Tonight saw the 1st match on Tour for the Springboks End of Year Tour 2009. The Springboks took on the Leicester Tigers at Welford Road. The Tigers were full value for their win by 22 / 17 against a lack-lustre Bokke side which was scrummed to bits and taught a lesson in forward domination.
The Bokke started well, taking an early penalty and thereafter scoring a good try after a deft little kick from Earl Rose, for Nokwe to pounce on over the goal line.
From the first scrum however, the Springbok front row battled, then absolutely crumbled in subsequent scrums.
It is clear that the wrong front row players were taken on Tour, no doubt about it! Where was Wian du Preez, Adriaan Strauss and WP Nel when the Bokke needed grunt up front? Not on Tour, is the easy answer!
At Blindside flank Davon Raubenheimer was absent… in the ground-ball battle it was clear that the Bokke loosies were the wrong combination. The only credible loosie was Ashley Johnson, he was everywhere, did everything.
At scrumhalf, Heini Adams was slow, at flyhalf Ruan Pienaar had a nightmare with sub-standard tactical wawareness and kicking.
In the backline nothing much happened simply because the Bokke never got front foot ball.
In the last vestage, Earl Rose was one of the better players in the Bokke lineup.
Take nothing away from the settled Tigers, they played what was in front of them, monstered the Bokke in the scrums, clearly won the ground-ball battle and played it cleverly.
The lesson which should be learnt from this is simple, the best Dirt-Tracker Bokke side was not taken on tour…. The Cheetahs front row was needed, an abrasive lock like Sykes was missed, a true fetcher was required, Francois Hougaard needed to start at scrumhalf, Jacques-Louis Potgieter was needed at flyhalf…..
No need to speculate about players out wide, the ones on the field never saw the ball, because the battle was lost up front!
If ever it was’nt evident before, Ruan Pienaar has slumped to a sub-standard player and continuing with him in the pivot position is pure folly.
Scathing comments from me, but true, I’m afraid.
Points:
Tigers: 5 Penalties & 1 Conversion Ben Youngs, 1 Try Lucas Amorosino
Bokke: 4 Penalties Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Jongi Nokwe
Teams
Leicester Tigers: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Lucas Amorosino, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Aaron Mauger (captain), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Brett Deacon, 7 Ben Pienaar, 6 Geoff Parling, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Calum Green, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Mefin Davies, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Dan Cole, 18 Tom Armes, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 James Grindal, 21 Greig Tonks, 22 Lote Tuqiri.
South Africa: 15 Earl Rose, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Davon Raubenheimer, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle (captain), 1 Gürthro Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Riaan Viljoen.
Date: Friday, November 6
Venue: Welford Road, Leicester
Kick-off: 19.45 (19.45 GMT, 21.45 SA time)
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Roy Maybank, Robin Goodliffe
TMO: Andrew Turner, Graeme Hughes
Ons kry nie genoeg skoon bal nie…Raubenheimer vedwyn…Johnson en Potties speel alleen…
Adams…die 6de beste skrummienin SA?. mmmm…..klink my ek laaik hom
Kul jou hier en kul jou daar en siedaar
119 – G’n wonder jy kla nie oor die ref nie.
SA speler van die eerste helde? Earl Rose. Sorry manne…wees bietjie oblektief
Daar wys Naas nou hoe donner hulle bo-oor die losbal…Watter game kyk Dikchead?
Sê hulle Naas, sê hulle!!
Hulle is of fokken skelm, of die ref is weereens kak!!
Maar ons skoppe is doelloos!
JLP moes die losskakel hier gewees het en Pienaar die skrumhalf!
Komaan Snoek. Is ons goed?
122#
Los hom, hy’s ‘n Bul, maw hy’s ‘n Bok. Finish en klaar.
127 – Stem saam
Hulle skrum ons faktap……dis hoekom hulle voor is. Fokol met die ref te doen.
En toe was daar ‘n monster en toe was daar ‘n leeu en toe was daar ‘n dot dot dot
Ek dink nie Adams doen te sleg onder omstandighede nie…Hy kry baie kak bal van die voorries…
128 – Nee, ons speel kak, maar dit maak nie die besluite deur dickenson reverdig nie. Hy is op die stadium kakker as die bokke.
Sit Vir Ruan op 9, Bosman op 10, Hougaard in Ndugane se plek, Deysel in Raubenheimer se plek en dan kort ons nog met twee vorrye! Dan kan ons dit dalk maak…
het laankal gese gutro is kaksleg wa is wian nou ,en die franse kan skrum
Adams is KUK verby. Kry Hougaart op en dit gaan ‘n ander game wees. Stadig en skoppe agter scrum pateties. kan nie glo hy’sdieselfde ou aswat vir du preez ingestaan het by bulle.
Gurthro en Jannie Dup kak erg af…. erg!
Davon Raubenheimer is “Missing in Action”
Heini Adams vat te lank om skoon te maak
Ruan skop takties kak
Kry ons backline jammer. kry niks voorvoet bal nie.
133#
Nog ‘n Whisky vir jou polla?
Ons is darem net 5 punte agter, ons kan die een nog deurtrek.
Kan Naas nou asb ophou bitch!
Heinke en Deysel moet opkom, Houggard moet scrummie toe….
K9
Hulle skrum ons fucktup ja, maar stem jy saam met al DickHead se besluite?
#141
Deur ons holle ja.
Stem GBS se voorstel.
Hier kom ons kak alweer?
Nog ‘n kak skop!!
Bring on Deysel for Raubenheimer. Think the bench better come on sooner than later.
Nog ‘n knock k9
Die game is moerse frustrerend, self vir ‘n WP ondersteuner.
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