapimpi’s hands.

The wing can’t stay in play but South Africa have a scrum to come back to, which this lost will enjoy.

If Scotland can survive this next ten minutes, they will be in good stead – South Africa have rather played their trump card early, hoping to kill the game off with the injection of power.

Ah, that’ll frustrate the Scotland coaches – a free kick at the scrum. Off the Springboks go from a quick tap.

The Scottish lineout is pilfered and off the heavy mob go, RG Snyman, Pieter-Steph du Toit and co. thumping it up. But Scotland re-steel rather impressively, and eventually draw an error, a well-timed counter ruck forcing the ball free from the hands of scrum half Jordan Hendrikse.

Knocked on! All that mass doesn’t count for much if you don’t get your accuracy spot on, a spill at the tail after the maul is stalled.

And Eben Etzebeth, the lone remaining starter in the Springboks pack, compounds the error, hauling Zander Fagerson to the floor to escalate a minor scuffle. He is penalised and Scotland can clear in comfort.

And that is not what you want to see coming on at this juncture. The rest of the bench South African forwards are thrown on in unison, Malcolm Marx, Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit amongst them. Scottish shudders all around Murrayfield.

Scotland execute their restart receipt drill rather better than South Africa, clearing to their own ten-metre line. Bosh! A thumping one-two punch from the Springboks, first Andre Esterhuizen hulking up and then RG Snyman meatily meeting a would-be tackler and getting an offload away.

Esterhuizen shows off some of his softer skills, prodding a grubber into the corner. Scotland escape, but not far – South Africa will have a lineout inside the 22.

A fourth penalty of the afternoon for Finn Russell.