Ranger, the pony-tailed man from Northland, had a mixed debut, dropping a couple of high balls and being lucky not to be sent to the sideline after an ugly tackle in the first half.
But he made up for it with a great bit of athleticism five minutes into the second half, diving over in the corner when he had little room to move.
"To be honest, I did not think I got it. I thought I had touched the ground first.
"But once I looked at the replay and saw I was in the air I knew it was a try," Ranger said.
He said he was nervous at the start and tried get into the game early.
"I dropped a couple of balls, but the guys told me to park it up and get on with the next job.
"That is what you have to do, forget about it, and move on."
He thought he had got his arms around in the tackle for which he was penalised but said it was all part of the learning curve.
"I was surprised to get penalised. I thought I got my arm around and had done it all right.
"But it is the ref's call and you've just got to move on."
Dagg, who had never played on the wing before replacing Ranger, was not quite sure how his spectacular solo try happened.
"I don't really know. I just pulled off a dummy, slipped through a few players and then saw the white chalk and got there."
He ran through four Springbok defenders to score.
"I didn't know what was happening. I just had a wee go.
"They were pretty tired. I was fresh so I thought I'd have a go. I was pretty pumped to get out there."
Dagg said the Springbok tactic of kicking the ball to the All Black back three was "great", as it gave them an opportunity to run it back.
"When we use that ball we give everything with it and are lucky to have midfielders who are keen to get back and help us."
He said there were no lingering effects from the head-knock he received at Carisbrook a month ago.
