Blitzboks fall at last hurdle
10 Dec 2011
GARETH DUNCAN, reporting from the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, watched the Blitzboks concede a last-minute try in a 31-26 Cup final defeat to New Zealand on day two of the PE Sevens.
The inaugural PE Sevens finished in 20 minutes of madness.
Ahead and during this fixture, the crowd created a magical atmosphere – something that was missing throughout the weekend’s festivities. The St Georges band arrived late during the day and their presence ignited an electric mood around the park, especially with the large All Blacks club who sat themselves in the seats below them. It was a fitting stage for the Blitzboks and New Zealand, who were clearly the two best teams at the tournament.
For New Zealand, it was their eighth consecutive Cup final appearance while it was only the hosts’ third in their history, having previously won one and lost one – both to the former. And on this occasion, the Kiwis went on to win their ninth South African leg Cup title thanks to Tomasi Cama, who scored and converted a try in the last move of the game.
It was a close contest in the first half, which ended 17-14 at the break in the Kiwis’ favour. DJ Forbes led from the front and powered over for the opening try, which was cancelled out by Bernado Botha’s finish. The hosts were then dealt a blow when Boom Prinsloo was yellow-carded for a professional foul at the breakdown.
From a defending scrum, the Blitzboks crumbled and Cama capitalized to dive over for his first five-pointer. Once South Africa returned to seven men, Botha went on to score his fourth try of the tournament – but New Zealand held a slender half-time lead after Frank Halai crossed the chalk.
The Blitzboks dominated the early parts of the second half, surging into a 26-17 lead with Steven Hunt and Cecil Afrika running over from close range. But defensive lapses at the death saw Halai and Cama complete their braces, the latter score a controversial one as a few South African players believed they were tripped during the final play. But Australian referee Anthony Moyes waved play on as Cama broke South African hearts.
The day’s results sees Fiji and New Zealand share the World Series table lead with 51 log points each. The Fijians performed badly on day two, which ended with a 48-0 thrashing from Wales in the Plate final. The Blitzboks find themselves third on the table with 48 log points while England (47) and France (38) trail closely behind.
Earlier in the day, the Springbok Sevens downed Samoa 12-7 in the Cup semi-final.
It was a physical clash and one the hosts handled well as they kept the game tight and capitalised on favourable field position. They spent most of the first half in Samoa’s 22m area, and they finished two scoring opportunities to take a 12-0 half-time lead. A Branco du Preez side step and break opened the scoring while Botha showed great power out wide to finish in the corner. Samoa ended the half with six men when Afa Aiono was sin-binned for striking Kyle Brown with the forearm.
After the second stanza restart, South Africa placed a greater emphasis on restricting the Pacific Islanders – which they did to great effect. Samoa struggled to break into the hosts’ red zone but managed to score a late try through Paul Perez. The Blitzboks, however, still did enough for a place in the Cup final
In their first match of the day, Cecil Afrika scored two crucial tries in the Springbok Sevens’ 26-12 win over France in the Cup quarter-final.
Coming off a 19-5 Cup defeat to the French in the same fixture at the Dubai Sevens last weekend, the Blitzboks ended on top on this occasion thanks to their hometown playmaker. But it didn’t come easy, as an attacking error saw Terry Bouhraoua put the opposition 5-0 ahead.
An Afrika run set up Boom Prinsloo minutes later while the former also dotted down after sniping a gap. But Renaud Delmas finished off a late attack, which capitalised on the hosts’ shaky rearguard. The half-time score read 12-12.
The Blitzboks produced a strong second half showing to seal their place in the top four. Brilliant stepping from Afrika saw the speedster grab his 70th World Series try while Botha finished off proceedings after chasing down a Du Preez chip.
Blitzboks’ fixtures, day two:
Cup quarter-final: South Africa 26 France 12
Cup semi-final: South Africa 12 Samoa 0
Cup final: South Africa 26 New Zealand 31
Click here for all day two fixtures and results
1,234 Comments
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11 Dec 2011, 19:44 pm
@CoachPete-592: Rugby viewers are less likely to abuse womenfolk than the poefball proletariat
11 Dec 2011, 19:45 pm
@CoachPete-599: Just puttin’ them positive vibes out there….
