Japan (0) 7 / 41 (22) Springboks (Final Score)
Japan and the South African Springboks did battle in a Rugby World Cup warm-up International 2019 at
Kumagaya Stadium, Saitama, Japan on 6 September 2019 at 12:15 SA Time (19:15 Japan Time, 10:15 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Japan:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Kotaro Matsushima (1)
- Conversions – Yu Tamura (1)
Springboks:
- Penalties – Handré Pollard (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Cheslin Kolbe (2), Makazole Mapimpi (3), Herschell Jantjies (1)
- Conversions – Handré Pollard (2), Frans Steyn (2)
Teams:
Japan |
South African Springboks |
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Expected weather: Partly cloudy and hot with a high of 34°C and a “low” of 24°C with a chance of rain and 40 percent humidity.
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Graham Cooper (Australia)
TMO: Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
Japan knock, the replacement left wing… should have caught it for sure.
Bokke scrum 5m inside the Japan half.
Reset scrum as the front rows go up… I think it is the Japan front row who is going up under pressure.
Too much kicking… far too much.
Bokke scrum on the Japan 22, after a knock from yet another high bomb by Faf de Klerk.
Need a set piece backline run here….
Try Makazole Mapimpi!
Japan 0 / 19 Springboks
Bokke penalty, holding on…
Cheslin Kolbe very, very effective on attack and defence!
Maul…. Bokke get within 50cm.
Turnover scrum, Japan ball 5m from their own line.
Knocked by Etzebeth in the lineout.
Bokke penalty, offside at the ruck… extremely kickable… posts!
Japan 0 / 22 Springboks
Knocked by Willie le Roux from a high bomb..
Penalty advantage and penalty it is to Japan… very kickable… but kicked towards the corner.
Japan lineout, 15m out
Lemoenetyd
Not a bad half by the Springboks… but they will HAVE TO cut down on unneeded kicking!
The scrums and lineouts going well, defence is rock solid.
Not enough ball through the hands in the backline….
Siya Kolisi and Frans Malherbe far too quiet…
Duane Vermeulen and Pieter-Steph du Toit are monsters!
Franco Mostert working very hard, so too Steven Kitshoff and Malcolm Marx.
In the backline the shining star is Cheslin Kolbe… followed by Handré Pollard, Makazole Mapimpi and Willie le Roux.
2nd Half ON!
No Bokke replacements, James Moore on for Japan as replacement.
It is as if the Bokke do not trust their 2 centres to distribute down the backline…
Japan penalty, midway between the Bokke 10m line and 22m line.
Another Japanese penalty… quick tap…
grootblousmile wrote:
That’s a lovely sounding Japanese name!
…..and another penalty… Kolisi is spoken to.
53 BrumbiesBoy wrote:
Hahahaha… yeah, 5 countries represented there in the Japan team!
5m Japan scrum, as Pieter-Steph knocks inside his goal area.
Bokke defence deadly close to their own line.
Bokke penalty, a relieving one…. earned by Kolisi!
Trevor Nyakane on for Frans Malherbe!
Another Bokke penalty, pulled down in the lineout.
Hat trick try for Makazole Mapimpi, Bokke!
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