Brilliant Boks break drought
6 Dec 2008
The Springboks won the George Sevens for the first time ever when they downed New Zealand 12-7 at a packed Outeniqua Park.
The Boks also broke the drought by winning back-to-back tournaments after Dubai last week and fittingly captain Mzwandile Stick crashed over for the crucial score. Before that Gio Aplon was adjudged to have knocked the ball over the line after a cross-kick, but from the scrum the Boks forced a tighthead and Stick did the rest.
DJ Forbe’s opened the scoring for the Kiwis, but a try late in the opening half by Renfred Deyzel brought the hosts back at 5-7. Stick then scored with three minutes to go and added the conversion.
“It’s awesome to win here, we’ve struggled in the past in George due to the pressure,” said Stick. ”The support from the crowd was amazing and this was a very special one – our blood is green.”
Springboks - Tries: Renfred Deyzel, Mzwandile Stick. Conversion: Stick.
The Boks reached the final via a convincing 21-7 win over Fiji.
The hosts dominated possession in the opening half and three tries was the result – to Ryno Benjamin (2) and Mpho Mbiyozo who barged over.
The Fijians scored a consolation score with a minute to go but the result was beyond doubt.
Springboks - Tries: Mpho Mbiyozo, Ryno Benjamin (2). Conversions: Stick (3).
Meanwhile in the qaurters, Man of the Tournament Robert Ebersohn was instrumental in the Boks’ 17-12 victory over England.
Ebersohn scored the first try and set up the extra couple of scores. Ebersohn’s offload inbetween two tacklers inside his own 22 was instrumental in the second score, while his 40m break set up captain Mzwandile Stick for the try that sealed the win.
The Boks led 19-5 and a late try from the English was mere consolation.
Springboks - Tries: Robert Ebersohn, Ryno Benjamin, Mzwandile Stick. Conversion: Stick.
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A full report will be posted at the end of the day.
831 Comments
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6 Dec 2008, 20:27 pm
#348 grootblousmile: No wonder you have got about 3 months worth of music downloaded….to think I can’t even put pictures in files yet!!
6 Dec 2008, 20:27 pm
#349 Puma: Yeah, the thunder and lightning was heavy……… not tooo much rain though !
6 Dec 2008, 20:29 pm
#350 carol: My dear, I’m a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer………. fully qualified……. and a Software Developer….
Clever Oke, I am !!
6 Dec 2008, 20:29 pm
#351 grootblousmile: We had huge thunder and lightning and heavy rain too. But it cools it down so thats great. Also brings out a lot of mozzies after the rain. They don’t bother me though.
6 Dec 2008, 20:29 pm
#347 Puma: We don’t know what you listen to Puma, what is on your i pod?
6 Dec 2008, 20:31 pm
#350 carol: Not 3 months worth of music… more than 9 and a half months worth of continious music….
6 Dec 2008, 20:31 pm
#352 grootblousmile: Tell you what, when you are passing perhaps you could sort my pictures out for me!!
I have a short attention span, want to break the machine if I can’t get it to do what I want….you know the type!
6 Dec 2008, 20:32 pm
#353 Puma: What do you eat to make the mozzies hate you? They love me!!
6 Dec 2008, 20:33 pm
#356 carol: Yeah…… “Fiddle Fingers” type…. that’s what you are……… hehehe
6 Dec 2008, 20:34 pm
#356 carol:
Hi all,
I missed the finals but am glad to hear SA has won – I thought they were going to choke (always difficult to live up to expectations at home). Personally I do not like sevens, it is a bit like contact netball.
Carol,
Thanks for the list. I saw it just now (the forwarded version as Roy is asleep) and will definitely check it out. Most of the stuff is new to me as I am a bit stuck in a previous era and always appreciate some “education” on modern music! .
It was only a mountainbike and not a motorbike
6 Dec 2008, 20:34 pm
#355 grootblousmile: Have you heard even a months worth yet?
