Given the frosty reception, literally, the two teams will receive at Twickenham on Saturday, don’t expect anything other than a brutal arm wrestle between England and South Africa.
Jan de Koning – Rugby365
The conditions – snow and sleet at various intervals during the day – will ensure any chance of an expansive approach goes out the window well before kick-off.
There may well be the occasional dash by a backline player, but this contest will be mainly fought between the two gargantuan packs.
England have not been shy to talk up the need for physicality against a South African team with a reputation for a bit of niggle.
The English are also not buying into the suggestion that the Boks are vulnerable – following last week’s loss to Scotland, after some sneaky wins against Ireland and Wales.
England No.8 Nick Easter suggested that the Boks may well pose a bigger threat than the Wallabies did a fortnight ago and said England must raise the level of their performance against South Africa on Saturday.
The Harlequins loose forward, who has been on the losing side against the Boks in the 2007 World Cup Final in Paris and the record 6-42 defeat at Twickenham two years ago, said it is important that England build on the momentum from the performances against New Zealand, Australia and Samoa.
“We’re looking forward to finishing the year-end series on a high,” Easter told the RFU Podcast.
He said facing the Boks is the ideal Test to finish the year off with.
“They’ll be physical and skilful, but it’s all about momentum for us,” Easter said, adding: “You don’t want to take a step back from where we have been progressing. We’ve got to kick on and maintain the belief and trust we have in the way we’re playing.”
He dismissed the Boks’ poor showing in their loss to Scotland last week, saying there is never a lack of motivation or intensity when South African and England go head-to-head.
“England versus South Africa – it doesn’t matter how bad either team has played, it will always have that extra edge.
“”t will be a full-blooded affair. They will want to right that wrong,” he said of the Boks’ defeat last week.
Lock Simon Shaw, who was a member of the British and Irish Lions squad that slugged it out with the Boks in a brutal series in South Africa last year, also spoke of the need to front up to the visitors.
“South Africa will be more of a physical challenge than any other,” Shaw said of England’s November Tests.
“It is always the same challenge with SA – that is what their game is build on … big packs.
“We’ll have to match them in that area.”
He also felt the Boks will “come back even harder” after last week’s loss.
“Clearly Scotland didn’t do us any favours,” Shaw said.
The South African camp spoke all week of the need to atone for the dire performance they produced against the Scots in Edinburgh last week.
Bok No.8 8 Pierre Spies admitted the Boks face a very different England team this weekend.
“”We’re under pressure to redeem ourselves after the loss [to Scotland],” Spies said, adding that the Boks are determined to play to their abilities.
However, England pose very different, and also much bigger, threats that Scotland.
Spies said England have made huge strides in the last two years.
“They are certainly playing with more width in their game,” Spies said, adding: “But we still want to play our game and execute well.
“They will be bringing it [the game] to us the whole day and it will be a great challenge to us.”
South African captain Victor Matfield admitted that his team will have to dominate the collisions on Saturday.
“It is going to be tough,” Matfield said, adding: “They play a great style of rugby and keep the ball in hand and they have a lot of width on their game as well.”
Players to watch:
For England: You will look to see if wing Chris Ashton can reproduce the magical try-scoring ability that saw him ran the length of the field against the Wallabies. At flyhalf Toby Flood will play a crucial rile and the service of nippy scrumhalf Ben Youngs will also be key. The loose trio of Nick Easter, captain Lewis Moody and Tom Croft will be crucial in the testing conditions.
For South Africa: The Bok backs have failed miserably on this tour and they will all be under the spotlight. However, rookie Lwazi Mvovo will have to be at his best on defence to contain Chris Ashton. Flyhalf Morné Steyn and scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar also owe their teammates a big game after some ordinary performances in the last few weeks. Captain Victor Matfield’s line-outs will be under scrutiny, as will hooker Bismarck du Plessis’s throwing.
