Springboks 22 England 17
9 Jun 2012
GARETH DUNCAN brought you live commentary from the Test in Durban.
FULL TIME: SPRINGBOKS 22 ENGLAND 17
80 mins: ENGLAND TRY! England have possession as the hooter blows and they find themselves running into the Springbok 22m area. The visitors swing the ball wide and wing Ben Foden dives in at the corner. Walsh asks for the TMO’s assistance, and the try is awarded. Farrell misses the conversion. The Springboks win!
77 mins: SPRINGBOK PENALTY! Morne Steyn secures the hosts a 10-point buffer with his fourth penalty of the game. The Springboks lead 22-12.
76 mins: The Springbok scrum goes one better as they win the penalty. Good effort from reserve hooker Adriaan Strauss, replacment prop Coenie Oosthuizen and Jannie du Plessis.
75 mins: BIG SCRUM! England have the feed to a scrum inside their red zone, but the Springboks turn the set piece 90 degrees. South Africa have stolen possession.
71 mins: IN YOUR FACE…AGAIN! Tuilagi is making De Villiers his bunny. Another big hit sees the Springbok skipper brushed off his feet.
69 mins: SPRINGBOK PENALTY! After missing two previous goal attempts, Morne Steyn slots an important three-pointer. The Springboks lead 19-12.
67 mins: Tuilagi concedes a penalty as the Springboks rush into England’s red zone. He’s pinned for being off-side.
64 mins: ENGLAND PENALTY! Pietersen concedes the penalty on this occasion, and Farrell steps up to nail his fourth successive kick at goal. Ill-discipline is costing the hosts. The Springboks lead 16-12.
62 mins: ENGLAND PENALTY! The visitors strike back minutes later as Farrell finds the target from his third goal attempt. The Springboks lead 16-9.
59 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! Habana with ANOTHER telling run into the England’s danger area. Great backline interplay sees De Villiers offered space out wide and he bashes over to score his team’s second try. Good finish from the skipper! Morne Steyn misses his second conversion. Springboks lead 16-6.
56 mins: Habana gets an inside pass and runs into the England red zone. Play is shifted to the left side of the field, towards wing JP Pietersen, but England do well to force the speedster into touch. Some off the ball stuff between the two teams now after inside centre Francois Steyn boots the ball into a England player.
55 mins: Scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar is on for Hougaard, who didn’t have an impressive turnout today. Maybe he is a better wing than a halfback?
53 mins: England inside centre Brad Barritt is replaced as he walks off with a swollen eye. A big shiner for the former Sharks man. Toby Flood takes his place.
52 mins: Great attacking momentum from the hosts. Alberts with another strong ball carry into the England 22m area. The visitors are penalised as they restrict South Africa – a great chance to extend their lead via the boot. However, Hougaard takes a quick penalty tap, which proves to be the wrong decision as the ball is knocked on moments later. Three points wasted!
47 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! A great attacking move sees South Africa power into England’s red zone. Alberts with a strong run and a good offload to tighthead prop Jannie du Plessis. Hougaard and Beast find themselves inches short of the tryline before play is moved wide, where Morne Steyn dives over. The flyhalf misses the following conversion. The Springboks lead 11-6.
42 mins: IN YOUR FACE! England outside centre Manu Tuilagi puts in a big hand off on De Villiers!
SECOND-HALF RESTART: Habana is back on, while reserve fullback Pat Lambie replaces Zane Kirchner. After the kick-off, the Springboks boot play back into England territory.
HALF-TIME: SPRINGBOKS 6 ENGLAND 6
40 mins: Steyn pushes his goal attempt and it drifts miserably away from the posts. The ball goes dead and Walsh blows for half-time.
39 mins: England flank Tom Johnson concedes a penalty at a scrum in a kickable position as he uses his hand to keep the ball from squirting out. De Villiers asks referee Steve Walsh if there’s time to kick for touch. Walsh says no, and Morne Steyn lines up his third penalty.
35 mins: The Springbok lose their first lineout as lock Juandre Kruger fails to claim Du Plessis’s throw.
31 mins: Habana – who has looked good all round – goes to the blood bin. Wynand Olivier comes on as his replacement. Skipper Jean de Villiers is shifted to wing.
29 mins: SPRINGBOK PENALTY! Morne Steyn does the business as the ball sails over the crossbar. Scores are deadlocked at 6-6.
28 mins: Moments later, and England concede a penalty. Morne Steyn has the chance to level the scores.
26 mins: ENGLAND PENALTY Farrell slots his second penalty attempt to put his team back ahead. England lead 6-3.
25 mins: Springbok flank Marcell Coetzee is penalised for a breakdown transgression as England surge into South Africa’s red zone. Farrell is told to kick for posts.
