Springboks (27) 55 / Azuri (6) 11 (Final Score)
The Springboks hosted the Italian Azuri for the 2nd Test at Buffalo City Stadium, East London. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
As expected, the Springboks had far too much ammunition for the Azuri side, scoring converted 7 tries to 1 try in the process.
The final score was Springboks 55 / 11.
Players on Springbok side who shone was Morné Steyn, Gurthro Steenkamp and Francois Louw.
Scores:
Springboks: 2 Penalties & 5 Conversions & 2 Tries Morné Steyn, 2 Conversions Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Pierre Spies, 1 Try Jannie du Plessis, 1 Try Bryan Habana, 1 Try Flip van der Merwe, 1 Try BJ Botha
Azuri: 2 Penalties Mirco Bergamasco, 1 Try Michele Sepe
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Jean de Villiers, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 BJ Botha, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Butch James, 22 Wynand Oliver.
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Craig Gower, 9 Simon Picone, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Manoa Vosawai, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Franco Sbaraglini, 18 Quintin Geldenhuys, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Tito Tebaldi, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Matteo Pratichetti.
Date: Saturday, June 26
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Venue: Buffalo City Stadium, East London
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Not a bad dance move from the ‘worlds best defensive fly-half’, hehe!
High tackle by Schalk.
schalk burger high tackle
penalty
30@ sharky_forever:
HB slipped off to the shops and is still there…. hang in there.
habana putting pressure on our defence with him rushing out of position
@ fender:
Hi Fender. What happened to your gig the other night?
We have been very quiet when big soccer games have been played.
Bokke 10 / 6
burger passes to the eyeties 😆
Has Bakkies been carded?
@ Loosehead:
Oh no. He is hanging around in the backline. Who the hell does he think he is? Andries Bekker?
Bokke 13 / 6
40@ Loosehead:
Bakkies wants to become a flashy player too… hehehe
hello maatjies!! hoe gaanit met almal hier?
43@ bos_otter:
Goed man en jy, Os_Botter?
Piconi way offside!!
italians way offside , penalty boks , but january is playing crap and his kicking is useless
Itais withdrawing totally so we can’t maul… and they succeed and milk a penalty.
Damn, bring Ruan on…. FFS!
Messy, sloppy game.
Ricky!!
Damn, the man is futtup!
@ grootblousmile:
Ja man…mag nie kla nie. Is alweer by die werk, maar hey, as hulle wil he n man moet hierdie soort ure werk, dan moet hulle mos maar verstaan as ek by die werk sit en rugby kyk. Gelukkig is hulle almal hier so besig met die soccer…kantoor produksie daal tot zero gedurende die games 🙂
the ref has no clue
Hey bos-otter
guthro gives the ball to the itais 🙄
what a scrappy game
and great kick morne
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY STEYN
Tryyyyyyyyy No 2 Morné!!
great kick again 20-6 , morne having a cracker
Bokke 20 / 6
Morné so far the best player
must say spies not playing well either
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