Steven Whittaker occupied Smith's usual left-back position in the absence of Sasa Papac, while the veteran Christian Dailly was on the right and Andy Webster came in from the cold to sit on the bench.
At 18, she said she grabbed her phone, left her college dorm room and headed out in the cold to sit on a bench to talk with a worker on a crisis phone line she knew from one of her favorite blogs.
The Springboks arrived at the same venue with an under-strength side, starting with three new caps, two more on the bench, plus four other men who had been left out in the cold since choosing to play their club rugby outside South Africa.