Scotland (12) 21 / Springboks (9) 17 (Final Score)

Scotland hosted the Springboks at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh at 16:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.

In a scrappy game a brave Scotland held out to beat the Springboks and shatter their Grand Slam hopes.

Worst Springbok performance in a very long time.

Scores:

Scotland: 6 Penalties & 1 Drop Goal Dan Parks

Springboks: 4 Penalties Morné Steyn, 1 Try Willem Alberts

  

Teams:

Scotland: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Nikki Walker,  13 Max Evans,  12 Graeme Morrison,  11 Sean Lamont,  10 Dan Parks, 9 Rory Lawson (captain), 8 Kelly Brown, 7 John Barclay, 6 Nathan Hines, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Scott MacLeod, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.  
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall,  17 Moray Low,  18 Richie Vernon, 19 Ross Rennie, 20 Greig Laidlaw, 21 Ruaridh Jackson, 22 Chris Paterson.

South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Frans Steyn, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 François Hougaard, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 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 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Patrick Lambie, 22 Adi Jacobs.

Date: Saturday 20 November
Venue: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 16.30 SA Time (14.30 GMT)
Expected weather: Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain or showers. High of 7°C and low of 2°C.
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Federico Pastrana (Argentina)
TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)

242 Responses to EOYT: Scotland vs Springboks – Game Thread

  • 241

    @ Piet visagie:
    Moet erken die Bokke se game was so deurmekaar soos katkots in n tuimeldroer.

    Dinge lyk nou horibaal.

    Sal hierdie post se vertaling wil sien, ek gaan my n papie lag. 😆

  • 242

    snor fool ons almal,die is deel van n meesterplan.hy laat die bokke doelbewys so swak speel,dan kom die world cup en almal onderskat die bokke.dit is dan waneer hulle ongelooflike rugby opdis en die trofee inpalm..rugby stadiums word na snor hulle vernoem.

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