Head to head: In any crunch game you look at the halfbacks as the key components - Toby Flood and Ben Youngs (England) versus Morné Steyn and Ruan Pienaar (South Africa). Then Nick Easter (England) against Pierre Spies (South Africa) could also make for an intriguing battle. But the war will be won in the tight forwards. There is the line-out battle - England’s Tom Palmer and Courtney Lawes against Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha for South Africa - to go with the scrum showdown: Dan Cole, Dylan Hartley and Andrew Sheridan (England) versus Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis and Tendai Mtawarira.
Recent results:
2008: South Africa win 42-6, London
2007: South Africa won 15-6, Paris (World Cup Final)
2007: South Africa won 36-0, Paris (World Cup pool match)
2007: South Africa won 55-22, Pretoria
2007: South Africa won 58-10, Bloemfontein
2006: South Africa won 25-14, London
2006: England won 23-21, London
2004: England won 32-16, London
2003: England won 25-6, Perth (World Cup pool match)
2002: England won 53-3, London
2001: England won 29-9, London
2000: England won 25-17, London
rugby365.com Prediction: The bookmakers are giving South Africa a lousy six-point start. It may well be that they feel the conditions will level the playing field. Certainly on current form South Africa are rank outsiders. But then again, the Springboks have always been best with their backs against the wall. They will be dangerous and if they can maintain their drive, desire and focus for the full 80 minutes – something they have not done on this tour – they may well edge the English. The Bok pack do pose a major threat, and man-for-man they may well be better. It is in the backline where the Boks have lacked direction. The absence of an alternative to their ‘kick-and-hope’ approach is what has cost them so dearly in this tour. We feel England will be just too slick and win by 10 points.
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 David Wilson, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Hendre Fourie, 20 Danny Care, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Matt Banahan.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Frans Steyn, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 François Hougaard, 21 Patrick Lambie, 22 Adi Jacobs.
Date: Saturday, November 27
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14.30 (14.30 GMT – 16.30 SA time)
Expected weather: Very cold with wintry showers, which will lead to further accumulations of snow. High of 2°C and by kick-off it will be a chilly -1°C – although the windchill factor will take it down to at least -4°C.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Simon Mcdowell (Ireland)
TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
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November 27th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
GO BOKKE !!
Those of you hoping for a bok loss because you think it might get rid of Snor, it wont, so try to enjoy the game and support our team.
BOKKIESSSSSSSSSS
November 27th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Reply to Treehugger @ 3:01 pm:
I’ll support them until they are 15 points adrift.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Oudste,
how about a running commentary,
can’t watch the game.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
It is in the backline where the Boks have lacked direction. The absence of an alternative to their ‘kick-and-hope’ approach is what has cost them so dearly in this tour.
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No need to repeat that.
Kick-and-chase (successfully) has become kick-and-hope as is stated here.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 3:37 pm:
Eish Duiwel, My PC and my TV is a few rooms apart.
Maybe Oom Dawie or Bunny or one of the other RugRats can assist.
Bryce?
November 27th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Ja-ja,
Bunny would normally
come good on tne commentary.
Oom d’s commentary has difficulty
in staying on rugby
November 27th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Bliksem Foxtel het nie eers ‘n delayed broadcast nie. Saai RSG nog rugby uit of is hulle nou te nuwe Suid Afrika?
November 27th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I copied and pasted this address thingie the other day, you can always watch all the games on here.
netnternet rugby
vipstand.net(add the w X3) select rugby from window and all the rugby opens magically for you. Click on match of choice and one or more links just for that match opens.
If 2 games on simultaneously I open a window for each game and mute one of them.
http://www.vipstand.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
OK, Oom Dawie will do commentary for the backward few without coverage.
Maybe some others will join him.
Reply to Deon @ 3:42 pm:
RSG se taal is so swak, ek luister jarre lank al nie meer radio nie.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Okay hiem is ek (in die woorde van my middelste toe sy drie was…
Hoe laat begin die kak?
November 27th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Reply to Treehugger @ 3:52 pm:
Thanks Babe – maybe the backwards few can try that link.
That’s what makes this blog special.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
4h30 pm SA time
Noe 4h00 pm
So 30 min
November 27th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 3:55 pm:
Vroeër in die week 15:30.
