Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has stuck with his guns and pretty much as expected gone for continuity, in selecting the same team as last weekend accept for two changes to the starting fifteen and one on the bench.
The two changes made to the Starting 15 were pretty much as expected as earlier reports coming through from the Bok camp, that Gurthro Steenkamp was back to full fitness and Juan De Jong was a definite starter in the 13 jumper.
What is somewhat of a surprise is CJ replacing Pat Cilliers on the bench as Pat made an excellent impact when he took to the field last weekend in that dramatic turn around victory by the Springboks.
Springboks: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (Captain), 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Morné Steyn, 22 Jaco Taute, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.
@ Puma:
Yes I was lucky, I started to take notice just about the time that TV was being introduced, I was 5 at the time, so perfect timing. I used to go to my Grandpa’s over the weekend though and we would do woodworking in his shed with the radio tuned to the afternoon’s rugby. Was somewhat of a tradition. I think he needed something to keep him busy while he listened to the game.
Learned my first few swearwords during those games 🙂
The guy who punched Naas was Jannie Els.
FreeStater. In a CC game in Bloem. Knocked him out cold.
he he he
181 @ Stormersboy:
Sorry to answer late, got so busy.
Totally forgot who it was that punched Naas.
Yip those were the days when we listened to our rugby on the radio! Now flat screens and good sound system to go with. Times have sure changed.
Some bit of history. Found this about the 1951 tour to Scotland.
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Scotland 0 – 44 South Africa
24th November 1951
Murrayfield
The Springboks won 30 out their 31 matches on tour, beating Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, France and the Barbarians in the process. The defeat they inflicted on the Scots at Murrayfield became known as the “Murrayfield Massacre” and was so painful, it cast a shadow on the game for several seasons, with Scotland losing the next 14 games on the trot.
In fine conditions Scotland for some fifteen minutes held their opposition and even had one dangerous break headed by Elliot. Then suddenly their weaknesses were piteously exposed and the game exploded into a magnificent exhibition of combined handling and attacking play by the South African backs and forwards, backed up by some accurate goal kicking by A. Geffin who converted seven of the nine tries scored. The South African play was described as seven-a-side rugby played by fifteen men and there is a much-quoted comment made by a dazed Scottish supporter who was asked later what the score was and answered ’44-0 and we were lucky to get nothing’.
From “A Compendium of Scotland’s Matches”, by John McI. Davidson (Polygon, 1994)
Recollection: DONALD SCOTT
When I played in any match there were three things I thought the man opposite might do: they would run at me and try to beat me, they would run at me and pass the ball to change the angle of attack, or they would kick the ball. Well, the South Africans did all that, but they also did something I had never seen before: they ran into you. They looked at you and said: come and take me.
Now, in those days back-row forwards in British rugby used to corner-flag when their team lost the ball, they would run back diagonally towards the faraway corner. So when these guys hit us in the middle of the pitch, there was a big gap between the collision point and our cover defence, and they exploited that because after they hit us they turned and popped the ball, and they had three brilliant back-row forwards – led by the great Hennie Muller – who were coming in their slipstream and taking the ball on at pace.
South Africa scored nine tries against us and seven were scored by the forwards, which was really unusual in those days. You watch rugby now and it is all about contact, and laying the ball off in different ways – and that was the first time I saw that approach. We tackled all day, but when we got our opponents down the ball just wasn’t there. I remember, in the last minute of the game, I was totally knackered and found myself chasing their winger, a guy called Paul Johnstone. I got to him just as he was going over in the corner and forced him into touch. Now, I’m not a religious man, but I said at that point, ‘Dear Lord, get the referee to blow his whistle.’ And he did. I got up on my feet thinking I couldn’t have gone on, I was absolutely bushed. There is nothing more tiring in a game than having to tackle, tackle, tackle. It was a pretty miserable experience. The only comfort I can take is that I thought I did pretty well within the context of such a heavy defeat, and I was the only back reselected for the next game.
Taken from “Behind the Thistle: Playing Rugby for Scotland”, by David Barnes and Peter Burns (Birlinn, 2010)
SCOTLAND
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Burrell
(Gala)
15
J. Buchler
(Transvaal)
J.G.M Hart
(London Scottish)
14
F. Marais
(Boland)
D.M. Scott
(London Scottish)
13
R. van Schoor
(Rhodesia)
F.O. Turnbull
(Kelso)
12
M.T. Lategan
(Western Province)
D.M. Rose
(Jedforest)
11
P. Johnstone
(Western Province)
CAPT. A. Cameron
(Glasgow High School FP)
10
J.D. Brewis
(Northern Transvaal)
A.F. Dorward
(Gala)
9
P.W. du Toit
(NOrthern Transvaal)
J.C. Dawson
(Royal High School FP)
1
A. Geffin
(Transvaal)
J.A.R. Macphail
(Edinburgh Academicals)
2
W. Delport
(Eatsern Province)
R.L. Wilson
(Gala)
3
K. Kock
(Boland)
H.M. Inglis
(Edinburgh Academicals)
4
C.J. van Wyk
(Transvaal)
J. Johnston
(Melrose)
5
J. du Rand
(Rhodesia)
W.I.D. Elliot
(Edinburgh Academicals)
6
E. Dinkelman
(Northern Transvaal)
P.W. Kininmonth
(Richmond)
7
S.P. Fry
(Western Province)
R.C. Taylor
(Kelvinside Academicals)
8
H. Muller CAPT.
(Transvaal)
7 tries in that game scored by our forwards….. 😯
We played like a 7’s side?????? Now we kick all game long… 🙄
Really enjoyed this part of that article.
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The South African play was described as seven-a-side rugby played by fifteen men and there is a much-quoted comment made by a dazed Scottish supporter who was asked later what the score was and answered ’44-0 and we were lucky to get nothing’.
When I played in any match there were three things I thought the man opposite might do: they would run at me and try to beat me, they would run at me and pass the ball to change the angle of attack, or they would kick the ball. Well, the South Africans did all that, but they also did something I had never seen before: they ran into you. They looked at you and said: come and take me.
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“We were lucky to get nothing”…….. 🙂 🙂 Boks must have been awesome that day. Also take note where he says: They also did something I had never seen before: They ran INTO you……. 🙄 That I am afraid is still us today.
Still we sounded better then than now. Seemed we played almost total rugby that day, from what I am reading in this article.
Good read though.
92 @ Pietman:
good to see it sparked off a whole lot of other quz questions, ashamed to say I didn’t know the answer to many of them off the top of my head
Hey Pietman spot on man it is Jannie du Plessis, you answer came quite quick
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