Saracens 24 SA 23
17 Nov 2009
Keo.co.za brought you live commentary from the midweek clash at Wembley Stadium.
80 mins: Saracens work down the clock as they run the ball through the forwards to cap off a great comeback. Hougaard stands in the pocket and kicks the ball into the stands. The home team celebrates as the disappointment is clear on the South African players’ faces. South Africa lose their third successive European tour match. Saracens win 24-23!
75 mins: Hougaard’s persistence with kicking a drop goal pays off as he finally slots his fifth attempt and Saracens get a one-point lead with five minutes remaining. 24-23 to Saracens!
70 mins: South Africa make a host of changes at a crucial stage of the match. One wonders if this is a wise decision, considering Saracens are within reach.
69 mins: Saracens reduce the deficit to two points as Hougaard converts an easy penalty attempt. 23-21 to South Africa!
62 mins: South Africa try! The Springboks steal a Saracens lineout and gather possession. The ball is then passed out wide for the counter-attack, and Nokwe runs in at the corner for his second after good interplay between the back three. Pienaar misses the conversion but South Africa regain the lead. 23-18 to South Africa!
61 mins: Saracens win a penalty as they out-scrum the South African pack. However, Hougaard continues his average performance with the boot as he misses target. This could prove costly.
60 mins: The next quarter will be a big test for South Africa’s character as momentum is clearly with the Saracens.
59 mins: Hougaard kicks his third ambitious drop goal attempt, but the fans boo as the pivot fails to clear the cross-bar again.
54 mins: Saracens try! After a marginal call from the referee, the home side is awarded a scrum close to South Africa’s try line. Inside centre Brad Barritt gets the ball at first receiver and runs through the dismal South African defence for his side’s second try. Hougaard kicks the extras. The score is level, 18-all!
46 mins: Saracens try! Replacement No 9 Francois Hougaard’s kick from the scrum is charged down by Ernst Joubert. The No 8 then dives on the loose ball for the first points in the second stanza. 18-11 to South Africa!
42 mins: Hougaard takes an early drop goal attempt, but his kick goes wide.
Half-time: Saracens 6 South Africa 18
39 mins: Saracens are awarded a penalty on the stroke of half-time. Hougaard kicks the three points and the referee blows the whistle for the end of the first half. 18-6 to South Africa!
38 mins: South Africa try! After a good up and under from Earl Rose, Ashley Johnson contests well and Saracens fullback Michael Horak fails to claim possession. Jongi Nokwe then gathers the loose ball and touches down under the posts. Pienaar adds the extras to extend the lead to 15. 18-3 to South Africa!
33 mins: Although a solid performance thus far, South Africa are struggling to hold their own in the scrums.
29 mins: South Africa try! South Africa build good momentum into Saracens’ 22. The ball is passed through the hands and De Jongh shows good strength to break through three defenders for the opening try. 11-3 to South Africa!
18 mins: South Africa rule the lineouts as the home side struggle to win their own throw.
17 mins: Saracens are penalised and Pienaar gives South Africa the lead. 6-3 to South Africa!
15 mins: Some impressive and aggressive South African defence swings momentum to the visitors’ favour.
11 mins: Wian du Preez makes an early appearance off the bench as he replaces the injured Van der Linde.
10 mins: Heini Adams and CJ van der Linde are already receiving medical attention, and Juan de Jongh and Adriaan Strauss take big hits, this is proving to be an intensely physical encounter.
3 mins: After the restart, Neil de Kock kicks a poor clearance and his team-mates are adjudged to be offside. Ruan Pienaar slots the penalty and levels the score. Score is level 3-all!
1 min: Derick Hougaard kicks off and South Africa claim the ball cleanly. The visitors decide to run and Jean Deysel sets up the breakdown, but the flank is penalised for holding on. Hougaard gives Saracens the early lead. 3-0 to Saracens!
Saracens – 15 Michael Horak, 14 Noah Cato, 13 Kameli Ratuvou, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Michael Tagicakibau, 10 Derick Hougaard, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Justin Melck, 6 Wikus van Heerden (c), 5 Hugh Vyvyan, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Richard Skuse, 2 Ethienne Reynecke, 1 Rhys Gill.
Subs: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Carlos Nieto, 18 George Kruis, 19 Andy Saull, 20 Kevin Barrett, 21 Alex Goode, 22 Rodd Penney.
South Africa – 15 Earl Rose, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Dewald Potgieter (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Alistair Hargreaves, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Heinke van der Merwe.
Subs: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Davon Raubenheimer, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Riaan Viljoen.
588 Comments
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17 Nov 2009, 23:49 pm
#391 Lions_Soutie:
Look the ref was kak, but hell we should never count on the rub of the green against a club side!!!!!!
