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)
Lineout for Bokke, on England 22m line
Tom Croft injured, arm farked….. Ex Saffa, Fourie replaces him.
Penalty Bokke….
Italy 12 – 16 Fiji 45′
Morne going for posts…. 22m line, 15 from touch
Morne misses… it shaves the wrong side of the upright
Penalty Bokke and Morné finds a good touch
Scotland 13 – 7 Samoa 30′
Italy 12 – 16 Fiji 45′
Bokke maul again, England offside… penalty
Frans fumbles yet again
Kirchner playing well….
Penalty Bokke, halfway… Fransie goes for posts
@ grootblousmile:
Hel ons hantering laat veel te wense oor
He hits the upright…. oi
Italy 15 – 16 Fiji 53′
Scotland 13 – 10 Samoa 36′
71@ superBul:
Ja, veral Fransie
Die bokke lyk beter as laas naweek.gaan dit nie wonderlik wees as die bokke die een wen nie,dan gaan die poms se naam lekker gat wees..
Flood off injured, Charlie Hodgson on
Hell England fall like flies trough the injuries
Lineout for the Bokke 5m out….. Wonderful kick by Ruan… England can’t do anything but carry it out
Penalty Bokke from themaul… man that’s a professional foul…
Morné goes for posts
6 / 6
At last got another penalty over
Italy 18 – 16 Fiji 60′
Penalty Poms…. just too far to go for posts
England goes short and Beast bundles them out, Bokke lineout
England look a little under the pump at set piece
Scotland 13 – 10 Samoa Half time
Matfield steals a Pommie lineout, Poms hands in the ruck, penalty Bokke… they kick out… lineout on the 22
Bokke definately the more physical side, up front
Drop attempt by Morné, it misses right…
Lemoenetyd
BOKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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