21 mins: South Africa win an up and under in England’s red zone, and Pierre Spies is tackled 5m from the whitewash. But the Springboks can’t land the killer blow as they look static on attack. England defence holds up.
18 mins: While the Springboks have forced some pressure via the boot, England are proving that they can also execute a good tactical kicking game too.
14 mins: SPRINGBOK PENALTY! Morne Steyn slots the easy penalty from right in front. The scores are level at 3-3.
12 mins: Springboks find themselves in a great attacking position as England concede position in their 22m area. Flank Willem Alberts was the poacher as he was the first to arrive at the ruck. England are penalised as they scramble on defence.
11 mins: England heavies currently have the ascendancy up front as the hosts struggle to protect their own ball at the tackle points.
8 mins: Springbok scrumhalf Francois Hougaard tests England fullback Mike Brown with a box kick, with good pressure from Habana. But the Harlequins man shows great composure and calls the mark.
6 mins: ENGLAND PENALTY! Farrell is cool under pressure as he converts his first goal attempt. England lead 3-0.
5 mins: Etzebeth is penalised for not rolling away at the breakdown. England flyhalf Owen Farrell gets an early shot at goal.
3 mins: Wing Bryan Habana enjoys an exciting run after catching an England up and under. He beats three defenders before being tackled. Good early signs from the veteran speedster.
1 min: Hooker Bismarck du Plessis’ first throw is accurate as he finds debutant Eben Etzebeth at first receiver. However, nothing materialises from the following driving maul as England counter effectively.
KICK-OFF: Springbok flyhalf Morne Steyn gets the game started. And it’s a high kick off, and England fumble early on as the can’t take in possession successfully. The ball moves into touch, South Africa’s feed.
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jean de Villiers (c), 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois 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 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Pat Lambie, 22 Wynand Olivier.
England – 15 Mike Brown, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Ben Foden, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 Tom Johnson, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.
Subs: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Paul Doran Jones, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Phil Dowson, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Jonathan Joseph
583 Comments
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9 Jun 2012, 18:50 pm
Min 80
Habana prowled for interception, out of position and the Poms scored a try
Terrible
9 Jun 2012, 18:50 pm
Habana again looked for trademark intercept and got pants down.
Anyway, well done, Springboks.
9 Jun 2012, 18:51 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-390: what dont you understand about scrolling bye?? difficult to grasp??
i mentioned players who were not playing well, you dont like it, go back to the papsak then
9 Jun 2012, 18:51 pm
Actually, to all the haters ( any player or coach ), go cry a river.
9 Jun 2012, 18:51 pm
Someone better give Albert a Bells…didn’t like him but he sure played me quite!!! My pick for MOM
9 Jun 2012, 18:52 pm
Well done Boks
Good match considering its their first test in about a year
9 Jun 2012, 18:52 pm
Well done Meyer and De Villiers. MOM Alberts and Habana. Etsebeth is the real deal ….
England will think it was close with late consolation try … but they were average.
Well, positive is that it will keep the boks switched on for the next test.
Things can only get better from here.
9 Jun 2012, 18:52 pm
Someone better give Alberts a Bells…didn’t like him but he sure played me quite!!! My MOM
9 Jun 2012, 18:52 pm
Well done Boks… A win is a win
9 Jun 2012, 18:53 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-396:
no no there is plenty that will need to be said, play like that in September and you’ll get thumped
9 Jun 2012, 18:53 pm
Someone better give Alberts a Bells…didn’t like him but he sure played my mouth shut! My MOM
9 Jun 2012, 18:53 pm
HOugaard needs to Sharpen his option taking and kicking game, then he will be lethal
9 Jun 2012, 18:53 pm
And best of all:
SH – 3
NH – 0
Scotland game does not count
9 Jun 2012, 18:53 pm
Someone better give Alberts a Bells. I didn’t like him but he sure played my mouth shut! My MOM
9 Jun 2012, 18:54 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-393: are they not the champions of Europe? or is it Wales ….definitely not the second rate Irish who are piss poor average
9 Jun 2012, 18:54 pm
@Kleuter(Kleuter)-396:
Well yeah coming form a Bull fan
Spies played better than he usually does which is still kuk
9 Jun 2012, 18:54 pm
Someone better give Alberts a Bell$. I didn’t like him but he sure played my mouth shut! My MOM
9 Jun 2012, 18:54 pm
Good win for the Boks, but not a great game. Aussie and Blacks respsctively game was much entertaining.