Nou sê hulle 16:30.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Reply to Deon @ 3:42 pm:
Hang af of daar ‘n sokker wedstryd is vir die melanien begaafdes om na te luister…
As dar is dan sal hulle dit eerder uitsaai…
November 27th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Cheers TH,trying as we speak
November 27th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Weather is very cold but dry. No snow, no rain.
Yet.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 4:10 pm:
Laat ons weet as dit werk.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Naw nothing,box only gives it
http://www.vipstand server not found on link one
November 27th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 4:19 pm:
OK dan is jy in oom Dawie se hande.
Hy is beter as RSG se kommentators.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
get the site,the link,the telly but bothing else
November 27th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
OKAY
SS comment nog asof ons ‘n kans het…
Bobbygirl wat aangaan oor ons “committed and able bench”…
Hoeveel betaal SARU hom dink julle?
November 27th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
great,biting my nails alraedy,and thats just his spelling
November 27th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
I had hopes for bobby,thought he was another slimseun lyke pienaar,turned out he is just another bubble
November 27th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Bekos eks eik ek le hie in my bed being sung
November 27th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
dronkgat
November 27th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Dit is pokken foeskoud!
Icy steam off the breaths of ruddy complexioned players!
November 27th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 4:32 pm:
bah
Twee alkies vir ouers…
Vat nie aand e goed nie…
November 27th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
And hier gat ons
November 27th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
And Sheridan tries to take out Bakkies… Poms say “is it surprising that Botha is involved” but then SA gets penalty
November 27th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
SA trying to run it from lineout but Steyn passes forward…
Francois
Poms defence drove SA back in three consecutive tackles
November 27th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
And Francois Steyn knocks on and England runs it back 30 metres before desperate defence saves us… desperate openalizable defence… J Dup penalized
Flood will kick at goal
November 27th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Eng 3-0
5 min
November 27th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
nog erger.
obsessisive personality councillor?
My toppie hit the bottel woes,stepdad literally dopped til he dropped
Mum sure picked them
November 27th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 4:39 pm: Nee fok ek counsel nie.. volg net my eie lesse
November 27th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Kak tackled out of Matfield but Pom 13 doesn’t roll away!
November 27th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
mooiman,
knock on ,forward pass?
who needs a gameplan,bous will fck this one up without any help
November 27th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Pom still down and injured
November 27th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 4:41 pm:
Nah teruggespat… afterwards Mvovo on ball and Pom 13 tries to lie on ball and gets penalized
November 27th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
revolving door spies!
November 27th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Poms 13 still down… ref sending them off so game can get on
November 27th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 3:55 pm: Pleasure Doll, sorry so late am having to log in each time i want to post a comment here and on RT, and doesn’t accept the log in most of the time.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Steyn with a kak touch finder outside Pom 1/4
England defence aggro
Mvovo gets beautiful pass with line open inside England 25 with one defender to beat and knocks on…
November 27th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
SA gets FK at scrum!
Call for second scrum…
Seem to fancy their chances
SA gets penalty!
Fighting breaks out
Ref cahses Poms back…
About 5 metres fronm touchline about five meters o/s Pom 25
Poms get talking to
November 27th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Okay now what
Poms comms calling Moren Steyn as “one of the best”
Center Meneeer Steyn
3-3
10 min
November 27th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
ko and matfield takes great one
Poms run nit back 20 meters and then Easter knocks on as gets kak tackled out of him by Bakkies
November 27th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Frans Steyn off scrum just o/s Eng half kak pass misses Kirchner
Poms knock on and scrum SA penalized with FK and Poms take scrum
November 27th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Lets see
Eng 9 caught in possession
Driven back five meters
high kick but Kirchner sends them back to their own line…
November 27th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
England phases make yardage
Great Bok defence
SA turnover ball at ruck
Stegman
Run back and SA ko (Aplon)
Cuetio hoists
Kirchner forced to touch outside his half
LO just outside SA half
Sa win oenalty
November 27th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
M Steyn hoists and De Villiers takes Cueto out in the air….
Brilliant you c**nt
Kickable but England takes LO choice
November 27th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
England mauling us stukkend
backline phases
in side SA 25
Penalty England as F Steyn cotests ball on ground right in front
Ref sees and penalises England
Easter offsides in charge up obstruction
November 27th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
6-3 England 18 mins
November 27th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Wa de fok is jy Duiwel?
