Springboks (29) 42 / 39 (27) England (Final Score)
The South African Springboks and England did battle in The June Internationals 2018 at
Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time (16:00 UK Time, 15:00 GMT).
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 – Handré Pollard (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Faf de Klerk (1), Sibusiso Nkosi (2), Willie le Roux (1), Aphiwe Dyantyi (1)
- Conversions – Handré Pollard (4)
England:
- Penalties – Elliot Daly (1), Owen Farrell (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Mike Brown (1), Elliot Daly (1), Owen Farrell (1), Maro Itoje (1), Jonny May (1)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (3), George Ford (1)
Teams:
South African Springboks |
England |
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Expected weather: Sunny with a high of 18°C and a low of 4°C – crisp, good rugby weather.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Try Owen Farrell, England… far, far too easy…
Springboks 3 / 24 England
Disasterous play by the Springboks…
Bokke penalty, tackler not rolling away.
Try Faf de Klerk, Bokke!
But what is worrysome is that the Bokke are playing one-off runners the whole time.
Springboks 8 / 24 England
Am knocks…
Directly kicked out by Daly…
Ref sees another Bokke knock… Duane Vermeulen…. hard done by, went far backwards.
Try Nkosi, Bokke!
Springboks 15 / 24 England
Bokke penalty, earned by Duane Vermeulen… deep inside the Bokke half.
Try Sibusiso Nkosi, Bokke again!
Springboks 22 / 24 England
Bokke penalty, Robshaw offside.
Referee’s communications needs to be repaired…
Bokke penalty… not back 10 and a high tackle…
Another Bokke penalty… kicked to touch from the England 10m line.
Lost forward and Youngs clears to touch… lineout still inside the England 22.
Try Willie le Roux, Bokke!
Springboks 29 / 24 England
England penalty, on the Bokke 22.
Posts it is… should be easy enough.
Springboks 29 / 27 England
Lemoenetyd
Very nervous start by the Bokke… and terrible defence, specially out wide.
Springboks came back very well, but they should never have conceded the last penalty… should have been caught, out and into touch from the restart by the Bokke here at the end, in stead they conceded the penalty.
Springbok Players playing well:
– Duane Vermeulen
– Faf de Klerk
– Lukhanyo Am (to a large extent)
– Sibusiso Nkosi (apart from early defensive lapses, his 2 tries were great)
– RG Snyman (very solid)
– Franco Marais (very solid)
– Willie le Roux (industrious)
– Siya Kolisi (OK, but not fantastic)
– Jean-Luc du Preez (OK, abrasive, but not fantastic)
– Handré Pollard (attacking the line well, missed a vital tackle at the 1st England try)
Springbok Players not playing well:
– Damian de Allende
– Bongii Mbonambi (not too bad but a bit anonymous)
– Wilco Louw (too quiet)
– Beast Mtawarira (quiet and too predictable when carrying the ball)
– Aphiwe Dyantyi (was terrible on defence early on, but seems to be improving and his good pass to Sibusiso Nkosi for Nkosi’s 2nd try was very good)
England Players playing well:
– Daly
– Mike Brown
– Owen Farrell
– Ben Youngs
2nd Half ON!
Massive break by RG Snyman… and running well.
Bokke scrum, just outside the England 22…. reset scrum.
Faf de Klerk breaks blind… can’t get his pass to find the mark but England knock.
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