11 Dec 2011, 19:46 pm
yes I hope so
11 Dec 2011, 19:47 pm
@cab-600: Just a matter of taste… Some like liquorice, some like coffee, some like vanilla… And there is no shame in being blonde and blue eyed…
11 Dec 2011, 19:48 pm
@stormersboy-602:
It may happen Lions dont want him He seems sick of france
So very possible
11 Dec 2011, 19:48 pm
@601 rubbish
11 Dec 2011, 19:49 pm
@ dawn, Delta dawn what’s that flower you have on, good it be a faded rose from days gone by?
11 Dec 2011, 19:50 pm
NoRugbyGuru… Trupisero…
I know you’re joking… Or at least I hope you are…
But that is how and where it starts… and its just not cool, macho or funny to make jokes like that…
I’m willing to bet that the guys who spoke to Dawn in that despicable way… abuse the women in their lives…
The point is… The truth is… You simply cannot and will not tell such jokes if you respect the women in your lives…
So a sad indictment of both of you…
11 Dec 2011, 19:50 pm
@Dawn-606:
Hey you never said hello to me No thats abuse
11 Dec 2011, 19:52 pm
@Heavens Game-604:
but are u talking about milkshakes or tannies here?
personally, i am more concerned about the how the tannie is built, i like em big and strong, like a nissan hardbody with good funbags, sorry i meant airbags.
11 Dec 2011, 19:53 pm
Good day coach pete
11 Dec 2011, 19:53 pm
I am getting dragged to A Dickens Fair (now thats abuse too)
So gotta go Cheers Be nice
11 Dec 2011, 19:53 pm
Hi Ho Silver… High Horse Cavalry in full flow… lol
11 Dec 2011, 19:54 pm
@Upho-608: O geez lighten up. So telling jokes about women means you don’t respect the women in your life? That is the biggest load of kuk I have heard in a while.
11 Dec 2011, 19:55 pm
@ Upho, cry me a river, its obviously jokes. You shouldn’t be talking about woman being abused on a rugby site…
11 Dec 2011, 19:55 pm
@cab-610:
you won’t like dawn then
built like a whippet
lean…
and mean (sometimes)
11 Dec 2011, 19:56 pm
I am a Speedo bigot…
I am Elephant seal intolerant…
I am an egg white beater…
11 Dec 2011, 19:56 pm
@charo-616:
sounds like a stunner.
11 Dec 2011, 19:58 pm
@cab-618:
picture a hot flamenco dancer….
11 Dec 2011, 19:58 pm
@cab-610: lol… a bit of meat on the bones… some curves… ja, shunt handles are practical…
Me, I like them built like Whiplashes… Mmmmm… Brings the Indiana Jones out of me…
Temple of Doom…
11 Dec 2011, 19:59 pm
damnation
i think the boerie has caught alight
11 Dec 2011, 20:00 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_-615: Some women on this site have been prone to go completely ****** looney. So should they be treated any differently than some of the male loons?
11 Dec 2011, 20:01 pm
@charo-621: hehehe… Yeah, my boerie gets that problem too with flamenco dancers….
11 Dec 2011, 20:03 pm
@charo-621: You’re doing it wrong…..and too fast
11 Dec 2011, 20:06 pm
@trupisero-624:
where have i heard that before?
oh yes, from the missus
11 Dec 2011, 20:07 pm
This HG fella is something…………………………… , but only in his fantasy world………………..in reality he is a pimply, ugly son of a *****, with a ****** the size of a press stud incapable of satisying any woman !!!!! ……………………………it’s the truth I tell ya !!
11 Dec 2011, 20:09 pm
@charo-625:
LOL ! for you that was funny !!!
11 Dec 2011, 20:09 pm
@Heavens Game-587:
Vokkof!!!
@trupisero-590:
Boor – white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
Google it.
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Let me rather leave the REAL man all to themselves. They want to exchange ideas on how to best moer their women.
11 Dec 2011, 20:12 pm
Trupisero NoRugbyGuru…
I’m not crying you any rivers…
but I’ll bet the women in your lives are…
It is a mutually exclusive scenario… if you truly respect the women in your lives… you could mot and would not tell or condone jokes that nelittle and humiliate them…
If you fly your colours so high… Don’t blame anyone else for seeing them…
You see Charo this is the sort of denial from men who think the disrespect, abuse and rape of women is not their problem…
11 Dec 2011, 20:14 pm
Trupisero NoRugbyGuru…
Would you tell those jokes to your wives, daughters, mothers or grandmothers..?
