Leicester 22 SA XV 17
Keo.co.za brought you live commentary from the Springboks’ end-of-year tour opener at Welford Road.
80 mins: South Africa run through numerous phases as they move towards the try line, but a strong Leicester defence keeps them at bay. Odwa Ndungane eventually loses the ball forward and Lote Tuqiri dives over the touchline with the ball. The Leicester players celebrate as they played four minutes into extra time. Leicester beat South Africa 22-17!
79 mins: Leicester drive the ball forward through their heavies as try to waste time, but they concede a penalty to the South Africans with a minute to play. Pienaar kicks for touch to give his side a lineout in Leicester’s 22m area.
77 mins: South Africa are awarded a crucial penalty in Leicester’s 22m area. Pienaar bags the three points, which sees the visitors need a converted try to achieve victory. 22-17 to Leicester!
65 mins: After a frustrating period of play, South Africa decide to go for posts when they are awarded a penalty in the last quarter. Pienaar slots the attemot to score their first points of the second stanza. 22-14 to Leicester!
58 mins: Leicester receive their third penalty after South Africa struggle to compete at the scrums. Youngs kicks the home side into a 11-point lead. 22-11 to Leicester!
52 mins: After being dominated at the scrums, the Leicester forwards start to rule the air battle at the lineouts.
45 mins: Heinke van der Merwe comes on for Steenkamp in his prefered loosehead position, but Castrogiovanni still destroys him in the scrum and earns his side a penalty. Leicester score the first points of the second half as Youngs converts the goal attempt. 19-11 to Leicester!
Half-time: Leicester 16 South Africa 11
40 mins: Mauger concedes a penalty on the stroke of half-time for obstructing the South Africans from chasing the ball. Pienaar kicks the three-pointer to leave South Africa trailing by five points at the break. 16-11 to Leicester!
39 mins: Ill discipline costs the visitors as Youngs converts his third penalty. 16-8 to Leicester!
38 mins: South Africa penalised again after being out-scrummed by the Leicester front row. Guthro Steenkamp a major concern as Martin Castrogiovanni has the clear upper hand.
33 mins: Leicester are awarded a penalty on the 50m line after the South African pack were out-scrummed. Youngs bags the three points with an impressive attempt. 13-8 to Leicester!
27 mins: Leicester try! A poor clearance from Pienaar allowed Leicester to run a counter attack. A swift switch from centre Manu Tuilagi put wing Lucas Amorosino through for their first five-pointer. Youngs converted the try to put the home side in the lead. 10-8 to Leicester!
20 mins: Captain Chilliboy Ralepelle leaves the field early after suffering an injury in a scrum. Bandise Maku comes on to replace the skipper.
10 mins: Leicester hit right back as Youngs makes up for his woeful miss earlier in the game by slotting his second attempt. 8-3 to South Africa!
8 mins: South African try! After a good kick and chase from South Africa, the secure possession in Leicester’s 22m area, although it seemed centre Juan de Jongh interfered with the receiver. Fullback Earl Rose then puts a chip through, which is gather by wing Jongi Nokwe, and the Bok flyer dives over for the opening try. 8-0 to South Africa!
5 mins: Ruan Pienaar puts the visitors ahead after South Africa were awarded a penalty in front of the posts. 3-0 to South Africa!
2 mins: South Africa concede an early penalty in a kickable position, but scrumhalf Ben Youngs pushes his attempt wide.
1 min: Deep kickoff from pivot Aaron Mauger, which is received by Ashley Johnson. The No 8 secures possession as he sets up the first phase. Ruan Pienaar then kicks a good clearance back into Leicester’s half.
Leicester – 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Lucas Amorosino, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Aaron Mauger (c), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Brett Deacon, 7 Ben Pienaar, 6 Geoff Parling, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Calum Green, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Mefin Davies,1 Marcos Ayerza.
Subs: 16 George Chuter, 17 Dan Cole, 18 Tom Armes, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 James Grindal, 21 Greig Tonks, 22 Lote Tuqiri.
South Africa XV – 15 Earl Rose, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Dewald Potgieter, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Riaan Viljoen.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am
carol you simply a fence sitter and if I must say so you a bit of a groupie looking for attention from the wrong neck of the woods. But be my quest sorry to spell these things out as uncouth and bluntly as I do but sometimes some tough hard truths are better to swallow than sweet sugary lies.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am
#637 Robzim: BTW.. got a couple of equally hot cousins in London also… you guys should arrange a group tour..
November 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am
#645 WP Till I Die: I don’t know what that means!!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:20 am
#651 skopskiet: Carol understands Bra Skop… You are a hero forever mate… Long Live!!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:21 am
#653 carol:
Neither do I….
