Springboks (14) 31 / 30 (17) Wales (Final Score)
The South African Springboks and Wales did battle in their 2nd Test of the June Internationals at
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit at 15:00 SA Time (14:00 BST, 13:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Springboks:
- Penalties – Morné Steyn (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Penalty Try (2), Cornal Hendricks (1), Willie le Roux (1)
- Conversions – Morné Steyn (4)
Wales:
- Penalties – Dan Biggar (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Jamie Roberts (1), Alex Cuthbert (1), Ken Owens (1)
- Conversions – Dan Biggar (3)
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (Captain), 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Lodewyk de Jager, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.
Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Josh Turnbull, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain), 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements: 16 Matthew Rees, 17 Paul James, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 James Hook, 23 Matthew Morgan.
Date: Saturday 21 June 2014
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-Off: 15:00 SA Time, 14:00 BST, 13:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Sunny with a high of 23 C, dropping to 2 C.
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Francesco Pastrana (Argentina)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)
Vars van die pers:
Port Elizabeth – Junior Springbok captain Handré Pollard, who was named IRB Junior Player of the Year on Friday, and experienced Test hooker Adriaan Strauss will join the Springboks in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.
Pollard superbly led the South African Under-20s at the Junior World Championships in New Zealand. The Junior Boks twice beat the NZ U20s en route to the final, where they were edged 21-20 by England in Auckland on Friday.
Strauss has been a fixture in the Springbok squad since 2012 and missed out on the last three matches because of suspension. He is free to play again next weekend.
Seven players based in France and England have been released to their clubs and will not be considered for selection for next weekend’s final Test in the Castle Lager Incoming Series, against Scotland at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
They are Gurthrö Steenkamp (prop), Schalk Brits (hooker), Bakkies Botha (lock), Francois Louw (flank), Morné Steyn (flyhalf), Wynand Olivier (centre) and Bryan Habana (wing).
“I’ve always rated Handré very highly and with Morné returning to France and Johan Goosen struggling with a knee injury, we decided to bring him in,” said Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer.
“Adriaan has been with us since June 2012 and has played in every Test in the last two seasons. He knows our structures well and will slot back in with no hassle.
“We will still travel to Port Elizabeth with a strong squad and will only consider calling up more replacements if necessitated by injury. The players in the squad who have not yet featured in one of our three matches this month have worked very hard.
“I’m a believer in earning opportunities and I feel that some of them deserve a chance to play for the Springboks against Scotland as they’ve now become accustomed to how we play and won’t let their country down.”
Jurie Roux, CEO of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), explained that the Test against Scotland falls outside of the international window prescribed by the IRB.
“We have reached agreement with the South African provinces and certain clubs that their players may be made available for the match,” said Roux.
“The French and English clubs have exercised their right to withdraw their players from the Test and we respect and understand that.
“All the matches during the Castle Lager Rugby Championship fall within the IRB window and players based in Europe and South Africa will be available for selection.
“Because of the special nature of the Japanese season and the way in which it is structured, we have worked with these clubs to have players available for Springbok duty on an individual basis. That means Schalk Burger, Fourie du Preez and JP Pietersen will be available for certain matches, as agreed with their clubs.
“All Rugby World Cup matches next year fall within an international window and therefore all South African qualified players based anywhere will be available for selection.”
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Ag, as ou Ludeke tog net uit die boks kan begin dink en Basson op heelagter speel, met JJE en Mastriet op vleuel, dan kan dit soveel beter gaan.
Maar dit gaan nie in hierdie lewe gebeur nie, eish.
571 @ Pietman:
Sorry Pieta, ons het seker so 50 Comments gelede al daaroor gepraat… hahaha
570 @ grootblousmile: nou weet ons ook waar kom sy van vandaan, hmmm
@ grootblousmile:
O ok….
Verander dan net die opskrif asb.:
” Nie so vars van die pers”:
…en wat daarop volg….
575 @ Pietman:
Hahaha
574 @ Ben:
Janee, Ross SKYT… pas hom nogal
@ Ben:
@572 Percy Basson
Ek was lekker kwaad vir HM, Vic en Ludeke omdat Vic nie teen Leeus gespeel het nie, maar dit is nou gedane sake.
Vic moet na komende Saterdag ordentlik rus, en Bulle weer coach en dinge beplan vir Bokke se 4nasie titel.
Bulle moet nou begin span kies met oog op CB, as hul teen Stormers en Rebels speel.
Kan vir Jan en Flip ook rus, maar JJE, Visagie, Marcel en Hougaard kan weer superrugby speel.
does anyone know how serious the alberts injry is? I hope he can rest the next for weeks
@ Ben:
jje gaan twee goeie games he dink ek… maar ek het nie baie hoop nie. ek hoop die bok bestuurspan het hard aan hom gewerk nou
and to you guys that feels “guilty” because we won today and maybe didnt deserve to…
always remember 2011
MacroBok wrote:
Why, which karma was that?
also wales never deserved their last try
MacroBok wrote:
Dink jy regtig Jake gaan hom rus.
Jy ken mos vir Jake, Alberts gaan saam met Vettie Maandag en Dinsdag uitsit, en dan is hy sharp die naweek
2 dae af en n disprin, dis hoe dinge gedoen word
581: hoop ons sien eendag in die post Ludeke dae die volgende bulle agterlyn
Hougaard
Pollard
Basson
Jan
WSS
JJE
Kriel
@ Pietman:
no I meam we have been in their shoes a few times.
