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)
If Chillieboy stays on for the rest of the game,wont that be the same amount of time he has played for the Boks altogether nearly for all his caps.
Penalty Bokke, from a scrum….. kickable…. take the points…. yebo!
@ Treehugger:
If so, i will finally be able to see what kind of rugby he plays.
Bokke 28 / 10
Runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Aplon
Yeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy GifAplontjieeeeeeeeeee
Ran 70 m
GO GIO GO GIO go lovely
How amazing was that run by Aplon
Ek se weer: Aplon is te klein vir groot rugby.
Kyk, daai mannetjie is vinnig. Te klein, maar vinnig. 😉
Bokke 35 / 10 as Morné converts
Dewald Potgieter on
Chilliboy steals…. the ball, I mean
Hehehehe
@ superBul:
Go lovely LOLOLOLOLOLOL 😆
What a tackle JANUARIEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Greattttttttt tackle from Meerkat Januarie
@ Treehugger:
should have been Lovely try, not a new Liefling
Excellent tackle by Pakslae…. try saving
I really really really rate rosseow
@ Treehugger:
even if i cant spell his name 😆
Jannie Dup, the dom doctor, is on in place of BJ Botha.
Pakslae Daniesourus.
@ grootblousmile:
Pakslae stuur n duidelike boodskap vir Bakkies. Jy moet my kom kry dis my trui nou.
@ superBul:
😆
Scrum now more solid, would you believe it!!
feck Fourie
Louw back on and steals a ball again.
Flip on for his debut.
Juan on, Wynand off.
Zane off, Jean de Villiers on
Dewald Potgieter also back on
I really dont like it when they make 4 changes all in one go so early in the game.
Gio to fullback, Jean to right wing.
Schalla off
It feels like Super 14 week, i want another game tonight feels funny
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