Wallabies crash to another defeat as Springboks triumph 28-8 at Newlands in Cape Town The Wallabies have slumped to their fourth straight loss under Ewen McKenzie, overpowered by the Springboks in Capetown ARE the Wallabies now easybeats? Evidence is certainly mounting after a horror opening quarter saw the Australian side crash to another humbling defeat, a 28-8 loss to the Springboks in Cape Town; their sixth in seven Tests. In a spiteful clash that saw several yellow cards for foul play - which may draw further judicial attention - the Boks stunned the hapless Wallabies with two tries in the opening 20 minutes and were rarely troubled by Australia thereafter. MATCH CENTRE: Springboks v Wallabies scores, stats, highlights Tries to Adriaan Strauss and Zane Kirchner in the 13th and 15th minutes saw them lead 20-3 before 20 minutes was on the clock, and a largely inept Wallaby performance couldn't haul them back in. Tiny scraps of possession were squandered, with the mentally fragile Australia turning the ball over time and again with atrocious skill errors, a weak set-piece and poor breakdown discipline. In all the Wallabies turned the ball over 26 times. The injection of Will Genia at halftime saw the Wallabies play with more attacking rhythm and resemble a competitive Test outfit, but the Boks' defence held firm and the Wallabies continued their tendency to shoot themselves in the foot when in good attacking position. A late try to Willie Le Roux pushed the score out and gave the Boks fans hopes of a second straight bonus point win, but debutant Chris Feauai-Sautia managed to finally silence them when a well-weighted Quade Cooper cross kick found him unmarked for a try in the 77th minute. It was too little, too late and too depressing. Not a good night at all. We didn't do well enough early in the game. They got away, and we level pegged for a while. But we played without the ball for the first half of the game," coach Ewen McKenzie said. We were a bit more competitive in the second half, and showed a bit more character and ticker. But it is very hard chasing the scoreboard, as we had to do. The game's citing commissioner was a busy man post-match, with Australia and South Africa both receiving two yellow cards. Michael Hooper was binned for a dangerous lifting tackle, and Sitaleki Timani was bizarrely carded for a shoulder charge on his own teammate. A nasty elbow by Springbok lock Flip Van De Merwe to Joe Tomane's head saw him also given 10 minutes but he was lucky to escape red. Duane Vermuelen also was yellow-carded for a professional knock-down foul midway through the second half. Vision appeared to show Jannie Du Plessis raking the face of hooker Stephen Moore but the hooker had no recollection of the incident post-game. The Wallabies entered the game optimistic they could turn around the embarrassment of Brisbane but the first 20 minutes started like the last quarter of that heavy defeat. Michael Hooper hits the ball up for the Wallabies. Australia posted first points with a Christian Lealiifano penalty but then the Boks went on a points-frenzy, scoring at faster than a point a minute to race out to a 20-3 lead by the 19th minute. Steyn levelled with a penalty goal in the 8th minute but the kick-and-pressure game of the hosts was clear - and bountiful. A succession of high balls directed to Quade Cooper saw the Boks win a penalty, and after turning down an easy goal, they crashed through to score. A flat Fourie Du Preez pass tempted Cooper to come off the line for an intercept. He missed and Adriaan Strauss dived over. Cooper would, to be fair, go on and defend well for the rest of the game, and he was awarded the Wallabies' players player. The crowd had barely taken their seats when, off the following kick-off, the Boks raced back downfield and scored another. Space on the right edge was made when Joe Tomane slipped and JJ Englebrecht raced through, and drew Cooper before feeding Zane Kirchner, who stepped inside Israel Folau and went in. The Wallabies had barely seen the ball, let alone attacking territory. Nearing halftime they'd had had just 19% of possession but were often to blame by squandering whatever ball they got with basic skill errors with both hand and boot, poor discipline and hesitant attack. Wallabies lock Rob Simmons tries to wrap up Springboks flyhalf Morne Steyn. Sensing the Boks wanted to run the ball and chase a bonus point, the gameplan to kick and build pressure was stuck to - but far too religiously. When ball needed to be held on counter or to build pressure, Australia kept hoofing it. We didn't effectively get out of our half. We tried, and we ended up over-kicking. The referee was pretty strong on penalising the defending side, which was mainly us," McKenzie said. After 30 minutes the Springboks had only made 8 tackles, so we hadn't had much ball and the penalties were against us. So we were stuck in our half basically. We didn't get the balance right. In the end you have to feel the game. You can have ideas that you like about how the game is going to pan out, but if it is not panning out you have to make adjustments. Michael Hooper's attempts to launch a fightback saw him yellow-carded in the 28th minute, when a big hit on Boks lock Eben Etzebeth that saw him flip the big unit over was judged illegal. Australia only conceded three points when a man down, but the Boks gave up zero when Van De Merwe was marched for an elbow strike to the head of Tomane in a tackle. Stephen Moore of the Wallabies in action during The Rugby Championship match between South Africa and Australia at DHL Newlands on September 28, 2013 in Cape Town. Van De Merwe was lucky to not see a red card, and Wallabies skipper James Horwill remonstrated with French referee Jerome Garces. The scoreboard stayed still for the next 30 minutes, which reflected big improvement in the Wallabies defence but the same old problems in attack. Genia's injection at halftime changed the Wallaby game, and added spark and fluency. Decent attack unfolded but the Springbok defence held firm, and the Wallabies looked nervous and gun-shy with the ball. Several promising overlaps out wide were botched when passes were given too early and without defenders committed. Benn Robinson's return to action was sold as well, shoring up the ever-shaky Wallaby scrum, which was again a failed source of possession. The Wallabies now head to Argentina to play the Pumas in Rosario. Confidence will be hard to find. South African flanker Francois Louw runs with the ball against the Wallabies at Newlands. SOUTH AFRICA 28 (Zane Kirchner, Willie Le Roux, Adriaan Strauss tries Morne Steyn 2 cons 3 pens) bt AUSTRALIA 8 (Chris Feauai-Sautia try Christian Leali'ifano pen) at Newlands Rugby Stadium. Referee: Jerome Garces. See how the action unfolded in our match blog below Wallabies number nine Nic White.