November 7th, 2009 at 1:21 am
#634 Puma: lol…now that i’ve managed to curb your moaning, you’re on to my parents, my up bringing & my girlfriend? Lol…good night old bean, just don’t think you know it all when it comes to rugby, manage your urge to whine by being objective. There’s no reason for you to be wailing like a widow on this blog blaming quotas & non-merit selections for a EOYT mid-week experimental game where the team was blatantly under-cooked. In the 3rd lions test pdv experimented & the result was much the same, today he had 8 new caps & they struggled but earlier you were moaning like we’ve just lost the world cup because of selection blunders…
Get a grip! And please don’t ever talk about my parents
November 7th, 2009 at 1:21 am
#651 skopskiet: Oh Skop, a groupie, that’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day!!
Thanks my little possum….Mwahhhhhhh.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:21 am
#642 carol:
Why do you say men are men up North?
I thought you were impressed with the men you met in CT as well?
November 7th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Evenin’ all
November 7th, 2009 at 1:22 am
#640 Langenhoven: You let your parent down the way you speak Langenhoven. You must have the worst foul trash mouth here.
#643 WP Till I Die: WPTID scroll back and read Transie’s post to me. Well Hater had the most foul mouth here as a woman we all know that. Check Langenhovens post to me. You will have to scroll back a long way to read Langenhovens. He is always foul mouth. Never brought up correct to speak like that. Never.
You on the other hand WPTID are a decent bloke.
Cheers WPTID.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:23 am
#657 carol: You are so sweet;-)
November 7th, 2009 at 1:24 am
#652 Langenhoven:
We might just take u up on this.
If you can arrange for one to be a blonde I am sure Grant will also be very keen
November 7th, 2009 at 1:24 am
#659 JockBok: Welcome to the “House of Fun”!! Long tome no speak…
By the way, you may not be safe as it appears Skop thinks I am a ‘groupie’.
(What EXACTLY is a groupie anyway)?
November 7th, 2009 at 1:24 am
skop
What exactly did Raubenheimer actually do? I saw him twice, once he knocked the ball on and the 2nd time he missed a tackle.
And why did you say ‘Your has beens’ I didnt pick them!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:25 am
did Olivier play tonight it was little De Jongh the only one taking care of the monster Tuilagi.
Pienaar had a mare but it all started with G. Steenkamp and J. Du Plessis up front. Thats the nuts and bolts of the problem. 2007 Wc winning props that can’t scrum in the Nh. Simple as pie fix that and we halfway home and dry.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:25 am
#660 Puma: Fk you… since when have I ever been foul mouthed… bladdy doos
November 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
#666 Langenhoven:
Is that post supposed to be ironic?
November 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
#662 Robzim: I will arrange 5 blondes… and a lovely jamaican… for skop
November 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
#658 Robzim: Now I have managed to offend you and I did not mean to do that!!
Hey, the Cape Town Crew were wonderful….(and very manly, even Skop, although he is being bloody rude to me tonight, miserable old git)!!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
#663 carol: Hey Carol. Yep, no reliable internet connection makes Jock a dull boy. But things are on the up so should be about a bit more. How’s you? Getting a hard time here by the looks of it…
November 7th, 2009 at 1:27 am
#667 WP Till I Die: LOL
November 7th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Ok, all, I’m off and into bed. Everybody just needs to relax
November 7th, 2009 at 1:29 am
#672 WP Till I Die: Cheers broer
November 7th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Just found a text on my phone from a mate saying “Who is the SA No 12″?
Wynand has a new English fan…..
November 7th, 2009 at 1:30 am
#668 Langenhoven: just arrange a loosehead and a tighthead that can scrum…i will come collect them….
And of course a blonde would be a most welcome fringe benefit….damm…feeling a bit wasted now….blonde sound asleep…3 beers left…what the hell…numbs the pain!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:31 am
#651 skopskiet: lol skop, why all this brutal honesty? Let’s tone it down a little.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:31 am
#669 carol:
I am not offended, I am still trying to offend you?
Getting a bit confused.
We have not had 670 posts for a long time.
This place still rules, do you admit?
November 7th, 2009 at 1:32 am
#660 Puma: you’ve got some serious issues that you need to deal with as soon as possible mate.you are some screwed-up ******.last time you accused a blogger of trying to kill you and i can see now that there is still no improvement in your behaviour.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:32 am
Ahhh, bugger it, I’m cracking open another beer and staying to watch the fireworks
November 7th, 2009 at 1:32 am
#670 JockBok: I’m fine thanks, it is just Friday Night throwing out of the pub time behaviour here……pretty funny!!
