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)
Nog baie tyd oor.
The Boks are rattled, making errors upon errors.
178: vir seker
Varkit, Daniels is a lightweight. Shouldn’t be there IMO.
And england scrum us in our moer in.
England forwards simply destroying the Bok scrum.
Liewe magtig Bokke!!
England take the penalty and the gap is down to 4!
mag ‘n mens voor die bal in is begin skrum ?
Boks look out of it and completely clueless. We need a bit of good fortune now, a quick try!
Kom Bokke, moet nou nie hier slip nie.
Bok scrum penalty. Will Morne miss?
Dankie, pale toe.
Scrum penalty Bokke.
Poles by Morne.
Missed off the upright! SHIIIIT
3rde bledie skop wat hy mis…..nie goed genoeg nie man….was dieselfde met die vorige game….bring on Ruan
192: yes.
AARG!! Stain misses! Everything going to pieces now! Morne need to come off, but Bambie is off already…
Maybe move Ruan to Fly half…
Estebeth having a good game. Just the lack of experience showing a bit now throughout the team.
Boks need to dig deep, very deep.
@ bos_otter:
Ruaan skop mos vir Ulster.
Gee hom maar ‘n kans.
Vok Bok skrum onder druk.
England will regard this match as a victory even if they lose… and they don’t at this stage look like losing. Boks look punch- drunk.
te veel veranderinge na mekaar gemaak, te veel skuiwe, kombineer dit met ‘n paar beserings en skielik is ons onder druk.
SA skop nou al hulle besit weg
JPP YOU GOOOOOD THING.
Started and finished it.
Yes baby!!!
Great break bt JP and finally, finally JP scores!
That’s more like it….FFS!!
Bokke, skitterende drie !!!
Phew….was hard on the way of getting a farking heart attack….Steyn nou cost us how much?….12?….wat de fok Steyn?
Stain’s kicking has gone completely to pot. I don’t understand why when you have other kickers in the team, they don’t give the kicking to someone else, FFS!
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