Wales (16) 31 / Springboks (14) 34 (Final Score)
Wales hsted the Springboks at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff at 15:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
Wales started the match fast, racing into an early lead and after an intercept try by James Hook from a wayward John Smit pass, went into a 16 / 3 lead. The Springboks fought back and some of the new combinations started to gel and by halftime the score was Wales 16 / Bokke 14.
After halftime the Springboks continues their mid match dominance, adding another converted try and grabbing the lead, now leading by 21 / 16. It was Wales next to score from a penalty, drawing the SA lead back to only 2 points.
Frans Steyn then slotted a long penalty from near halfway, causing the Springboks to lead by 24 / 19. Next it was the try by Juan de Jongh, which carved the Welsch fedence to ribbons, for the Bokke to sail into a lead of 31 / 19.
The Welsch were not finished though and capitalised on some hurried Springbok replacements, adding 1 unconverted try and 1 converted try to the lone penalty by the Springboks, bringing the final score to Springboks 34 / Wales 31.
Scores:
Wales: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversion Stephen Jones, 1 Drop Goal & 1 Try James Hook, 1 Try Tom Prydie, 1 Try Alun Wyn Jones
Springboks: 4 Penalties & 2 Conversions Ruan Pienaar, 1 Penalty Frans Steyn, 1 Try Odwa Ndungane, 1 Try Dewald Potgieter, 1 Try Juan de Jongh
Teams:
Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 James Hook, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones (captain), 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Deiniol Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 John Yapp, 18 Alun Wyn Jones, 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Richie Rees, 21 Dan Biggar, 22 Andrew Bishop.
South Africa: 15 Frans Steyn, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Odwa Ndungane, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Joe van Niekerk, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 François Louw, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 CJ van der Linde.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Meyer Bosman, 21 Zane Kirchner, 22 Bjorn Basson.
Date: Saturday, 5 June 2010
Kick-off: 14.30 (13.30 GMT; 15.30 SA time)
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Expected weather: Sunny intervals. High of 21°C, low of 11°C
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Dave Pearson (England), Robin Goodliffe (England)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
Wales look pumped,we need to start well.
Brains SA on the Welsh shirts?
hie kom die souties sien die manne koor gaan vir ons sing
Lets hope they dont fark our National anthem up.
GOOOOOOOOOO BOKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Also see Bafana is doing fine in their warm up game. Still 0/0 each.
Will be interesting… this match
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Have no players in the starting 15. Ag no man!
@ Winston:
Yip, emailed them like you guys said and never was banned, think someone might be messing around there.
Dont have to much confidence with our backline, but hope i am so very very wrong.
There’s Percy. BlueBirds ovaries are in a spin.
joe die nice wag vir land of our fathers
Very possible Tree Hugs.. I still enjoying reading that site,some real characters but dont post anymore because of the politics there.
Love the way the welsh sing, but there players look rather nervous.
I hope we hammer these clowns..
dit was nou beflok mooi beter as die haka in my oe
How is the bleached hair of the ref,unacceptable!
Big Joe making a real statement there..
Game on
Jeez welsh defence looks good.
Huge hit there by Jamie Roberts..
How is the crap kick by Steyn?
Expect them to start hard..
I wish that Potgieter would cut his hair.
daarshy goeie strafskop gewen
He does these things Loosehead,hope he shuts a few people up on this blog after today,he’s the real deal 🙂
Fluck me, they wouldn’t do that to Bakkies.
Come boys.. Lets see how this first scrum goes.
ref se touch pause engage is fattup
This ref looks like he wants to be the centre of attention today..
rev laat die mense sak moenie eers tee maak nie!!
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