Springboks 9 Lions 28
4 Jul 2009
Keo.co.za brought you live commentary of the third Test at Ellis Park.
FULL-TIME
The Lions finish the tour on a high and break their run of seven straight Test tour defeats. This loss takes a lot of the gloss off the Boks’ 2-1 series win.
80min – Boks go wide and Spies is brought to ground. Jones hacks the ball into touch and the Lions celebrate.
79min – Williams takes it up and is tackled backwards, but the Lions retain possession and rumble forward. Boks get a penalty, with Lions holding on.
76min – The Boks run the ball up only to knock on again. This is getting painful to watch.
75min – The Boks win the lineout, and the ball goes wide to Du Plessis, who throws a long pass to Ndungane who appears to dot down as his right foot brushes the line. After several replays the TMO says … NO TRY.
73min – Lions come in from the side, referee plays advantage and the Boks get a penalty seconds later in the Lions 22. Boks kick for touch to set up 5m lineout.
72min – PENALTY: STEPHEN JONES
BOKS 9 LIONS 28
71min – Bismarck late tackles Jones after the flyhalf kicked. Boks are losing the plot here.
70min – PENALTY: STEPHEN JONES
BOKS 9 LIONS 25
68min – O’Connell wins the Lions lineout and they take the ball through five phases. The ball is kicked ahead but several Boks beat Phillips to the ball. A big punch up begins with Frans Steyn and Phillips heavily involved. The assistant referee says Brussow grabbed a Lions player by the collar. Players get a talking to and Brussow is penalised.
67min – PENALTY: MORNE STEYN
BOKS 9 LIONS 22
66min – Frans Steyn makes another strong run and the Boks win a penalty just inside the Lions half. Morne Steyn will go for goal.
65min – Frans Steyn goes for a drop goal from 60m out … and it’s just wide.
64min – Smit throw not straight.
Spies comes on for Smith.
63min – Frans Steyn makes a strong run into the Lions half, Fourie takes it up the blindside and the Boks win a penalty that they kick into touch near the Lions 22.
60min – Olivier penalised for holding on. Kearney has a shot from 52m out … and it goes just wide.
58min – Nokwe is brought to ground on the touchline and Pienaar tries to go blind but puts a foot in touch.
57min – Steyn kicks from inside his 22 and finds touch on the Lions 10m line. Great kick.
Steyn on for Kirchner.
53min – TRY: UGO MONYE
Boks turn down the three points and set up a maul from the lineout. The Boks go wide and Monye intercepts a long pass and scores under the posts.
BOKS 6 LIONS 22
52min – The Lions are penalised at the scrum. Vickery the culprit.
51min – Pienaar breaks from the lineout. The ball goes wide to Kirchner who loses the ball forward with the tryline in sight.
50min – Brussow wins another penalty for the Boks at the breakdown. Steyn finds touch 30m out.
49min – Bok lineout near the halfway line, from which Ndungane knocks the ball on.
45min – Kirchner’s kick goes straight into touch. Bad mistake from the fullback.
43min – The Boks have an overlap out wide but the ball goes to Kankowski who bashes it up. Boks are penalised. Wasted opportunity.
41min – Lions take the ball through seven phases before it gets turned over. Steyn’s kick is returned and Ndungane takes it into the Lions half. Bok scrum.
Pienaar is on for Du Preez who has a leg injury. Muir says the Boks have given the Lions too much ball.
HALF-TIME
A disappointing half from the Boks. They kicked poorly out of hand and struggled in the scrums. Lions should win this, but that’s what we thought at half-time last week too.
40min – PENALTY: MORNE STEYN
BOKS 6 LIONS 15
39min – Kearney doesn’t find touch. Beast bashes it up and the Boks get a penalty 40m out. This time Steyn will kick for goal.
39min – Olivier takes it up and is smashed in the tackle. Lions get the penalty. The Boks had to score there having turned down the three points.
38min – Boks get a free kick and Kankowski takes the quick tap. They get a penalty for offsides, take the quick tap and get another 10m. Steyn kicks for touch to set up a 5m lineout.
37min – Boks get a scrum just outside the Lions 22.
36min – Shaw uses the knee on Du Preez and is yellow carded.
36min – Ford replaces a dazed looking Rees.
34min – Croft replaces Worsley.
31min – TRY: SHANE WILLIAMS
Lions turn over Bok ball on the Lions 10m line and go wide. Flutey kicks ahead and taps the ball into Williams hands. Jones kicks the conversion.
