June Internationals 2018: South Africa vs England – Live Game Article

Published 9 June 2018 | By grootblousmile

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
9 June 2018 at 17:00 SA Time
Team: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sibusiso Nkosi, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Jean-Luc du Preez, 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Tendai Mtawarira Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Warrick Gelant	Team: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Jonny May, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Owen Farrell (Captain), 11 Mike Brown, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Brad Shields, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Piers Francis, 23 Denny Solomona

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)

131 Responses to June Internationals 2018: South Africa vs England – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 4:38 pm

So, predictions for this one??
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 4:45 pm

Let’s look at the combinations Rassie has picked for the Bokke…

Front row: No established combinations… whatsoever!
Locks: 2 Good players from totally different Provinces who has never played together.
Looseforwards: 3 Players playing for 3 different Provinces / Clubs.
Halfbacks: Faf de Klerk & Handré Pollard has not played together in ages, if ever.
Midfield: 2 Players from different Provinces…. a terribly predictable inside centre matched with an outside centre who will receive far too little ball form a centre who does not distribute.
Back 3: 2 Debutant wings and an overseas-based fullback who have NEVER played together.

On top of it, the locks have not played with the frontrowers, the locks have not played with the loosies…. the loosies have not played with the halfbacks in yonks, if at all…

Conclusion… Springboks will be hugely disjointed and could easily be unsettled.

Cannot see a Springbok win under THESE circumstances…
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Bullscot on 9 June 2018 at 4:52 pm

@2 am with you on combinations being important Gbs. After his performance especially 2nd half last week thought Esterhuizen would be playing and would have made even more sense with Am picked. But haven’t seen the Sharks play so don’t know how good a partnership they are but they would certainly be more familiar with each other’s play..
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Bullscot on 9 June 2018 at 4:53 pm

GO BOKS!
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 4:58 pm

Wilco Louw playing in place of Trevor Nyakane today.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:01 pm

3 Bullscot wrote:

@2 am with you on combinations being important Gbs. After his performance especially 2nd half last week thought Esterhuizen would be playing and would have made even more sense with Am picked. But haven’t seen the Sharks play so don’t know how good a partnership they are but they would certainly be more familiar with each other’s play..

Would have made perfect sense to play André Esterhuizen next to Am…. they combine well and André Esterhuizen plyed next to Pollard in the Junior Bokke a couple of years ago…. in addition Nkosi is next to Am on the outside, so 3 or 4 combining there would have been nice.
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Bullscot on 9 June 2018 at 5:01 pm

Must also bear in mind the positive confident frame of mind the Saracens players will be in having won the Premiership in style. 5 out of the 8 starting forwards from Saracens.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:02 pm

Players out on the field…
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:03 pm

Anthems up next…
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:03 pm

England Anthem up first…
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Bullscot on 9 June 2018 at 5:04 pm

@6 sounds sensible although just concerned for there to be too many Sharks in the Bok backline if you consider where they are in Super Rugby, but maybe all those players in a different coaching environment would play better
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:04 pm

Now for Nkosi…
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Bullscot on 9 June 2018 at 5:05 pm

Will altitude play a factor? So many variables and unknowns maybe the game will be won by the team that makes the fewest mistakes
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:05 pm

11 Bullscot wrote:

@6 sounds sensible although just concerned for there to be too many Sharks in the Bok backline if you consider where they are in Super Rugby, but maybe all those players in a different coaching environment would play better

Well, anything is better than Damian de Allende…
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:07 pm

England forwards are much more of a combined and combination pack… we could get bullied up front…
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:08 pm

Game ON!

Kick-Off by the Springboks!
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:09 pm

England penalty, Jean-Luc not staying on his feet.

Shot at goal from 60m out!!!
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:10 pm

Stupid play by Du Preez.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:10 pm

Overrr… wow!

Springboks 0 / 3 England
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:12 pm

Try Mike Brown, England, near left corner!

Very shoddy defence!!!
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:13 pm

Springboks 0 / 10 England
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:13 pm

1st scrum…
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:14 pm

England scrum penalty… binding on the arm.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:15 pm

Bokke penalty on halfway, Kolisi over the ball… kick to touch.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:16 pm

Bokke lineout Free Kick… closing the gap!
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:16 pm

Bokke opt to scrum… on the 22.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:17 pm

Bokke penalty… 7m out… offside

Posts it is.
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:18 pm

Springboks 3 / 10 England
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:21 pm

Try Elliot Daly, England!
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grootblousmile on 9 June 2018 at 5:22 pm

Springboks 3 / 17 England

June Internationals 2018: South Africa vs England – Live Game Article

Springboks (29) 42 / 39 (27) England (Final Score)

South African Springboks

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