Springboks 36 / 27 England (Final score)
South Africa and England did battle in the Second Test at Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg at 17:05 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
An effervescent Springbok side built up enough of a lead with 3 first half tries to keep the English winless in the series, which SA have now secured.
Man Of The match: JP Pietersen
The English can take heart from a spirited comeback that got them within 4 points of the Boks with less than 10 minutes to play. Their forwards particularly took the game to the Bokke in the second stanza who seemed to be somewhat disrupted by the substitution, both forced and tactical.
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Scorers:
Springboks:
- Penalties – 3 (Morne Steyn)
- Drop Goals – 1 (Morne Steyn)
- Tries – 4 (Willem Alberts) (Bismark du Plessis) (Francois Houghaard) (JP Pietersen)
- Conversions – 2 (Morne Steyn)
England:
- Penalties – 2 (Toby Flood)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 3 (Toby Flood) (Ben Youngs-2)
- Conversions – 3 (Toby Flood)
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jean de Villiers (captain), 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 François Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Wynand Olivier, 22 Bjorn Basson.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 11 David Strettle, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Thomas Waldrom, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Owen Farrell, 22 Alex Goode.
Date: Saturday 16 June
Kick-off: 17:05 SA Time (15:05 GMT)
Venue: Coca Cola Park (Ellis Park), Johannesburg
Expected weather conditions: Sunny with a high of 12°C, dropping to 2°C – a crisp Highveld winter’s day.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh (Australia), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
@ bdb:
My sinuwese is gedaan.
Eng se longe brand…..kyk hoe hyg die forwards 🙂
What’s the farking use of having other kickers if you don’t use them?
Fok…eng kan bly wees wrecking ball Coenie is beseer 🙂
Nock…..mu ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa
England back in Bok 22 from penalty kick to touch. Fortunately they knock on from the line-out and boks get the scrum.
Morne moet maar bietjie gaan rus, weet nie wat is fout met sy skopvoet nie, maar dit lyk nie goed nie.
Scrum peanlty England.
Could have gone either way.
Ai tog man! A penalty from the srum and we give possession back to England.
Last minute.
SA…ons soek nog n drie
Spies MOM ?
SA POWER!!!
Boks will win and take the series, but this has been an awfully disappointing performance from the Boks in the 2nd half.
oF JP
Could have been 48 for SA…..Morne fucked up big time with his kicking
Congrats Bidibi, 9 point win.
Whew.
Closer than it should have been.
Poor second half from the Boks, but a series win.
England showed some BIG BALLS after a great SA start.
Well done Bokke.
Still some work to do before the Kiwi’s and Aussies get here though!
Geluk Bokke, skitterende eerste helfte, kan maar tweede helfte vergeet. Geluk aan HM en die Bokke vir 2 uit 2, die reeks is in die sakkie.
Spies had a decent game – hear that Smiles. Boks just lost their mojo in the 2nd half.
SA team future?….looking really good. Have to say….HM is changing the way SA play and I’m well impressed….that was an awesome display…think there fitness need to improve to keep the first half play up….appart from that…SA rugby looking bloody awesome!!!
Boks will have some injury issues and now will be interesting to see what happens regarding picks for the 3rd and last match.
Give Eng 2 years….they gonna be good….how good, no idea, but watch out Wales
HM has to seriously look at moving Bambie to flyhalf if he is not injured. Stain, when not kicking well, is a liability!
232: sal al die Bulle en Stormers laat rus met die oog op die S15, reeks is in die sakkie. Sharks Bokke het ‘n bye na volgende saterdag.
@ bos_otter:
LOL
233@ bos_otter:
Have to agree.
England side still very young, as are the Boks and Wales.
Sub Steyn for next match maybe? The bloke is awesome….and he’s been playing his heart out at a game he’s not used to(have to give him that)….but we need his kicks to be spot on
@ bdb:
No, test match rugby is more important. Rather smash the Poms 3 – zip!
234: dink Bambie is uit vir ‘n paar weke, lyk of enkel kwaai geswik het. As hy reg is, gee hom ‘n kans, ek het nie ‘n probleem nie, kom ons kyk hoe gaan dit.
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