BOKS 3 LIONS 15
31min -Scrum is reset twice.
30min – Lions lineout isn’t straight. Bok scrum.
29min – Great work by Williams sees the winger streak away down the left-hand touchline. He kicks infield, Morne Steyn picks the ball up near the post and finds touch.
28min – Beast is penalised again at the scrum for not binding. Another victory for Vickery. Kearney kicks for touch.
27min – Ndungane breaks down the right-hand touchline, but his overhead pass is collected by Heaslip and the Lions get the scrum. Fourie is back on the field.
24 min – TRY: SHANE WILLIAMS
The Lions work their way into the Bok half, and Heaslip charges forward. The Boks make contact with the No 8 but don’t take him to ground and he passes to Williams on his outside who scores next to the posts. Jones botches the conversions after the ball falls off the tee.
BOKS 3 LIONS 8
22min – From a Bok scrum Olivier sends Fourie into space, who’s brought down inside the Lions 22. The Boks go wide again but the Lions force a turnover close to their tryline. Fourie leaves the field with blood streaming down his face. Frans Steyn replaces him.
21min – Boks win the lineout and set up the maul. Morne Steyn chips ahead for Kankowski but the ball alludes the No 8. Lions knock on.
20min – Kirchner tries to grubber ahead but the ball rebounds off Kearney and goes into touch. The Boks are doing a lot of running from inside their own half.
19min – Flutey makes a good but Ndungane rips the ball free.
18min – First Lions scrum gets reset three times. Lots going on in the front row. Lions finally win the free kick.
17min – Boks win the linout and take the ball to the left-hand side of the field before knocking on.
16min – Lions win the linout and work their way into the Bok 22, but the Lions are penalised for holding on after good work from Brussow.
13min – The Lions work their way into the Bok 22 but Smit steals the ball on the ground and the Boks kick upfield. Kearney’s kick doesn’t go out. Boks charge forward, and Steyn’s drop attempt falls well short.
12min – Flutey penalised for offsides and Du Preez takes quick tap. Boks send it wide and Matfield knocks on.
11min – PENALTY: MORNE STEYN
BOKS 3 LIONS 3
10min – Boks win a lineout on the Lions 22 and Olivier takes it up. The Boks get a penalty at the ruck, Lions player not releasing tackled man.
8min – PENALTY: STEPHEN JONES
BOKS 0 LIONS 3
8min – First scrum, and Chiliboy and Beast stand up and the Lions get the penalty. Vickery will love that!
6min – The Lions take the ball through six phases before knocking on near the Bok 22. Nokwe seems to have hurt a finger but is back on his feet again.
5min – Lions win lineout only to lose possession and Kirchner boots the ball downfield.
4min – Kankowski penalised for taking a Lions player out at the lineout. Kearney kicks for touch. It’s all Lions at the moment.
3min – LIONS PENALTY MISS. Jones, who kicked 7/7 this week, misses his first.
2min – Lions win the lineout, and a long passage of play follows with Kirchner twice kicking down field and Martyn Williams having a good run. The Lions get into the Boks half and are awarded a penalty.
1min – Steyn kicks off. Matfield penalised at the ruck and Stephen Jones finds touch.
Boks are wearing white arm bands with JUSTICE 4 on them, seemingly in support of Bakkies Botha (who was banned for two weeks).
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Johann Muller, 3 John Smit, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Deon Carstens, 19 Steven Sykes, 20 Pierre Spies, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Frans Steyn.
British & Irish Lions – 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Ugo Monye, 13 Tommy Bowe, 12 Riki Flutey, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Joe Worsley, 5 Paul O’Connell (c), 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Phil Vickery, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Subs: 16 Ross Ford, 17 John Hayes, 18 Alun-Wyn Jones, 19 David Wallace, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Harry Ellis, 22 James Hook.
480 Comments
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4 Jul 2009, 17:57 pm
#443 JockBok:
******, I was answering a question. Open your eyes and look up.
4 Jul 2009, 17:57 pm
#449 poppa69:
hehe…you boys need to find backup to carter.
4 Jul 2009, 17:58 pm
I`m worried about the deptht of our squad. This has been evident for a while now (see also the Barbarians and Scotland game last year). The likes of Muller, Kanko, Chilli and the wingers were very poor today. We are also going to have problems with our scrumming in the tri-nations. Expect a lot of penalpties and bad ball from this area of the game.
