Springboks (25) 42 / France (10) 17 (Final score)
The Springboks hosted France at Newlands, Cape Town at 14:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Springboks came with a top game and stifled all French attempts early, also scored a try early (after 2 minutes by Pierre Spies) and then built up a solid lead.
The French never gave up and in the scrums they were strong, specially against BJ Botha ( SA Tighthead).
The Springboks finally won by 42 / 17, which must be one of the biggest Springbok wins (not the biggest though) over France.
Gio Aplon was rewarded with 2 tries and because of that received the Man of the Match award. Other standout players for the Springboks were Danie Rossouw and Francois Louw.
Scores:
Springboks: 3 Conversions & 3 Penalties Morné Steyn, 1 Conversion Ruan Pienaar, 1 Try Pierre Spies, 2 Tries Gio Aplon, 1 Try Gürthro Steenkamp, 1 Try Francois Louw
France: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Morgan Parra, 1 Conversion David Skrela, 1 Try Aurélien Rougerie, 1 Try Marc Andreu
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 François Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gürthro Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Jean de Villiers
France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Aurélien Rougerie, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Jean Baptiste Poux, 18 Julien Pierre, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 David Skrela, 22 Marc Andreu, 23 Luc Ducalcon.
Date: Saturday, June 12
Venue: Newlands
Kick-off: 14.00 (12.00 GMT)
Expected weather conditions: Scattered clouds. with a high of 17°C and a northwester of 21 km/h. The possibility of rain in the evening.
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), David Changleng (Scotland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
That must have hurt ouchhhhhhhhhhh
Niks fout met daardie duikslag nie, Bobby.
Huge hit,thats why he is called Pakslae 🙂
Pakslae Rossouw just gave Nallet a HIDING in a perfectly legal tackle.
Farking linesman thought Pakslae used no hands, but referee overrules him… good on him!
Danie is angry today,I like it 🙂
Try Roucherie
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY FROGS!
Fark,now these clowns score a try 🙂
Bokke 20 / 7
JDV on in plca of JF.
Hy skop soos ‘n Parra.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Gurthrooooooooooooo
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Gurthro!
What a fantastastic try STEENCAMP WEEEEHEEEEE
I love this try the most good for our birthday boy GS
What a try.. Would not like to stop the big man from that distance 🙂
Watch that dive 😆
@ Treehugger:
FANTASTIC LOL got a bit excited there.
Ja, speel wyd, met Guthro op vleuel gaan ons die ding doen …
He is a beast of a man.. Great try Guthro 🙂
Bokke 25 / 7 as Morné misses the conversion (1st miss)
Januarie se diens is goed vandag.
We are murdering them in the line outs..
Wynand steals a ball after a tackle!!
Pakslae is having a huge game!
@ Treehugger:
Hi Hugs, the link is great thanks for that, just saw Morne do his stuff…!!!
Jaque Fourie back on… was a blood replacement only
@ bdb:
mechanic is weer op vorm, ja rond is ook n vorm.
Just joking hy is regtig MY no 2 skrummie in SA
And France cock up the quick tap.. Amazing 🙂
Soccer is no where near as exciteing as rugby, no comparison. One exciteing moment when we scored and it was fantastic cos it took me so by suprise, but rugby, eish excitement all the time.
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