England tries to run out of own 25 and get trapped into scrambling it out insiode own 25 as JDV tackles kak out opf Pom backline in possession
November 27th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
5 m scrum
SA
November 27th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
come on bokke!
November 27th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Pienaar kak kak kak pass
Phases from fwds
Matfield short and knocks it on over the line!
Dumb c**nt
Should have passed
There were players on the outside
Drol
November 27th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Oooo
Ref says carried over and 5 m scrum for SA
Toby Flood down and hurt
Lets see now…
5 m scrum under pokles
Spies tackled
Mvovo tackled
more phases
penalty to SA
We run it
Ag my god
Pienaar passes the ball at Matfields feet and he kicks it backwards and out on England 25
Doos
Was in the way of F Steyn…
Matfield blown two try opportunities
November 27th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Henry Fourie comes on against his own country…
Croft out… badl;y hurt
England LO loses jumopers
Boks take LO
Spies drives into Pom 25
Advantage
Penalty SA
Commentators from Eng reckons they’re taking a pounding
November 27th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Steyn goes for poles
miss perre pis
November 27th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Maybe we should play the c**ntat senter
once and for all.
Captain se gat
November 27th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
England grab ball from restart and run it back
Defensively SA good
Ruck
Poms onto ball off feet
Penalty to SA
November 27th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
hehehe,old croft didn’t last long.Bakkies?
November 27th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Hey was lekker grootbek op sky
November 27th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
LO on Eng 25
Maul choice
Poms drive us back
Now we get momentum fwd
Into 25
Ref calls use it
De Villiers into action and contact as usual
Poms turn it over in ruck
swak
Cueto tries to round Frans Steyn and gets the same treatment as that Welshman
November 27th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Seems like little imagination by both sides,whats happened to Boertjies player of the year Spies?
November 27th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Penalty to SA
LO set up
Driven forward
Mvovo tackled back swinging to and fro
England tackle us off the ball Moody steals it inside Eng 25
We steal it back and go down the line
Kirchner with great break into England half
Whistle
Ref called aside
penalty to SA
England gets talking to for offsides
November 27th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
And F Steyn kicks it against upright
November 27th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Sorry
missed play
LO to SA
Pienaar drops it inside Pom 25 at LO and Poms must take it out on their tryline
November 27th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
SA throw in
SA try to maul but Eng collapse
Eng get official Ed Line warning
SA will kick at goal
November 27th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
6 all 35 min
November 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Wel iemand het vuur gemaak onder hulle gatte.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
got kid issues
Poms have now lost two LOs but points swak return for dominanca
November 27th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
ball in hand attack non existent
Inside eNG 22
STEYN DROPS AND MIS PERRE PIS
Kak ka Kak Kak Kak Bok kak
We should have been up by 20…
Finishing non existent
November 27th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
HT 6 all
November 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Reply to Deon @ 5:18 pm:
Hulle speel steeds soos k**nte
Moes 20 punte voor gewees het
November 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Still very little brains being used by the Boks. The players are taking wrong options. Always go for the easy option.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
So nothing but run and bash from both sides.
twee mike schuttes.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
slugger.
fokkol tussen die ore
jusr keep on slugging
November 27th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Reply to Duiwel @ 5:23 pm:
England buite spelers het al ‘n paar mooi breke gemaak
Ons is egter hiper kak met bal in hand…
November 27th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
A for effort
F for results
November 27th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Boks dropped 8 passes. Not their game.
Otherwise ruling the roost + poesssion with no results.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Was also a very good period of play with francie and spies, francie running and passing to spies, spies jetting of making good ground and getting tackled.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
argh. playing shit, but at least we are moering the poms. a lot more commitment this week even in the fkn cold. got mates at twickers, told it is unbelievably horrible!
November 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Half the pom side injured
Here we go for second half
November 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
ome on Oom D,whats happening?