17 Nov 2009, 23:49 pm
Shut up skopskiet you are always full of ****
They played decently in the first half but the 2nd was poor. Adams was having a good game but his injury got the better of him in the end I think.
17 Nov 2009, 23:49 pm
WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL
THE DOVES HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST
EARL ROSE IS OFFICIALLY A
RUGBY GOD !
EARL SHOWED ALL THE CRITICS THAT HE IS READY !
EARL YOU ARE LOVED MORE THAN ANYTHING .
WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN OUR OWN CHILDREN .
YOU ARE OUR EIFFEL TOWER . OUR BIG BEN . OUR STATUE OF LIBERTY !
EARL WE LOVE YOU
17 Nov 2009, 23:50 pm
#368 Transformation: Well, we asked Earl Rose to show his ****, case closed, now I respect PDV even more, thanks Earl for shutting all the non believers.
Its time for Bekker to take over for Matfield, Hougaard proved what what I had thought, where is Tacitus now???
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
#396 kaksioek:
yip thats the question.
we also cleaned the pipes of the BIL and oz.
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
Ek buig en aanbid voor jou GROOT EARL ROSE;)
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
Becuase they are stubborn and keep repeating this Sub mistake year in and year out. Dont replace towards the end of the game unless you have a game breaker coming on, like Juries or Aplon, someone who is going to run 50m and score. What was this lot going to achieve under pressure? Just dents confidence to young players. I see a losing mentality setting in, Where is the killer instinct that won us the 2nd lions test?
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
BBC must also remember that it was not a British team playing at all ! 4 UK players ? Who scored all their points. So in my mid it was a club side of Intnl has beens that took down a recent top SA side not a Bok side….but no point fussing,they will have fun with it h more we take them seriously…best to laugh it off as poor options,coaching staff decisions and some tough opposition of mostly Saffers.
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
Earl was very good I’ll say that much. But we need to see it more often from him not just one in a while
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
#389 Puppet-Obama: **** Muir is the quota… remember he is the coach that lost two games to club teams… Useless inbrate
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
As kak as the ref was, he also gave the Boks 2 tries that were potentially not tries.
17 Nov 2009, 23:51 pm
#401 rugbygenius:
lol, yip you said it all along.
Do you think he should start at 10 or 15 for the Bokke on saturday?
17 Nov 2009, 23:52 pm
#387 cab: Ja, that CastrolGTX is going to open a can of the best whipass on our scrum.
17 Nov 2009, 23:53 pm
So this EOYT is turning into a nightmare for Springbok rugby
and their selectors.So what is going wrong? In my opinion
plenty.First of all it is the obsession by Springbok selectors
to play players out of position.Pienaar is obviously not
happy at flyhalf and his kicking game, goal and tactical is
clearly not up to scratch.
Secondly ,selection choices are a major problem.To embark
on a EOYT with only one reliable goal kicker is asking
for trouble.Kockott may have lost form but should have been
included for his tenacity and goal kicking ability.
As soon as the positional switch was made in the front row
problems started.
It is clear that whoever is responsible for our poor scrumming
tactics should vacate his post as soon as possible.
For the second best to be beaten by a number of ex South African players tells me that a lot is wrong with our selection and coaching strategies.
Is PDV’s rugby honeymoon over and are the wheels of Springbok rugby coming off?
17 Nov 2009, 23:53 pm
#409 cab: Fullback. But eveb bench is okay sir. But surely , surely he deserves at least ONE chance this tour !
HE HAS EARNED IT !
17 Nov 2009, 23:54 pm
The ref needs to purchase a second eye. He only say Green infringements in the 2nd half! Stupid thick welshman
17 Nov 2009, 23:54 pm
#400 rugbygenius: Oh great, the village idiot has arrived.
17 Nov 2009, 23:55 pm
#411 katman:
yeah, sorry to say it, but Beast/Bismarck/Smit are in no way weaker than anything else in SA. still i dunno wtf they going to do against castro? smit actually is our only hope, he funnily enough got the right shoulder on a couple of occasions v the froggies.
17 Nov 2009, 23:55 pm
#408 BULLET: Haha I know, those shouldn’t have been tries, although they make up for the refs other errors.
You guys think we’ll see Earl on the field this saturday?
17 Nov 2009, 23:55 pm
#407 Langenhoven: Suck my **** Meer is beyond useless….
It is clear that the coaching staff doesn`t have a f@cking clue.
Change the whole coaching staff pronto or goodbye RWC…
17 Nov 2009, 23:55 pm
#412 rugbygenius:
Mmmmmm, not sure man.
When Rose has a had full top notch Super 14 we can start talking.
17 Nov 2009, 23:56 pm
#410 katman: That comment is full of win (unlike the Boks). CastrolGTX – I love it. Forever after, that is his name.
