Rassie Erasmus didn't hold back in his criticism of South Africa's surprise collapse against Australia in the Rugby Championship opener in Johannesburg. The Springboks raced into a 22-0 lead in the opening quarter, with Kurt-Lee Arendse, Andre Esterhuizen and skipper Siya Kolisi scoring tries. At that stage it looked like it was going to get embarrassing for the Wallabies but Joe Schmidt's charges staged a remarkable comeback to claim their first win at Ellis Park in 62 years. Australia's skipper Harry Wilson led by example with a brilliant display at the breakdown and scored two tries, while Dylan Pietsch, Max Jorgensen and Joseph Suaalii also scored without reply from the shell-shocked hosts. "I must be honest, it is probably one of the most embarrassing press conferences I've done in a while," said Boks head coach Erasmus. "Not because we were awful, they were really good and I want to put the old cliché out there, credit to them, they were good - but we made them better with our poor performance. "To be 22-0 up, we did the same against Italy, 27-3 up and then we let teams back in. Yes we gave them one or two soft tries but overall they were just better than us on the day in most departments and yeah, we as coaches got it terribly wrong, and we have to look first at ourselves before we point fingers at the players. "We know that from now to next Saturday we have to take a lot of flak and we're very disappointed, we feel bad for our supporters and are feeling bad for our players overall for what we produced. "I don't think they tactically out-smarted us, I think they also physically dominated us. The saddest thing is we didn't even fight back to take a bonus point away. Listen man, I can butter this up to sound cool and respectful, but we were really dogshit on the day." A jubilant Schmidt gave his reaction after his side picked up five precious points to start their Rugby Championship bid on the back of their 2-1 series loss to Andy Farrell's British and Irish Lions. "At 22-0 down after the first quarter, there was real courage again from the players," Schmidt said. "We were forced to play catch-up and take a few risks, and there were a few lucky bounces for us, so we are not going to get too carried away."But at the same time I am incredibly proud of the group. I am realistic about getting a little bit of luck, but delighted we came back. 1963 was a long time ago, so the players are delighted."