November 27th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Poms off kick off try to run out of own 25 but then kick the ball
GHood SA prerssure
JDV playing well… Brendan must be dikbek
November 27th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
SA phases and England in red area penalized for not rolling away
pen SA and ref does not YC England
M Steyn up
Slotted
9-6 42 mins
November 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
hold onto a ball,pass,tackle,kick with intent seems to be of greater urgrncy to discover
than a fckn gameplan
November 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
England win ko
into SA 25
Foden into line takes a MF ackle
Poms driving
down the lines
5 meters out
down the line
phases
SA defends their line
waves and waves of phases
1 meter out
SA defence desperate
Easter goes close
adv Eng
Poms tackled backwards
POms still comimng
down the line
5 m out
driving
2 m out
We turn over with superb tackling
Steyn kicks it away…
3 mins of Pom attack gets them fokol
Greart discipline SA
November 27th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Tense stuff
Hope Poephil Piet uses becnh
We win LO againbst Poms
Pienaar kicks down field
Aplon catches Pom 14 in possession aND PLAY MOVES TO pOM 25!
Great stuff SA
November 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
We fark out own throw in up and knock on in attack…
Scrum Poms inside own 25
November 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Here comes Alberts
What is Poephol Piet planning with his subs this week?
November 27th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Alberst on for Stegman
November 27th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
We scrum kak out of England and turn it over
Incredible
Beats farking opponent up…
Cohen has no answer – jood like nie die Zimbo nie…
AScrum inside Eng 25
And Pienaar throws it in skew
FK England
November 27th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Enf hoist and Pierre Spuies wityh fantastic take in the air…
Steyn hoists down field
Fioden runs it back
Eng 4 runs 10 meters before Smith takes hom down
England now playing…
SA on defence
Mvovo
Adi Jacobs onto field…. WTF????????????????
ASnd predictably he takes tackle and turns ball over to Poms…
doos
Seems Poephol Piet’s subs are going to f–k us again…
Off goes Jannie…. on comes VD Linde
WTF????????
Dominant scrum changed
Wat maak jy strandloper????????????/
November 27th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
SA turn over and after great backline move F Steyn kicks the ball away
November 27th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
kick it away,anywhere
November 27th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
2 year old kaks in pottie
So Boks are 5 meters out of Eng line
And down the line and Spies takes the tackle before a beautiful pass puts Alberts in….
TRRRAAAAIIIIIII
Great play by Spies!!!!
November 27th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
lambie on yet?
November 27th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Superb try and interplay between Spies and Alberts
2 year old kakking in pottie is big thing… need to make a fuss and applaud and ceremonially in toilet to flush
Steyn mis perre pis
3rd skop
14-6 SA 59 mins
November 27th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
about time,but the poms will come back,
tackle!!!!!
November 27th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
alberts
argh spies you fuck!
November 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Spies knocks on Kick off
After try making that was kak
And with Doc Jannie off we get scrummed….
England phases inside SA 22
JDV gets hand into backline move and knocks on…
Great tackle on Foden by Mvovo
November 27th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
ja-ja oom D,
doesn’t stop that admiration
before about six
November 27th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Eng 9 comes off
19 mins to go
Scrum just out of SA 22 middle of field…
November 27th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
last twenty!
November 27th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
pomms are good for at least one try,we desperately need to put them away before last ten
November 27th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Better Bok scrum
but FK England
Ja poephol Piet kuyk wat maak dsou tsyntses nou
Eng want another scrum,
We scrum them
Backline drives up
Into SA 22
Down the line
More driving 10 meters out
hoist by flood and Cueto takes but tackled inches short
Driving to middle of field
Cueto agaion
Eng 4 takes MF tackle from Spies
Tindall drives it
2 meters out
on the line
Great defence!!!!
Back to 15 meters out
Beats with graet tackle on Cohen
Spies tackles Hotchins
and Poms get driven out!!!!!
LO SA
SUPERB defence
November 27th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Can’t play rugby and win
in your own twennytwo
November 27th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
It looks fokken koud!!!!