4 Jul 2009, 18:01 pm
#452 cab: lol … I am with you on that one 120 percent… shame Brett has been played so sparingly in that position, think he offers more then Donald does…
4 Jul 2009, 18:03 pm
#454 poppa69:
def agree
4 Jul 2009, 18:07 pm
#451 CheatingPussyBoks: And that’s going to win us the series, hey? We lose the rugby, but never mind, let’s run the country down. No wonder they’ve got us down as a bunch of pussies with wankerz like you about.
4 Jul 2009, 18:08 pm
#456 JockBok:
Nobodies running the country down, just stating facts.
4 Jul 2009, 18:10 pm
#457 CheatingPussyBoks: No? Well maybe you should ‘look up’ and re-read your posts.
4 Jul 2009, 18:16 pm
CheatingPussyBoks: the only thing ***** is the liquid in graham’s ears.
4 Jul 2009, 18:49 pm
I don’t think we will struggle at scrum time nearly as much against the tri nations sides as we did against the Lions. I also think our depth is great. You cannot expect guys like Kanko and Muller (although I would not play him with Matfield) to not play for 6 plus weeks and then come on and perform against a fired up Lions side. I think we are blessed with fantastic depth in SA our problem is we are blessed with no depth when it comes to coaching talent.
4 Jul 2009, 18:50 pm
Well it all came down to desperation today. The Lions wanted that badly and it showed in the performance. By far the most comprehensive victory of the series. Will they get some credit now from the keo journos? This was a much-changed Lions team as well after all, and all series we’ve been hearing how the Boks are going to put 40 points on this “limited” Lions team. Well today they showed these journos what passion, heart and no little skill can do. A 19 point margin of victory, the biggest of the series. Some kudos from keo?
4 Jul 2009, 19:03 pm
Series score remains 2-1
4 Jul 2009, 19:15 pm
#338 mellowyellow: Maybe it’s time for you to leave London?
4 Jul 2009, 19:17 pm
#342 grootblousmile: Right GBS. Based upon what I’ve seen not sure why so many people raved about him this year. He looks average to me.
4 Jul 2009, 19:21 pm
What can I say, this was a good tour from the Lions and well done to the Springboks for winning the series. But there is a few things that bother me. After winning the series, why is it that the top 10 try scores are only the Lions players and why is the top 5 top point scores only the Lions players? Yes a win is a win but with results like these aren’t good to go into the Tri-Nations. The other thing is that our depth is a huge problem. Just look at the scrums, line-outs and the small technical things in the game. Our wings in the game was really nowhere, Francois Steyn had 2 or 3 good kicks and 1/2 good runs and the first try from the Lions came where he did not defend at all. Zane Kirchner meant nothing on the field and should stay with the emerging boks until he is fully grown up the play at this level. But don’t think I’m just complaining, other players did great on the field like Heinrich Brussow, Morne Steyn, Jaque Fourie, Juan Smith. They played fantastic and the team needs to realise that all the players mustr be commited and not a few. Allmfromnow and will checkin again
4 Jul 2009, 19:35 pm
#445 cab:
which bit was deserved in the 2nd Test ?
a disallowed try ?
a try that was allowed because only 2 angles were shown ?
a man should have been sent off ?
I dunno, which bit was the ‘deserved’ bit ?
and dont forget to apply your silly rules of convenience over both Tests.
I sense your nerves already. Ah, the deflating balloon….
#448 Loserer:
If you want to compare our 2 great nations achievements, then only the head-to-head matters. And you know it.
Who is the better team over their history – Lions or Boks ? why ?
4 Jul 2009, 19:51 pm
Heinrich Brussouw is a star that is for certain. Every single time he got near the ball it was turned-over. He’s the biggest plus for the Boks going into the 3N. He’ll get to play the full tournament and will cause havoc. Juan Smith played better today, I was beginning to think he’d lost some of his mojo. Hard to be critical of the centre pairing today – they didn’t get much quality ball to work with did they? The biggest thing that was missing today from the Springboks was intensity. They didn’t want it enough, the Lions did and they deserved to win the test.
4 Jul 2009, 20:50 pm
#466 WakaNathan:
i’m talking about the french deserving the 2nd one in nz.
4 Jul 2009, 21:41 pm
19 point margin. Like the most recent SA-NZ test at Newlands: NZ 19 – SA 0. Another 19 point margin. Quite a towelling.
