Baby Boks get French-fried – again
Posted by Boertjie - 10/02/10 at 11:02 pm under SA Unions / TeamsThe South African U20s conceded their second defeat on their two week tour to France after going down 13-3 to a French Selection XV in Paris on Tuesday evening.
Blue Bulls U21 flyhalf JC Roos scored the first points of the game by kicking a penalty goal.
But the French Selection XV managed a 10-3 halftime lead after centre Lamoulie Mathieu scored the only try of the game, goaled the conversion and then kicked a penalty.
The Baby Boks failed to add any points in the second half, while Lamoulie added another penalty to stretch the hosts’ lead to 13-3.
“It’s our second defeat on tour and once again, we are not going to make any excuses for the result,” said SA U20 coach Eric Sauls.
“We let ourselves down with too many handling errors which were a result of players being overeager to impress. We are also still conceding many penalties at the breakdown, but this, I am sure, is something that we’ll get right before the IRB Junior World Championship.
“I am however pleased that we were once again solid on defence and our set piece play from the scrums and line-outs has improved. We started this game with 14 new faces and I was happy to see that our guys are starting to understand our systems.”
The Baby Boks play their third and final match of the tour against a French Invitational XV in Toulouse on February 13.
SA U20: Clayton Blommetjies, Sampie Mastriet, Divan Ferguson, Francois Venter, Siburu Sithole, JC Roos, Louis Schreuder, CJ Stander (captain), Rinus Riekert, Lean Schwartz, Malugisi Bali, Peet Marais, Marcell van der Merwe, Monde Hadebe, Brummer Badenhorst.
Replacements: Francois du Toit, Regard Dreyer, Wessel du Rand, Helmuth Lehman, Frederick Muller, Jacobus Scheepers, Ruan Combrink, Andries Ferreira, Sabastian De Chaves
February 10th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Heeltemal te min Boere in
daai span. Wat verwag jy?
February 11th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
I have been watching the &n U20 tournament – those guys are BIIIIIGGGG! What do the Baby boks look like? Probably babies
February 11th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Reply to JT @ 12:28 pm: That’s true. Been like that for a few years now. Our boys look like boys, NZ, Eng, France etc look like men.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Reply to manvanstaal @ 12:36 pm:
Only because they think Under 20 means under 20 in the IQ test.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Reply to Deon @ 12:41 pm:
Why do you say that? Are you being racist or just trying to be funny?
February 11th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Reply to JT @ 12:45 pm:
Are you defending the Poms now?
February 11th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Reply to manvanstaal @ 12:36 pm:
“Our boys look like boys”
Heheheheehe
Tuinboys?
Sorry JT just had too
February 11th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Reply to Deon @ 12:55 pm:
ahh – I thought your comment was aimed at the baby boks – so I applogize!
Reply to Deon @ 12:56 pm:
February 11th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Reply to JT @ 1:03 pm:
You made me read it for a second time.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Reply to JT @ 1:03 pm:
Seriously though, I meant it as a joke.
I have lost my ability to make PC jokes. Here it is acceptable to be non PC too.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
We liberals will keep you on your toes! :nono:
February 11th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Reply to JT @ 1:20 pm:
Geesh and here I thought you were open minded.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Reply to Deon @ 1:22 pm:
The only one on the site!
February 11th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
The pleasure of satisfying a savage instinct, undomesticated by the ego, is uncomparably much more intense than the one of satisfying a tamed instinct. The reason becoming the enemy that prevents us from a lot of possibilities of pleasure. – S Freud
February 11th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Reply to JT @ 1:24 pm:
Thanks for the compliment.
February 11th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
I thought this guy was clever
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
Sigmund Freud
February 11th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Reply to Deon @ 1:30 pm:
February 11th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Reply to Deon @ 1:38 pm:
You call THAT a success?
February 11th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Reply to JT @ 1:44 pm:
You just say that cause he was Austrian. If I remember correctly so was Hitler
February 11th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Sigmund Freud
I agree partly. Some don’t want it.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.
Sigmund Freud
Very true. Even Freud was conservative.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Victor Hugo
February 11th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Reply to Deon @ 2:04 pm:
Freud was an idiot with a big mouth! Like most on this site
February 11th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Reply to JT @ 2:10 pm:
a few things though he accidently got right!
February 11th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Reply to JT @ 2:17 pm:
very few
February 11th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Reply to JT @ 2:10 pm:
I thought you like Morne.
February 11th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Reply to Deon @ 2:23 pm:
Daai dronk gat van cApe Town?
February 13th, 2010 at 5:22 am
Too small… too many quota’s… Saul’s couldn’t coach a train…
February 13th, 2010 at 7:51 am
Reply to bryce_in_oz @ 5:22 am:
Bwahahahaa
where did you get THAT one – “couldn’t coach a train . . .”
Bwahahahaha – brilliant !!!