LO on our own 22
Bis steam breathing
lips blue
Matfield takes and drives forwards Spies mauls
Pienaar hoists
H Fourie takes terrible tackle from a Boer
SA takles it off Poms in ruck
Pienaar kicks it into Eng 22
Cueto has Aplon in his face and scrambles it into touch
SA wins miles of field position
Flip VD Merwe on
November 27th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
need another try,
put them away ffs!
November 27th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
JDV comes off??????
Who replaces him?
WTF is Poephol Puiet doing taking off our best backline player today
Fok maa hy’s stupit
F Hougaard onto field
Poms hoist
Mvovo takes
Poms off ffeet at following ruck and SA gets penalty…
Steyn kicks for position
November 27th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Maul
Into Eng 22
Collapsed
Mvovo at 9
Ruck still going on
MVOVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRILLINAT BRILLIANT
November 27th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
oUTstanding break on flat defence to get through two tackles on Eng 22 and runs ruight through
Steyn lines ball up
Steyn slots
21-6 SA
November 27th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
71 mins
November 27th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
KO
England in middle of field drives ball up
10 m out of SA 22
Cueto loses ball chased back…. Foden picks up and eish gets a motherfugger of tackles from Alberts
Unfortunately Francois Hougaard knocks
Think Foden is dead…
November 27th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
BOOM! alberts squishes a pom!
November 27th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Yup he goes off
FK Eng
Chip
F Steyn gets and kicks back a magnificent kick that ends on Eng 22
November 27th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
LO
Eng running inside own 22
Bok defence great Thompson tries to drive over Spies but finds walls would be easiSA wins ball in ruck
Steyn drop on halfway line is short….
England run it back and into Bok half
Mvovo defence outstanding saves try
Pen Eng
England run it but knockon after Spies tackle
Knockon inside SA 22
November 27th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Scrum SA inside own 22
Penalty SA
Beast thanks Pom opponent
Toks VD Linde giggles
M Steyn skops it miles away into Pom half
November 27th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Lekker
November 27th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
MOM = Bismarck Duplessis
SA
7th consecutive win over Poms
77 mins
Boks now on attack
Yusus
Mvovo almost scores again
Ruck inside Eng 22
CJ VD Linde doos in backline passes intercept to Foden who scores under Bok posts
WTF was that fool doing in the outside centre???????????
November 27th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
And the worst is at the time SA had 3-1 overlap
November 27th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
21-11
78 mins
En hier kom Pat Lambie en Andries Strauss
All replacements on now
November 27th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
My MOM is Bakkies! What agame by him
November 27th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Tindall hasn’t been handled this roughly since his dad spanked him as a toddler!
Spies crushes him
Bok defence outstanding
F hougaard in wing
Adi Jacobs outside centre
last scrum of the game…
Spies will probably kick into touch I reckon
FK to Poms
Easter tackles stukend
Fourie now feels Boere wrath
Knockon Eng
Klaaaaaaaaaaa
21-11 Bokke win
Score does not reflect Bokke’s dominance…
HOW THE HELL DID WE LOSE TO SCOTLAND??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
November 27th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Reply to JT @ 6:16 pm:
Gruss Gott
Bis awarded MOM
Duiwel was dit op tot jou hoge standaarde?
November 27th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Goood coverage Dawie!
November 27th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I think Spies is definitely turning a corner…
Not at his best but going there
November 27th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Looks like our game
November 27th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Poms whingeing about penalties awarded against them
Matfield says that Bokke played their own gameplan very directly and forwards were dominant
At HT was not worried… pressure was telling
Showed way to play
November 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Bokke not great but good enough for total dominance – as hulle will kan hulle almal op fok
November 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
November 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Comparing it to the end of 2006…. calls win a “good omen”… talk about throwing a gauntlet down
In 2006 AB’s also did GS
November 27th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Reply to Deon @ 6:23 pm:
Lakkar slaap ou graute
November 27th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Heheheheheheheh
18h25 and 27′ in Joburg
Gonna swim and braai
November 27th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 6:26 pm:
-5 hier en ek gaan nou suip
November 27th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Thank for the coverage oom D
November 27th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Yoy should get the Job at supersport
hands down.
baie dankie
November 27th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Better than BBC Duiwel
JT
Ag sorrie man…
Just swam with kids and refreshed braai vure brand
November 27th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Duiwel
When games doesn’t get broadcasted – check the following websites:
http://www.rojadirecta.com/
Or
http://www.myp2p.eu/index.php?part=sports
You should be able to find the games there – sometimes you have to install new software but check mostly for veetle and sopcast links.