2011 wc quarter final vs aus
@ MacroBok:
Oh yes, THAT one! Bryce Lawrence,,,,and for the WC nogal….
@ Ben:
ludeke doen snaakse goed ja. sy grootste fout was louis fouche gewees en hyt sy les geleer.
kyk ek weet ludeke is nie altyd populer nie maar ons is lucky hy is ons afrigter gewees as ons kyk na alistair coetzee en jake, ons moet versigtig wees om hom negatief te wees teenoor hom want ons weet nooit wie hom gaan vervang nie al het ludeke sy foute.
Kan ons afrigters nie uitskryf werk kry nie, het in my skooldae gewerk, 100 maal op die swartbord:
JJE is nie ‘n senter nie
JPP is nie ‘n senter nie
Coenie is nie ‘n vaskop nie
Ross is nie ‘n flank nie
wat nog ?
Op rugby 365,
Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said that the 31-30 victory over Wales in Nelspruit on Saturday was his team’s best since he started coaching them.
Meyer’s charges needed a late penalty try to secure a dramatic win and deny Wales their first-ever Test victory over the Boks in South Africa.
Meyer said that the character his team showed to fight back in such tough circumstances was especially rewarding.
“This was my best win yet with the team as these are the matches you coach for. We were down and almost out, but the team showed massive character and resolve to pull this one through,” Meyer said afterwards.
The Springboks were behind for 78 minutes of the match and only took the lead when Mornè Steyn converted a penalty try conceded by Wales that gave the Springboks the one point win.
“Wins like this stand out as this is where one’s coaching philosophy and team selection are put under massive pressure. We had to dig very deep against a very good team. It is always difficult playing a tough team in consecutive weeks and we needed some luck out there today. Credit to Wales, who played very well,” Meyer admitted.
The support from the crowd was massive, he said.
“No one left their seats, even when we were still ten points behind with six minutes to play and looked likely to lose. That support lifted the team in those last minutes of the match and I want to salute the crowd,” Meyer said.
According to the coach, the big difference between last weekend’s win in Durban and this one was the way they used their chances to score.
“In Durban we took every opportunity we had and scored. This weekend we did not and nearly paid the price. There is not much between the top sides in the world and I am very happy with the final result. It was an awesome Test match,” he said.
Springbok captain, Victor Matfield, who became the most capped Springbok ever by taking the field in his 112th test match, blamed their poor exit play on the closeness of the result.
“Last week we could get out of our own half and apply pressure to Wales in their half. This time around we did not manage to do that and it gave them a lot of space to run at us.”
The character of the team shone through at the end, he felt.
“You need character to win the World Cup and we displayed some of that today. Our defence in last minutes to win the match was testimony of our will and mind set. We won this by coming back from behind. Last week we played well from the start, this time we had to come from behind. We were under massive pressure for most of the match, but came good when it counted.”
He praised the Welsh effort.
“With them leading, they had confidence and got stuck into us. We did not retaliate though, took the pressure well and responded at the right time.”
590 @ Ben:
Ruan Pienaar is nie Bok gehalte nie.
Jannie du Plessis moet leer tekkel en ophou moan.
Baba Blacksheep, Lambie het baie wol!
@ Ben:
bietjie politiek daai.
maar dit was n goeie game om te wen, dit beteken baie vir n span om games te wen wat hulle nie moes nie. bulle het dit ook al n paar keer reggekry in die super 14 goue jare
589: kyk, Ludeke is seker die grootste rugby gentleman wat ek ken, maar sy spankeuses en blinde lojaliteit aan sekere spelers is nog altyd ‘n groot probleem. So niks teen hom as persoon nie, maar dit gaan oor goeie rugbykeuses, en as die ganse wêreld jou vertel dat daar beter spelers is as Hattingh en Ross in bloubul land …….
@ Ben:
ek weet maar dit is daai lojaliteit wat ons baie sukses gebring het, vic and fdp het albei al baie selgte jare gehad asook steyn in 2012, dit is deel van die bul kultuur.
Ben 591
Kyk, ek weet Heyneke is groot op motivering en al daai dinge, maar daai is nou n pot snot.
Pleks hy net se, ons was kak, en ek gaan die bliksems volgende week polies Kollege toe vat en walle laat hardloop tot hulle kots.
Die kak wat hulle vandag opgedis het is onaanvaarbaar en ons sal dit reg maak
@ Ben:
ross is nog nie reg nie, maar ek dink ons kan nog geduldig wees, maar ek hoop roelof smit kom deur in die currie cup op 6. maar hattingh is te wisselvalig. ek sal hom nooit vergewe vir die currie cup laasjaar toe hy 80m hardloop sonder om fie bal te pas toe hulle hom net ingehal het
@ nortierd:
ek stem saam. ek weet hulle vermy om spelers in die publiek af te breuk maar ek hoop daai bokke kry n uitkak sessie en n half.
598 @ MacroBok:
Hulle verdien ‘n uitkak… maar ek is bly hulle durf was sterk genoeg om te wen.
Nouja, hierdie thread is 600 sterk
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