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)
146: goeie haarsny gekry
Bok line-out on our 5m line.
Boks farking up now…..get your heads out of your asses boks!….ffs
FFS. England score again?
No, arm underneath the ball.
Darn it. England sneak through for a try.
Got to be a try
WHY OH WHY do teams throw the ball over the top on their own 5m line out?
8/10 of them are vark ups!!!!!!!!!!
TMO can’t decide, taking forever.
Try awarded.
157: goeie vraag, heeltemal onnodig. Moet veilig speel.
Boks keeping England in the game here. 28 – 17
@ Scrumdown:
Fok weet….het ons duur gekos
160: het nie agter gegooi nie, het bloot gemis in die lynstaan.
SA jaag nou k@k aan….liewe magtig!!!
England have been given some hope. Kommaan Bokke, score some points soon.
Bok mistake giving England a scrum in our half.
Corbisiero making a big difference to English scrum.
Nice play by the Boks and England scrum in their 22
Piennaar on, Houghie to wing, Habs off.
Scrum penalty Boks.
Time to tighten the screws Bokke.
Pienaar on and Hougie to wing. Penalty to Boks.
31 – 17. Gap back to 14 points. Not acceptable Boks. You were so much better than the score reflects.
Wholesale changes on both sodes with the last 20 minutes looming large!
England kick their penalty to touch. Kommaan Bokke!
FFS, English score from a maul that drove the Boks back 20m.
SA might just still fuck this up
England maul the Boks in their moer in and score a simple try. For farks sake.
Lyk my ons het dit nou omgedraai, goeie eerste helfte, slegte tweede helfte.
Now only 7 points in it. Bidibi, are we going to be relieved by a Boks 1 point win?
Kruger off!
This game TOOOO close for my liking.
And the Morne varks up the restart.
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