The Rugby Championship 2017: South Africa vs New Zealand – Live Game Article

Published 7 October 2017 | By grootblousmile

Springboks (3) 24 / 25 (8) All Blacks (Final Score)

The South African Springboks and New Zealand All Blacks did battle in The Rugby Championship 2017 at

DHL Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa, at 17:05 SA Time (15:05 GMT, Sunday 03:05 NZ Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Springboks:

Penalties – Elton Jantjies (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Ross Cronjé (1), Jean-Luc du Preez (1), Malcolm Marx (1)
Conversions – Elton Jantjies (2), Handré Pollard (1)

All Blacks:

Penalties – Beauden Barrett (1), Lima Sopoaga (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Ryan Crotty (1), Rieko Ioane (1), Damian McKenzie (1)
Conversions – Lima Sopoaga (2)

Teams:

South African Springboks	New Zealand All Blacks
7 October 2017 at 17:05 SA Time
Team: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Ross Cronjé, 8 Francois Louw, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth (Captain), 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Jean-Luc du Preez, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Handré Pollard, 23 Damian de Allende	Team: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Nehe Milner-Skudder, 13 Ryan Crotty, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (Captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Squire, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Kane Hames Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Matt Todd, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Lima Sopoaga, 23 David Havili

Expected weather conditions: Sunny at first then overcast with a high of 18°C and a low of 12°C
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)

164 Responses to The Rugby Championship 2017: South Africa vs New Zealand – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:20 pm

Springboks 3 / 3 All Blacks
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Tassies on 7 October 2017 at 5:22 pm

@ grootblousmile:
than god for small mercies
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:22 pm

All Blacks attack…
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Tassies on 7 October 2017 at 5:23 pm

I hate to raise it at this point but I have us to go down by 10 to 15. Not as humilitating as the last disasterous outing.
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:24 pm

Phase after phase by the All Blacks, till Kitskos steals the ball on the ground…

Bokke penalty!

Kolisi and an All Black gets a talking to…
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Tassies on 7 October 2017 at 5:25 pm

15 mins into the game and we’ll still all square(I hope)?
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:26 pm

Try Rieko Ioane??

Looks like he lost it over the line… but he absolutely smoked Skosan!
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:26 pm

Ruled he lost it…

Bokke defensive scrum on their own 5m line.
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:27 pm

Reset scrum… not stable
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:28 pm

All Blacks with 73% possession…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:28 pm

All Blacks scrum penalty…. and we have handbags!!
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:29 pm

Popped out to touch for the 5m lineout.
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:29 pm

Bokke penalty, holding on… and Marx earned it… relief for the Bokke!
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:30 pm

Elton Jantjies has a huge welt below the right eye…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:32 pm

Again the All Blacks make huge ground on the counter… till a forward pass…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:33 pm

Bokke also have not looked bad on attack… but the counter by the All Blacks, sublime every time!
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:35 pm

Bokke kickable penalty, No 7, Sam Cane was offside!
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:35 pm

Posts it is again…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:36 pm

Missed to the left…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:37 pm

22m Drop out by the All Blacks… knocked by Squire… Bokke Scrum, middle of the pitch, 5m outside the All Blacks 22.
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:38 pm

Ruan Dreyer and Kane Hames gets a talking to about the scrum…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:39 pm

All Blacks scrum penalty… Kane Hames gets the plaudits.
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:40 pm

All Blacks inside the Bokke 22…

Again Marx earns the Bokke a penalty over the ball!
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:40 pm

29 Minutes gone already…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:41 pm

Bokke get their lineout ball… they maul… then it goes to the backline…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:42 pm

Again the All Blacks pass out to touch…
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:43 pm

All Blacks try??

Looks like Crotty…
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Tassies on 7 October 2017 at 5:44 pm

are we getting owned up to this stage of the game GB?
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grootblousmile on 7 October 2017 at 5:44 pm

Now in replay it looks like he lost it…. phweeeew
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Tassies on 7 October 2017 at 5:45 pm

have we even threatened their line yet?

The Rugby Championship 2017: South Africa vs New Zealand – Live Game Article

Springboks (3) 24 / 25 (8) All Blacks (Final Score)

South African Springboks

New Zealand All Blacks

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