England (6) 11 / Springboks (6) 21 (Final Score)
England hosted the Springboks at Twickenham at 16:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SuperSport HD & M-Net on TV in SA.
The Springboks came out firing in the forwards, dominating the forwards battle and scored 2 tries in the process, one a wonderful break by Lwazi Mvovo who gets his first international try.
The Springboks showed some guts and grit and determination and deserved their win, well done Bokke.
Scorers:
England: 2 Penalties Toby Flood, 1 Try Ben Foden
Springboks: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Morné Steyn, 1 Try Willem Alberts, 1 Try Lwazi Mvovo
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Hendre Fourie, 20 Danny Care, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Matt Banahan.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Frans Steyn, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Patrick Lambie, 22 Adi Jacobs.
Date: Saturday, November 27
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 16.30 SA Time (14.30 GMT)
Expected weather: Very cold with wintry showers, which will lead to further accumulations of snow. High of 2°C and by kick-off it will be a chilly -1°C – although the windchill factor will take it down to at least -4°C.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Simon Mcdowell (Ireland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
120@ superBul:
Yip!!!
We keep forcing them back at the tackle. They try and run but do so behind the advantage line.
Tight head by Bokke!
Deft dab forward by Morné…. Bokke lineout, 10m out
Ag vlok jacobs!
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyy Alberts…. good offload by Spiessssssss
Sccore!!!
@ Piet visagie:
wat het jacobs nou weer verkeerd gedoen?
Spies actually passed a ball.
Morné misses the conversion from touch
Bokke 14 / 6
Shit knock on by Spies.
Jean is great on defence. Reading the England backline very well.
Alberts is great.die man like van driee druk.ek wonder wat se martin johnson nou?snor en muir is seker besig met hulle 2de bottel brannas.
Ben Youngs off, Danny Care on at scrummie for the Poms
Scotland 16 – 16 Samoa 66′
Free kick Poms…. they scrum again
England attacking hard.
Hougie on, on the wing
Hougie is on on the right wing
Game is very fast….
Scotland 16 – 16 Samoa 71′
Bokke on defense mode at the moment. We need to get into attack mode and stop trying to defend the lead.
Flip on, Bakkies off
Bokke’s tactical kicking much better today
Jean off…. no man, he’s been good in midfield
Jean subbed? WTF?
Mvovo saves a kick well…. penalty Bokke as England goes offside at the ruck
Morné has also been cool and calm and collected today.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyy Mvovo
Heeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaa
I knew it was just a matter of time for him to score!!
Great gap taken Mvovo, always nice on the eye
Bokke 21 / 6
Greatttttttttt tackle by Alberts…. the man is a machine!!
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