Sorry for only posting now – was watching the game with the laptop plugged into the 107 cm tv
Cheers
November 27th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
So I suppose this means Poephol Piet goes to the World Cup… with Dick More and Gary BoZo
November 27th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 7:22 pm: Read your game commentary
LOLOLOL.
You must have the eyes of a chameleon, one watching the game and the other the laptop
November 27th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Treehugger
DavidS took TIK in school – not the kind you smoke…
Was normally between his mechanic and woodwork class
Cheers
November 27th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Cheers Methos,
will try it out
November 27th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Reply to Methos @ 8:13 pm:
have been reading and rereading your post and couldn’t understand the tik comment and then it clicked, typeing lololol, 
November 27th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
nice one Bokke
November 27th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Reply to cab @ 8:52 pm:
Ja, jou Hanskakie – is dit die tyd om hier aan te kom?
In the end Bok power to good, but not much to get carried away by. Handling substandard, but so were the Poms.
Bismarck was MASSIVE, Bakkies was GREAT.
Alberts must now surely begin to get starts – put in a few GR8 tackles.
If this is Bissie in top form – how the hell can Snor play Fatty ahead of him?
Not only tackled, also assisted in gang tackles.
Try by Mvovo was a beaut.
Strange try by Alberts – outside players were Spies and himself. Forwards scoring backline tries again?
November 27th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Frans Steyn – Not only does he look like Jan van Riebeeck with that hairdo – he plays like a dumb Dutchman too!!!
November 27th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
A win is a win, as they say in the comics.
But just hink how good 41-6 would have been.
Morne not hitting the post.
Tina not hitting the post.
Matfield scoring.
Boks scoring instead of CJ’s pass being intercepted = potential 41-6.
Ag, one can dream, can’t you?
November 28th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 6:19 pm:
David i just read your commentary , i had a good , good laugh. Brilliant
November 28th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Reply to superBul @ 1:55 pm:
I wrote earlier: “Beter as RSG.”
See?
November 28th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
I just need to add that at the time i was also baby sitting my 2 year old daughter who is a wild thing!
She also made a poo in her pottie at the start of the second half so I had to clean the bum and make a fuss because she made a poo in the pottie and applaud her and flush it down and sing her a song and add a star to her star chart and clean the bum…
And I got back just in time to see the Alberst try!
November 28th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 8:58 pm:
Dis ‘n kak storie!!
November 28th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Reply to DavidS @ 8:58 pm:
Leer haar om vinniger te skyt. Of op ander tye.
November 28th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Reply to Boertjie @ 9:23 pm:
Boerman
That was a great performance, its even better when we stuff up the engelse upfront.
Dankie
H
November 28th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Any opinions on why England was not able to play like they did against NZ and Aus?
In those games Eng. was able to run from inside their own 22. Consistently get over the gain line and recycle.
Against the Boks: Nothing.
What did the Boks do different? Or was England just poor on the day?
November 28th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Reply to Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes @ 10:32 pm:
Dis die vraag wat ek ook wil vra.
Hoedehel het hulle die Wobblies geklop – wat die Parras vermorsel het?
OK, die ref het hulle in die eerste helfte uit die game geblaas.
Bad day at the office?
November 29th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Reply to Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes @ 10:32 pm:
Watch the game and maybe see that the Bok defence pitched up…
Hard to run out of your own 22 when the opposition defence is all over you like a bad suit…
Bok rush defence clearly showed up the creative desert that is England attack…
Even Jean De Villiers’ defence on Hape was outstanding…
Even Spies managed to put in some hectic hits
November 29th, 2010 at 8:26 am
lso injuries on Flood and Croft could not have helped
November 29th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Reply to DavidS @ 8:26 am:
when the opposition defence is all over you like a bad suit…
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Nuwe een vir my daai.