Springboks 36 / 27 England (Final score)
South Africa and England did battle in the Second Test at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 17:05 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
An effervescent Springbok side built up enough of a lead with 3 first half tries to keep the English winless in the series, which SA have now secured.
Man Of The match: JP Pietersen
The English can take heart from a spirited comeback that got them within 4 points of the Boks with less than 10 minutes to play. Their forwards particularly took the game to the Bokke in the second stanza who seemed to be somewhat disrupted by the substitution, both forced and tactical.
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Scorers:
Springboks:
- Penalties – 3 (Morne Steyn)
- Drop Goals – 1 (Morne Steyn)
- Tries – 4 (Willem Alberts) (Bismark du Plessis) (Francois Houghaard) (JP Pietersen)
- Conversions – 2 (Morne Steyn)
England:
- Penalties – 2 (Toby Flood)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 3 (Toby Flood) (Ben Youngs-2)
- Conversions – 3 (Toby Flood)
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jean de Villiers (captain), 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 François Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Wynand Olivier, 22 Bjorn Basson.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 11 David Strettle, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Thomas Waldrom, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Owen Farrell, 22 Alex Goode.
Date: Saturday 16 June
Kick-off: 17:05 SA Time (15:05 GMT)
Venue: Coca Cola Park (Ellis Park), Johannesburg
Expected weather conditions: Sunny with a high of 12°C, dropping to 2°C – a crisp Highveld winter’s day.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
wat is dit met steyn en sy skoppe deesdae?
@ bdb:
No man, I am not that way inclined
Lekker pasella drie daar, nie goed getref deur Morne nie.
Boks look lus for it today.
wow ….SA looking awesome so far
Geez. Looked like it was on the line.
TMO. Reason not to award the try?
For Farks sake the Boks look awesome.
ke-ching!!!
Net een groen golf na die ander.
The only concern is when Hougie kicks my heart is in my throat, he is so slow to clear.
fokkkk….word wakker SA
Groot verskil: vinnige voorvoet bal, vinnige diens deur Hougies.
Penalty England. Right in front. Coetzee from the side.
Poles by Flood.
Over
12/3 SA
England on attack and get a penalty. Bok defense looked a little wobbly there.
Shellshocked English starting to wake up now?
England lineout in Bok 22
SA sal hulle disipliene in check moet kry
Defensive penalty SA. England in from the side.
Habana !
England don’t look at all dangerous when in the Bok 22.
Boks back on attack in English half
HeeHaaa.
5m scrum SA.
Steyn’s pass made it.
5m Bok scrum. Moer hulle manne!!
lol….altitude will eat the poms in 2nd half….this is a fast paced game
Must have been close to a penalty try.
If Spies had had control??????
Take the points, Boks!
Good decision. Respect the opposition and take all the points on offer.
54@ bos_otter:
And Poms having to make LOTS of tackles.
15 – 3 Bokke!
lol…that’s ball travels well
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