11 Dec 2011, 20:18 pm
@ Upho, you truly are from a different planet. You have no sense of humour. Let me remind you that this is not the site to organise rallies. Fark off…
11 Dec 2011, 20:22 pm
Everyone step back and chill.
11 Dec 2011, 20:25 pm
@NoRugbyGuru_0_-631:
ease up bud, UFO got drawn into this by default, he has delivered a powerful message on this despicable act.
He has a great sense of humor, but when you encounter the horrors of the abuse that goes on, as UFO has been exposed to ,then jokes of this nature is a sensitive matter.
I am sure your jokes were tongue in cheek, respect the views of UFO cause everything he says on this matter is the absolute truth !!
11 Dec 2011, 20:26 pm
NoRugbyGuru …
Firstly… you’re not the boss of this site… you’re only the boss at home… you can tell your wife to fark off… but I’m not your wife… Poor woman…
Secondly you speak enough rubbish on this site too… so get your house in order (you… Not your wife) before issuing orders…
Thirdly… I have a great sense of humour… But abuse of women and rape in south Africa is no joke…
Fourthly… Your humour is as substandard as your intelligence if you can’t grasp the fact the it is no laughing matter and insist on proving your ‘machismo’ by telling such jokes…
11 Dec 2011, 20:28 pm
@justrugby-626: lol… Justfugly… Is that the whine of defeat… This “pimply, ugly son of a *****, with a ****** the size of a press stud incapable of satisying any woman” will still give you the bogwash of your life should you ever be so privileged to meet this blonde, blue eyed rugged ruggerbugger… And no I am not flirting with you so don’t get too excited…
11 Dec 2011, 20:28 pm
@Upho-630: We are not all verkramptes who can’t see the lighter side of life. The madam actually found it quite funny. Your analogy would mean that we don’t respect anything we joke about.
11 Dec 2011, 20:29 pm
Cool justrugby…
Wise words…
I’ll chill and wish you all a good evening…
11 Dec 2011, 20:29 pm
goodness gracious great balls of Gulab Jamuns WTFare you horsewhipped fish wives nattering about now?
11 Dec 2011, 20:32 pm
@Heavens Game-635: you think way too much of yourself schmuckadilly.. where’s banshee when you need her to screech ‘jump’ from the bedroom and Herr Goebeldy whimpers back ‘how high’ ?
11 Dec 2011, 20:35 pm
@Heavens Game-635:
LOL , why I am I not devastated ??
11 Dec 2011, 20:36 pm
bak to rugby
New Zealand and Fiji share the lead with 51 points, followed by South Africa (48) and Dubai champions England (47).
good tight competition this season
11 Dec 2011, 20:40 pm
@Upho-637: For the record I find women and child abuse horrific and deserving of being removed from the gene pool. The stats in SA are shocking and on the increase, to the degree that I don’t let my daughter out of my sight whenever we are there.
11 Dec 2011, 20:45 pm
@ashampoopaloo-639: If you can’t handle the truth… tough. I will never be ashamed of being Viking Valhalla Vanilla blonde and blue eyed… Right?
11 Dec 2011, 20:45 pm
Magtag The Tourist is a kuk movie
11 Dec 2011, 20:46 pm
@justrugby-640: Because you probably luv bogwashing… You and Gwat10 probably take turns….
11 Dec 2011, 20:49 pm
well, that burnt boerie wasn’t too bad.
us rooineks are kak braaiers anyway.
thank the lord for salads and baked potato.
bring on the rugby season – everyone is getting too tense
11 Dec 2011, 20:50 pm
Is this Tourist movie a comedy?
11 Dec 2011, 20:51 pm
@charo-646:
better braaiers than the poms though.
burnt chicken wings and pork sausages.
had many of them on mud island
11 Dec 2011, 20:51 pm
@Heavens Game-643: nothing whatsoever to be ashamed about whoever expected you to be so?
race is actually a figment of everyone’s imagination its a thin veil of insignificant ignorance because there is no such thing actually, conditions of nature do not denote any such thing as either traits of superiority or inferiority which are purely states of human conditioned minds.
get it right out of your consciousness because such frivolous insignificant thoughts actually deny your own insecure humanity
11 Dec 2011, 20:54 pm
hope the blackcaps can pull it off tomorrow.
nothing worse than those brash aussie commentators.
especially bill lawrie – the doos that lost 4-0 in sa 1969-70.
hated us ever since
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