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)
Dare I say that Chilliboy is having a better game than John Smit….
Selfish JF very bad
Jaque made a fabulous break…. near try…
Ruan warming up… hope he goes to scrumhalf
Ruan on, Morné goes off
@ superBul:
Agree, its a bit depressing.
French penalised at loosehead again in the scrum, Jannie is doing something right!
@ superBul:
150, you may just have to do with some soccer…Support England v The Yanks!! 🙂
@ grootblousmile:
Think Ricky is haveing a good game.
Oi, Flip gets a yellow on debut…
Damn!!
@ Blue Bird:
Somebody in the know told the hub that the security for that game tonight is really intense.
The game has deteriorated now… too many subs both ways…
Toe maar ou Flip. 10 jaar terug het Bakkies sy toetsloopbaan ook so begin, die res is geskiedenis.
@ Blue Bird:
i will watch that game, picked England to win i think
Flippit, van der Merwe!!!!
@ grootblousmile:
162
agree continuity is gone now
Spies now at lock with Vic in the scrums
Big scrum by the French, 15 m out
Better scrum by the Bokke
@ superBul:
checked now i picked a 1-1 draw
@ Treehugger:
161 I suppose it would have to be….politics and sport!! Not a great combination!
Wonder if all those french supporters in the stands are here to watch the soccer.
Rougerie holds on in the tackle… Yachvilli gets a yellow for tossing the ball away
Ou Flip het nou die lekkerste stoel om die toets te kyk, slim ou doring.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Francois Louw
He’s had a great game
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa my voice would be gone if i was at this game. The hated vuvuzela would have come in handy lol
@ superBul:
1 – 1 I hope we put more over the Yanks than that!!
Dis lekker om n Bok te wees 🙂
Bokke 42 / 10
This is a good beating!!
Goeie drie Louw, MOM vandag.
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