17 Nov 2009, 23:56 pm
******, what a **** result, perhaps just as well did not watch.
17 Nov 2009, 23:57 pm
The Nokwe try in the first half was sadly not a try either. Johnson’s hurting fingers kinda gave the game away.
We should have been klapped. And Derick missed about 4 kicks. Could have been 30 odd 17
17 Nov 2009, 23:57 pm
#411 Brentie1: Eventually luck tends to run out.
17 Nov 2009, 23:57 pm
16 I mean
17 Nov 2009, 23:57 pm
#418 CenturionShark (aka LondonShark): Mehrtens was pciked before he played Supa 12
#414 kaksioek: Jealousy is not nice . Just because I saw Earl before you.
17 Nov 2009, 23:58 pm
Five losses sofar this year. This is turning out to be an average rugby year. Could become a joke if we lose to Italy and when we lose to Ireland.
17 Nov 2009, 23:58 pm
#396 Langenhoven: WTF is this comment all about? Are you high? Tuck in your shirt, your racism is showing.
17 Nov 2009, 23:59 pm
Looks like the chicken is coming home to roost as Skoppie would say. Perhaps this is lending credence to the argument that the senior players are coaching the side. This side was selected by PDV and his fellow coaches and they couldn’t get one over a club side with one eye on an important game on Sunday. Shocking coaching. Sorry Skoppie but you are going to be hard pressed to defend this performance and argue that its a hangover from Jake White.
17 Nov 2009, 23:59 pm
#424 rugbygenius: He’s all yours. Congratulations, you make a lovely couple. I hope you don’t have to sell too many of your children to pay for the wedding.
17 Nov 2009, 23:59 pm
#420 cab:
Lol, I know, we were very lucky to get those 7 points.
18 Nov 2009, 00:00 am
Earl has had about 3 or 4 AVERAGE S14 campaigns. He’s earned nothing yet
18 Nov 2009, 00:00 am
Jake did not build depth, that’s why things are going pear now
18 Nov 2009, 00:01 am
Francois Hougaard is the next best scrumhalf world rugby will see. I believe he is better than any young player n the world today and will become the most valuable player. A poor scrum and panic in Springbok camp cannot be used to assess his true ability. pienaar is not a f;yhalf, makes scrumhalves look kakakakakak PdV needs to pull his head of his arse and choose the best SA team available even for midweek games. You cannot create a winning culture by losing games.
Derrick H showed SA is at least good at providing rest of world with winning flyhalves,
18 Nov 2009, 00:01 am
#424 rugbygenius:
But Earl has played Super 14, and was rather poor.
He needs one GOOD season at Super 14 (and CC). Something he is still yet to have.
18 Nov 2009, 00:01 am
#417 Puppet-Obama: PDV has only lost one game… on Tour… Your prejudice has made you gesuip…let it go. The trojans in the squad have managed to get a foot hold. They are killing the team from the inside so that twats like yourself can try and twist reality
18 Nov 2009, 00:02 am
lol, let those recrimination fly ek se…
i saw someone blaming the aussies the other night, great effort.
18 Nov 2009, 00:02 am
#428 kaksioek: I am married already sir.
18 Nov 2009, 00:02 am
#406 WP_: No!!!,Its two in a row now. I how Zane pulls a hamstring and PDV is forced to pick Earl, lets see, it looks like the more he plays the better he becomes, cream always rises
18 Nov 2009, 00:02 am
#431 Sheriff: Wow. Just wow.
18 Nov 2009, 00:02 am
The higher they rise, the harder they fall, I think this might be the case with SA. PdV and **** are making a joke out of SA rugby. It was the players who came this far, and now when they are fatigued, the coaching staff don’t know what to do.
18 Nov 2009, 00:03 am
Agree banana boy.
As soon as DE villiers has to pick a team himself, this is the drivel that gets dished out.
Says volumes about who is actually coaching the proper side
18 Nov 2009, 00:03 am
The Italy game is changing from a “how far are we going to win” to an “if we win” scenario. It`s going to be close.
18 Nov 2009, 00:03 am
#433 CenturionShark (aka LondonShark): He is in form NOW !
We NEED him to win . Steyn is out of form . Ruan is useless.
18 Nov 2009, 00:03 am
francois hougaard should get a minus rating for this match,what a plonker.
18 Nov 2009, 00:03 am
#436 rugbygenius: Don’t let that stop you. Remember, this is the man you love more than your children.
18 Nov 2009, 00:04 am
#437 XhosaKid: Cream also get sour quickly.
18 Nov 2009, 00:04 am
#442 Springbokvel:
well they took nz pretty close and destroyed their scrum too.
18 Nov 2009, 00:04 am
Brendan Venter came down there as if he had just secured the RWC2009
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