But Genia is full of praise for his half-back partner's natural skills and new-found attitude.

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But the Wallabies held their nerve and a late try from Will Genia put the seal on a solid opening to their campaign.

BBC: Australia 30-13 South Africa

At scrum-half, Luke Burgess steps in as the Wallabies look to ease the outstanding Will Genia back into international rugby from the bench.

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But the fightback was snuffed out five minutes from time by scrum-half Genia, who darted over from the base of a ruck to seal victory.

BBC: Australia 30-13 South Africa

Scrum-half Burgess has suffered in comparison with the excellent Will Genia, who was on the bench after recovering from injury, but he was having a fine game and again escaped around the fringes of the ruck before scissoring beautifully with Cooper to send the fly-half skating over next to the posts.

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