Springboks (22) 29 / Azuri (3) 13 (Final Score)
The Springboks hosted the Italian Azuri team at Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa at 15:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Springboks won convincingly but rhytm lacked in the 2nd half, specially when too many subs came on.
The most pleasing part of the game was that the Springboks dominated the scrums where Gurthro Steenkamp clearly mastered Martin Castrogiovanni and his replaceent after he went off injured.
Players who enhanced their Springbok futures were Gurthro Steenkamp, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Francois Louw, Dewald Potgieter, Morné Steyn and Zane Kirchner.
Players who did not enhance their Springbok futures were Butch James (who was also awarded a yellow card), Ricky Januarie & Alistair Hargreaves.
The Springboks ran in 4 tries to 1 and the final score was Springboks 29 / 13.
Scores:
Springboks: 1 Penalty & 3 Conversions & 1 Try Morné Steyn, 1 Try Bryan Habana, 1 Try Francois Louw, 1 Try Zane Kirchner
Azuri: 2 Penalties & 1 Conversion Mirco Bergamasco, 1 Try Sergio Parisse
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jean de Villiers, 12 Butch James, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 François Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Bjorn Basson.
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Kaine Robertson, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Craig Gower, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Simone Favaro, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Valerio Bernabò, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Marco Bortolami, 19 Paul Derbyshire, 20 Simon Picone, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Gonzalo Canale.
Date: Saturday, June 19
Venue: Puma Stadium, Witbank
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Expected weather conditions: Clear with a high of 13°C, dropping to 0°C and enough wind to take the windchill temperature down to -2°C.
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), David Changleng (Scotland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
i really believe Zane offers more variation in the Bok backline
Great grubber by Kuite Kirshner!
Castrogiovanni off injured, Gurthro was just TOO much for him!
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Afternoon All!
Could Guthro claim victory over Castro…..
34@ Loosehead:
Hello Ingelsman!
Hello LH
Heineken, biltong and rugby.
Soooooooooooooooooooooo much better than boring soccer.
38@ Loosehead:
Agreed!
Holland wins 1-0 against Japan
Zane is very good today.
Agh Loosehead, jou antie se linker long man!
Excellent kick by Morné for touch!
Tryyyyyyyyyyyy Francois Louw!
Soek die bal
@ fender:
Remind me to spit on your steak when you come for your Fathers day meal.
Morné just misses the conversion
Bokke 15 / 3
Damn, Flo scores – Blou Kuberruim Whatsisname won’t like that one little bit!
Penalty Italy, Gio was in front of Zane when he kicked.
Bergamasco going for goal.
Ref trying to be the main macky
Bergamasco misses
Talking of which, the steak I’ve just had here T La Rom was really good, Loosehead.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyy Morné Steyn!!
Mooi Morras
Bokke 22 / 3
Lemoenetyd
Namoene klaar sal maar nartjies wees
Italy has done well as far as the possession stakes were concerned, but the Bokke are just red hot with ball on attack.
57@ superBul:
So gepraat van Namoene… ek het noggie hierdie winter lekker Namoene innie winkels gesien nie.
So lekker Export Outspan ene sal nou moer lekker gewees het!
Hier is lekker lemoene die jaar. Die boere change baie van mangoes na lemoene.
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