Ethan Hooker said the man of the match award slipped his mind after the Springboks' 29-24 victory over the All Blacks at Soccer City on Saturday night. According to TimesLIVE, Hooker emerged from the match exhausted and elated, learning with surprise that he had been named man of the match following the closely contested encounter between the two rugby rivals.
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