9 Jun 2012, 18:54 pm
2 young locks did well
9 Jun 2012, 18:54 pm
Someone give Alberts a Bell$. I didn’t like him but he sure played my mouth shut! My MOM
9 Jun 2012, 18:55 pm
I’ll take my plaudits now for having predicted we’d win by 5 points. Thank you
9 Jun 2012, 18:55 pm
Someone give Alberts a Bell$. I didn’t like him but he sure played my mouth shut! Man Of The Match performance
9 Jun 2012, 18:55 pm
The Boks will grow. Watch them next week.
9 Jun 2012, 18:55 pm
@RL(RL)-415:
RL if they had played at the garden of Eden today it would have 40 or 50 at least
9 Jun 2012, 18:57 pm
Ball in hand works better than the aimless kicking game. Alberts was huge…
9 Jun 2012, 18:57 pm
Jeez s_l how long is your year
9 Jun 2012, 18:57 pm
Whats up with post awaiting aprovement?
9 Jun 2012, 18:57 pm
the lord blessed who?
9 Jun 2012, 18:58 pm
A N Other at 8. Pienaar at 9. Hougaard at 14. Looking healthy when j smith returns at 7 and Lambi at 15
You go heynecke
You go
9 Jun 2012, 18:58 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-424:
Agree whole heartedly. We are going to battle against the Blacks.
9 Jun 2012, 18:58 pm
@The Analyst(The Analyst)-413:
Why not?
9 Jun 2012, 18:58 pm
Hougaard and Steyn look like they’ve never played together.
I maintain if Mpebe Steyn is kicking why do you need Frans Steyn there?
Bismarck needs to decide if he wants to be measured as a hooker or flank
9 Jun 2012, 18:59 pm
It came through six times wpstormer
9 Jun 2012, 19:00 pm
Congratulations to the Boks and their supporters. South Africa were the better team.
9 Jun 2012, 19:01 pm
@NZINCHINA(NZINCHINA)-424: the scoreline flatters the Poms – 13 points were left on the field and the Poms were lucks to get that last seconfd try.
9 Jun 2012, 19:01 pm
Toss up between Habs and Alberts for MOM. Alberts selected. He played very well! Big up!
Fransie…………k@k………..as I predicted.
9 Jun 2012, 19:02 pm
Still don’t understand what the fuss about Kruger is about. He doesn’t contest and lost two lineout balls. Not that physical either.
The theory behind leaving Brussouw out doesn’t seem to have merit.
9 Jun 2012, 19:02 pm
WPSS, you drinking Bell’s yourself? “Aprovement”
9 Jun 2012, 19:03 pm
Over to the fussball
9 Jun 2012, 19:03 pm
@Peter Mkata(Peter Mkata)-418: @Peter Mkata(Peter Mkata)-418: without genia’s individual brilliance the wallabies weren’t all that!
27 – 19
9 Jun 2012, 19:03 pm
Habana’s vanity cost the Boks once again a try, this time in the final minute
I guess I was the only one to see that lob over him while about 7m ahead of the alignment
Maybe I am seeing things?
9 Jun 2012, 19:03 pm
Team looking good, needs some fine tuning, Spies and Morne Steyn to go, Lambie to move to 10, a fit Vermeulen to replace Spies! Joe Pietersen at 15
9 Jun 2012, 19:04 pm
I saw just now DawnN bit of egg on my face but I’m not fazed with our boks beating the poms
9 Jun 2012, 19:05 pm
Spies was poor, yet again. Now most capped #8? just goes to show what ‘having pals is all about’.
one has to wonder why Daniels came on for Marcel and not Spies.
Elizabeth was poor. Apart from the odd line-out he was nowehere to be seen. Hype dies another death.
Lambie made huge difference at #15 as did Pienaar at #9.
Habbana played well as did Alberts. JdV not too shabby either, particularly 2nd half.
FS kept the scoreline down. Some magnificent tackling.
Boks looked better when they kept the ball in hand.
9 Jun 2012, 19:05 pm
@RL(RL)-435:
RL don’t tell me you were happy with that performance, the Poms are ranked 7th or 8th and play like 11th or 12th, you are going to need a big big lift in your performance if you are to avoid the wooden spoon later in the year.
9 Jun 2012, 19:06 pm
@Hondo(Hondo)-441: Nope – saw it too. How many times in the last 5 years have we concede tries through Habana’s poor positioning on the wing? Pathetic really.
9 Jun 2012, 19:07 pm
@planke(planke)-442: that wojuld be brilliant
@Hondo(Hondo)-441: Come now boet, yes he made the 1 mistake , other then that Habana was brilliant
9 Jun 2012, 19:07 pm
Out of here, once again congrats to the Bokke and Meyer.
9 Jun 2012, 19:07 pm
No worries a win is a win
9 Jun 2012, 19:07 pm
Viewer, no, I’m drinking wine, from the boland. Don’t like Bells
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