6 Dec 2008, 20:34 pm
#353 Puma: Mozzies leave me alone as well….. must be all the condensed milk and Jerepico in my veins….
6 Dec 2008, 20:35 pm
#354 carol: Lots of different music. John Mayer, Jack Johnson, I like some of the old blues music too. U2., Bob Dylan, Aero Smith, REM also like that Duffy girl she is great. Lots of the old stuff like the late 60′s and 70′s. But my fav is blues and soul.
6 Dec 2008, 20:35 pm
what a day what a game – now we just need biff and the boys to beat the aussies and my sporting year will be complete..
6 Dec 2008, 20:36 pm
#358 grootblousmile: Yep, watch out……
6 Dec 2008, 20:36 pm
#360 carol: Here’s a challenge….. name a song and artist…….. you’ll have the song on mp3 mailed to you within an hour…
6 Dec 2008, 20:37 pm
#363 gunther: lol. Yes just hope that Biff and the boys beat the Aussies. That would complete the year well for me too. Damn so proud of our Boks 7′s. Such a fit team I thought and their defence is great.
6 Dec 2008, 20:38 pm
#362 Puma: Eclectic rather like me. Glad you have come across Duffy, she is a bit of a find isn’t she. Grant10 got me back into U2, I had forgotten how good they were.
I avoid 60′s it reminds me of people over 40 dancing badly when I was a teenager….
6 Dec 2008, 20:39 pm
#361 grootblousmile: Must be that condensed milk!! lol. Serious I have not met one South African that the mozzies bother. Just let my Scottish visitors come over here and they have bite marks all over their bodies that get huge like a tennis ball!! lol. Why they go for them I have no idea. They just never bother me at all.
6 Dec 2008, 20:41 pm
#359 Robzim: Sorry I got the bike wrong, anyway you were horribly injured and luckily for us survived…….phew.
The Cardigans in my fav track on that list..Hope some is of interest to you.
GBS has the library of sound…..
6 Dec 2008, 20:42 pm
#367 carol: Just some of the late 60′s 70′s and 80′s. Yes I like Duffy’s music more a cross between blues and soul I think. I love blues and soul music. Always enjoyed U2 and Aero Smith aswell. John Mayer really enjoy his music too.
6 Dec 2008, 20:44 pm
#365 grootblousmile: How about one I love but only have on “Tape”!!
The Cure – A Forest…..surely you don’t have that.
What is mp3? Will I be technically challenged listening to it?
6 Dec 2008, 20:45 pm
#362 Puma:
Great taste Puma. Anyone who likes Jack Johnson is a friend of mine. This afternoon I listened to some old stuff from Shawn Phillips. It reminded me of Combi’s, surf and some other potent stuff of years gone by. Tassies (who also blogs here) will know what I am talking about.
6 Dec 2008, 20:45 pm
Friends, Romans, Countrymen……… I see it’s 20:40…. time to go relax…. get my massage….. do the horizontal tango…….
6 Dec 2008, 20:47 pm
#370 Puma: John Mayer another one I have not come across I will you tube him.
WRS is our blues fan here I adore some of it, some not to my taste…
6 Dec 2008, 20:47 pm
I’m guessing you have drifted from th 7s so what are you talking about now?
6 Dec 2008, 20:48 pm
#372 Robzim: Yes I enjoy Jack Johnson some of my mates think he puts you to sleep but I really enjoy his music also John Mayer.
6 Dec 2008, 20:50 pm
#373 grootblousmile: eew
6 Dec 2008, 20:50 pm
#372 Robzim: robin auld?
6 Dec 2008, 20:51 pm
#373 grootblousmile: Sien joy later, geniet dit (massage). Die lewe is n lied. Jy is ‘n goeie mens.
I bet I messed that up…..Night Hot Bruised Cheeks..X
6 Dec 2008, 20:53 pm
#378 gunther: Gunter your music of choice tonight is?