Skop adores me really!!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:33 am
#675 grant10: A blonde that is a bit of a loosehead with a tight… OK I will arrange
November 7th, 2009 at 1:33 am
#666 Langenhoven: Go read your post 538 or have you a short memory too. That was foul mouth trailer trash talk. If you think that is not foul mouth you just not thinking. Too drunk maybe.
#656 Transformation: Transie just grow up.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:34 am
01:30 AND keo is still pumping? Wow.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:34 am
#675 grant10: I was just going to go to bed too….
Shall we have another fight?
Kept the bloggers guessing here for weeks!!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Wow, roger me sideways, this Pilsner Urquell is going down lovely.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:35 am
#677 Robzim: And … the Almighty popped in
November 7th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Raubenheimer and Maku put in some sterling efforts in the loose. In the tight we were drilled and Dickenson let them get all over the ruck ball on the wrong side, he was not fair in some of his calls.
The players played with guts but played stupid. They went into one on one drives isolating themselves. All of them. Johnson, Roussouw, Hougaard, Deysel, Bekker, Pienaar and Potgieter all tried busting up alone and not linking. That last twenty phase attack that got nowhere was always going nowhere because they simply don’t know how to link and spread it wide and probe gaps when required. Thats the pitiful reality of Sa rugby we still got zero confidence in our passing running game and we going to continue getting exposed as one dimensional fools until we can become a complete total rugby team. Our A team not much better. Kick n chase and moer mos voort, thats about all we know. Pdv and Muir letting the side down with zero back line drills whatsoever.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:37 am
#682 Puma: Have you got dementia young man… I have never ever been fking rude to you
November 7th, 2009 at 1:38 am
I think we need some conflict resolution on here!
In other news, I can see nothing but two Southern Hemisphere wins 2moro. Aus-Eng will be close. NZ Wales not as much.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:39 am
#677 Robzim: Keo does have its moments…RT however is a special place….
Ok I give up trying to fight with you….
Big article on Luke in the London Times yesterday, why does he insist on showing that tattoo at every opportunity?
November 7th, 2009 at 1:39 am
A housewife, an accountant and a lawyer were all asked the same question: What is two plus two?
The housewife: “4!”
The accountant: “I think it’s either 3 or 4. Let me run those figures through my spreadsheet one more time.”
The lawyer (after turning down the lights, pulling down the drapes, his voice hushed): “How much do you want it to be?”
November 7th, 2009 at 1:39 am
#683 WP_: I am entertaining
November 7th, 2009 at 1:40 am
#686 Langenhoven:
LoL, yeah, and I am going to have an almighty kopseer tomorrow!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:40 am
wynand olivier is just another blue bull show-pony.never rated him and after tonight i now know why,he is just a useless ****** arsehole and will only be good cc player.time pdv to leave this **** in pretoria
November 7th, 2009 at 1:41 am
#682 Puma: Puma, my man. How’s it going?
November 7th, 2009 at 1:41 am
will you drunks just keep up, the pace is flagging…..
November 7th, 2009 at 1:42 am
#691 WP Till I Die: A bit dry mate… but it does not matter.. I still chuckled.. the beers and JD went down well.. cleared the stocks… need to restock tomorrow
November 7th, 2009 at 1:42 am
You were clearly imagining things Skop. Raubenheimer did nothing. I was watching him closely as i’m not convinced he’s good enough and boy did he prove me so right!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:43 am
A lion in the Johannesburg Zoo was lying in the sun licking its butt when a visitor turned to the zookeeper and said: “That’s a lazy old lion, isn’t it?”
“No way!” says the zookeeper. “It’s the most ferocious, most dangerous beast in this zoo. Why, just an hour ago, it dragged a Blue Bulls fan into the cage and completely devoured him!”
“That’s incredible,” said the astonished visitor, “but why is it laying there licking its butt?”
“The poor thin is trying to get the taste out of its mouth.”
November 7th, 2009 at 1:43 am
#688 Langenhoven: So what does your post 538 say? Do you call that not rude? Go back and read it. That is trash foul mouth talk.
I think you are either drunk or have dementia if you cant remember that post. Now go back just scroll back its not hard and READ what you said. You alway come here with your filthy mouth.
#678 Valkyrie: Yes it was you that said a bullet was coming my way. All you did was change your nick. Think I am stupid. Remember you can get into serious trouble for saying things like that. My brothers murderers got caught on a blog bragging like that. They traced them to their cell numbers and that is how they found them. That was death threat that time you said that. Changing your nick means nothing you can be traced. Just be careful what you say.