4 Jul 2009, 21:50 pm
#468 cab:
Yes, thats right. Stay with me now.
HOW did they ‘deserve’ ?
you mean the opposition should have got a RC ? yep, that would be deserve.
you mean a match-winning try being decided on 2 camera angles ? that might be deserved.
deserved – how so ?
Youre full of it pal. what noise does a deflated balloon make ?
Lions were better than I thought, thats my observation. Either that, or they were made to look good by a team that think theyre better than they are. You decide.
4 Jul 2009, 21:53 pm
My Lions/Boks XV
15. Kearney
14. Habana
13. BOD
12. Roberts
11. Bowe
10. Jones
9. du Preez
8. Heaslip
7. Brussow
6. Croft.
5. Matfield
4. Bakkies
3. Jones
2. Rees
1. Beast.
4 Jul 2009, 22:00 pm
Congrats to our Green-blooded Brethren,
You have gone a long way to proving you are the bully boys you have always aspired to.
I’m not a Yarpie but I’ve played with plenty of footy with your lads and alway been impressed with the the good natured spirit of the Saffers.
Today, however, was disgraceful.
No discipline, no captancy, a frankly BS attitude (as displayed by the armbands) that would annoy any ref and you stil call yourself a team?
Rabble. And not only disgraceful to the green and gold but to all SHem rugby.
Ordinary.
5 Jul 2009, 00:14 am
#472 Boomer:
BS attitude ?
Embarrassing is your team calling the opposition ‘whingers’ all week – a week, incidentally when your player was banned for eye-gouging – and then rock up with ‘Justice’ lit up like Piccadilly Circus on your national jersey and headgear.
If that was the ABs, theyd have a shorter Test career than an Iranian footballer.
Have you EVER seen anything more arrogant ?
‘Justice’ ?
oh, thank goodness, the Gods of Rugby have come to save the game from itself. Yipee.
Absofkenlutely arrogant. Thank God they didnt grace that with a victory. Dis-graceful !
5 Jul 2009, 00:54 am
Agreed those armbands were the most stupid idiotic BS idiocy I’ve ever seen, already half way to a loss wearing those ridiculous things, rubbish trash.
5 Jul 2009, 09:11 am
#474 skopskiet:
lol.
So going on that post Skop was not a fan of the new edition to the Bok jersey
5 Jul 2009, 12:00 pm
Remember what I said last week, Victor Matfield is over-rated! He had the opportunity yesterday to put his hand up as “the world’s best lock” and he failed dismally. As a Bulls supporter I never felt so much part of the Springboks failure as yesterday as I was first to promote Wynand Olivier to the 1st XV and he was completely out of his depth, he looked like a school boy yesterday. I wish to know from the statistitions, how many times he passed the ball in the entire game? I can remember of two instances where he hanged onto the ball (only to have it turned over) with, in one case two over-laps on his outside. Maybe it was also a bridge too far for Kirchner. WHAT IS A FULLBACK DOING IN THE BACK-LINE IF HE’S NOT GOING TO PASS THE BALL??? For Peter de Villiers, I wish to inform you that the practice field is the place for experiments, not a test match, but I think your head is too hollow to understand this basic of rugby!
5 Jul 2009, 12:22 pm
#476 BLOU BO BLOU: Agree with you. Especially your last 3 lines. You are 100% correct. I said so to in my post 197 on the (PdV
efeat exposed stragglers thread)
We do know now that Frans Steyn is a damn fine FB. Now hope that PdV just keeps selecting him even though he is going to play overseas.
All the back 3 and Muller, WO were just not up to it. All are probably S14 players. Maybe someday Zane may get to test level. Just to through him in a huge test like yesterday was not really fair on him either. Chili was fine but we missed Bissie in the scrums.
5 Jul 2009, 12:24 pm
#477 Puma: last paragraph – through meant throw
5 Jul 2009, 12:34 pm
Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but you must admit when you were colour blind (meaning Blue Bull blind). We have good players, but playing for the Super14 Champion team does not mean he is the best in his position in SA and that is the exact misconception we must come to terms with. Jean de Villiers is the best in his position (inside centre) in the world and altough I know he is injured, why was he sitting between the subs in a track suit and not used when we lost all rithm and composure at the back? He is a natural leader and could perhaps be just the one to restore pride at the back.
5 Jul 2009, 13:11 pm
we may have lost the battle but we won the war… that was a very entertaining match. The way Brussouw picked up that Lion and threw on the ground… CLASSIC!
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