6 Dec 2008, 20:54 pm
#379 carol: Your Afrikaans is getting really good Carol. gbs is a good teache
.#373 grootblousmile: Cheers gbs. You need to relax after your accident this week.
6 Dec 2008, 20:54 pm
#371 carol: OK, I’ll look for it quickly and mail it……. mp3 is a music format that the song is encoded to…… you play them on iPods, PC’s….
6 Dec 2008, 20:55 pm
#377 SpringbokSarah: GBS needs all the help he can get at the moment he is lucky to be alive!
Did you hear what happened to Robzim? These guys are having accidents everywhere!
6 Dec 2008, 20:55 pm
#382 grootblousmile: You should be getting off for your massage, what do you think of my sentence by the way?
6 Dec 2008, 20:56 pm
#379 carol: I have the song…. mailing it now.
Your Afrikaans is goooooooooooood !
6 Dec 2008, 20:56 pm
Carol, Robzim, Gbs, gunther Cheers all I too am out of here now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend all.
6 Dec 2008, 20:56 pm
#381 Puma: Can you understand any of it? I am running out of words now LOL !
6 Dec 2008, 20:57 pm
That was one of the most courageous committed performances I have seen of any Bok team for quite some time, that took some incredible deep seated belief and true grit spirit of absolute do or die commitment. A real joy to behold, and now its twice on the trot to whip all comers including NZ and Fiji and England to take the title.
Bok 7′s team have come of age, the real deal warriors lifting their levels of impassioned loyalty and dedication to one another and to their country as a whole, and what makes it even more fulfilling to cherish is the fact that this team is possibly the very first true bred multi national and multi cultural team of all races combining as one force, all for one and one for all, ‘eenheid maakt magt’ in the true sense of the colloquialism.
Well done Paul Treu and your enigmatic captain Mzwandile Stick, and the entire true bred multi national SA team, these boys pulled out every last ditch effort and showed what true SA sports endeavor is all about.
They all deserve a medal, the entire happy brave lot of them.
6 Dec 2008, 20:58 pm
#385 grootblousmile: Spooky…..thanks have a great “rest”…..Baie Dankie
6 Dec 2008, 20:58 pm
#383 carol: I’m still an under aged reader and frankly those were mental images I could have lived without
6 Dec 2008, 20:58 pm
#386 Puma: Great to catch up Puma have a good weekend too.
6 Dec 2008, 21:00 pm
#390 SpringbokSarah: Sarah it was medical talk…..he is in a bad way you know, bruises everywhere!!
6 Dec 2008, 21:00 pm
#378 gunther:
Yeah, I listened many times to him at Kalk Bay some years ago. Cool stuff. Skopskiet, who is now unfortunately banned, has also played (guitar) with him. Robin used to surf a lot at Kalk Bay reef.
#376 Puma:
You must listen to Jack Johnson and Ben Harper playing together if you like mellow music.
6 Dec 2008, 21:01 pm
#388 heckle_jeckyl: Well those boys put a smile on the Saffa faces here I think. Job well done then!
6 Dec 2008, 21:01 pm
#386 Puma: Cheers Oerwoudkat…. gooi mieliessssss !
6 Dec 2008, 21:01 pm
#388 heckle_jeckyl: Just before I go. I agree with your post 100% was really proud of our team and they were of all colours and all there on merit. It was fantastic to see them play.
#387 carol: I can understand your afrikaans carol. Its getting really good.
Now out of here all. Cheers enjoy the rest of your weekend.
6 Dec 2008, 21:02 pm
#377 SpringbokSarah: You’ve got a dirty little mind……. I was going to lie in bed and listen to music….. sweet music !
6 Dec 2008, 21:02 pm
And not one single thought of ‘quota’ or anything coming even remotely close to it.
shows you when you ditch this racial class **** bullsh’t thats when true grit beautiful spirit really comes shining to the fore.
6 Dec 2008, 21:03 pm
#393 Robzim: Skop has been back today! Where there’s is a will there’s a way!!
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