England (6) 11 / Springboks (6) 21 (Final Score)
England hosted the Springboks at Twickenham at 16:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SuperSport HD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Springboks came out firing in the forwards, dominating the forwards battle and scored 2 tries in the process, one a wonderful break by Lwazi Mvovo who gets his first international try.
The Springboks showed some guts and grit and determination and deserved their win, well done Bokke.
Scorers:
England: 2 Penalties Toby Flood, 1 Try Ben Foden
Springboks: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Morné Steyn, 1 Try Willem Alberts, 1 Try Lwazi Mvovo
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Hendre Fourie, 20 Danny Care, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Matt Banahan.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Frans Steyn, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Patrick Lambie, 22 Adi Jacobs.
Date: Saturday, November 27
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 16.30 SA Time (14.30 GMT)
Expected weather: Very cold with wintry showers, which will lead to further accumulations of snow. High of 2°C and by kick-off it will be a chilly -1°C – although the windchill factor will take it down to at least -4°C.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Simon Mcdowell (Ireland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
@ grootblousmile:
wonner of dit weer aleenspraak gaan wees vandag
Penalty Poms…. jeeeez that Easter moves!
Italy 9 – 13 Fiji 35′
Scotland 3 – 0 Samoa 4′
Poms 3 / 0
Penalty Bokke, on their own 10m line.
One Pommie half dead…. injured
Pom ran into Matfield, knocked his own head….. hehehe
Injured player is Ashton, No 14 wing
Italy 9 – 16 Fiji Half time
sagte manne die poms.
Great commentary GBS, in my low tech home I need you to keep it coming as there is nothing to see!
Oi, bad pass fron Fransie Steyn to Mvovo…
Bokke get a free kick from the lineout…. they take the scrum
Penalty Bokke from the scrum, Morné lines it up to posts.
Scotland 3 – 7 Samoa 13′
3 / 3
Morné passes Naas Botha in all time scoring with this kick!
mvovo is overated!
Come on England….
Skew throw by the Bokke into the scrum… free kick England, they choose the scrum
England poor handling of the dropped balls by us is saving us big time
If my loved one gave me a ‘Swanniebraai’ for Christmas I would not be impressed!!
Prefer diamonds!
Stegmann turns it over… hee haaaa
Scotland 10 – 7 Samoa 18′
Penalty England as Jean tackles Pom in the air, they kick for touch
Fransie Steyn offside at the ruck… easy kick for Pommies
England 6 / 3
@ grootblousmile:
So far Fransie is just costing us , with poor passing and this penalty .
Scrum 5m out for Bokke….
Come on Bokke!!
TMO
Try Matfield???
No try….. eishhhhhhh
Scrum 5 for Bokke
Penalty Bokke…. quick tap… and they fumble it….. Fransie, ai tog!
Lyk dit of F Steyn die playmaker try wees
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