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 2:06 am
#436 Valkyrie:
Funny, we’ve had Potgeiter and Deysel rammed down our throats ALL season about them being the future stars – and they were **** tonight.
And yet every man and his mongrel dog have ridiculed Earl Rose as being a hopeless Quota, all season long – and he was classy tonight !
now what does that tell us ?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Cheers all..#740 Pearl Rose:A bit late mate
#737 Puma: I got to go now… LOve you too Puma… fking dkhd..oops sorry never meant that
November 7th, 2009 at 2:07 am
#742 Langenhoven: I actually enjoy speaking with WPTID. A good decent bloke with a good sense of humour too.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:07 am
#747 Pearl Rose: It appears I am a groupie, news to me but makes a change. No, Luke is too bristly and has water melon arms…And he wore a kilt to his wedding (very suspect unless your name is Jockbok)!!
I’ll stick with Percy thanks….
November 7th, 2009 at 2:09 am
I’m outta here. Night all. Keep it clean on here alright? To all the drunks, I hope your heads arent too sore in the morning!
Anyway Cheers all.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:09 am
#460 katman:
oh surprise. If only you’d have asked we could have told you you dont know yer elbow from yer assh*le.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am
It has been announced that, henceforth, lawyers will replace rats in laboratories, for the following reasons:
1. Lawyers reproduce faster.
2. The scientists don’t get attached to the lawyers.
3. A lawyer will do things a rat wouldn’t even consider.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am
#753 Puma: See you on ‘The Otherside’….Sleep well.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am
#745 carol:
Don’t know about the lovers but you said I must make you angry and I think I did with the assistance of the irresistible Skopskiet.
Puma still likes us though.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Cheers Carol, JockBok and Waka. Out of here now.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:11 am
#741 Valkyrie: I’d imagine she is more tired of having to put up with keyboard heroes like you. Show a bit of respect pal, ffs!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:11 am
#706 Puma:
hi puma,
enjoyed a little social time with jockbok and his colleagues tonight.
please, ignore the lowlife from the cape flats..these guys have no culture and either end up in pollsmoor or refugees in uk.
they are the @rseholes of the world
November 7th, 2009 at 2:12 am
Night Chaps – Drink a pint of water before you head hits the pillow, you will thank me in the morning!!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:12 am
#754 carol:
Watson is a famous Anglo-Scottish surname of great antiquity, very popular in northern England and the Border Country – translated, it means “powerful warrior”…
November 7th, 2009 at 2:12 am
#755 WP_: Cheers WP. Me too probably one of the sober one here tonight. Hope all have a fat huge headache in the morning..
Forgot Cheers Rob.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:13 am
#748 Puma: Another 6 months or so…..then it’s of to Cameroon. It’s just not getting better I’m afraid!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:13 am
#759 Robzim:
Grrrrr, you got me!!
Night Rob – I owe you a mail, hope the fish are OK!! Mwahhh x
November 7th, 2009 at 2:14 am
#751 WakaNathan: very simple,you can take the stairs away from these people but you can’t stop them from still dreaming of pushing people down that stairs!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Raubenheimer was pretty anonymous little out his league but so too was Potgieter Olivier Roussouw Pienaar Ndungane and especially Du Plessis and Steenkamp so he was in pretty good company tonight.
Perhaps if the scrum provided a platform these young loosie’s might have shown some deft play making and linking. That break through soft try started by their scrum half and taken through by center and wing to skin our defence set the tone for the rest of the match. We were drilled up front so rest of the team reverted to instinct which resulted in a every man for himself kind of strategy. Pity but hard lessons need hard swallowing and hopefully Muir and Gold and Pdv catch a big wake up. Leicester are a professional outfit and even playing some second tier players their front row class set the stage for the inevitable. Good lesson for Sa coaches to rather learn now than when on Wc 2011 doorstep. The honeymoon is over wakey wakey time boys.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Cheers Puma!
Yes i’ll thank myself in tomorrow morning! Catch you around mate.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:15 am
#541 SodaJoe:
my my, the girls sure have got their fingernails sharpened tonight
November 7th, 2009 at 2:15 am
#767 carol:
See u.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:15 am
#764 WP Till I Die: My old Dad used to say ‘half the world is Scottish, and the other half wants to be’
November 7th, 2009 at 2:16 am
#762 charo: I know just got caught up in it tonight. Some just get me a bit angry but really should let it go like I normally just scroll by.
Cheers Charo. Catch up another time. Falling asleep here at my pc. Never been up this late on this blog here before.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:16 am
#765 Puma:
Take it easy man, cheers.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:17 am
#595 WP Till I Die:
havent stopped !
November 7th, 2009 at 2:18 am
A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat: “I’m the greatest hitter in the world,” he announced.
Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed.
“Strike one!” he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and said again: “I’m the greatest hitter in the world!”
He tossed the ball into the air. When it came down he swung again and missed.
“Strike two!” he cried.
The boy then paused a moment to examine his bat and ball carefully.
He spit on his hands and rubbed them together. He straightened his cap and said once more: “I’m the greatest hitter in the world!”
Again he tossed the ball up in the air and swung at it. He missed.
“Strike three!”
“Wow!” he exclaimed: “I’m the greatest pitcher in the world.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:19 am
#769 skopskiet: Yep, I was saying to Charo that the GP and NH rugby in general is all about strong defence, and the Boks just never had the line breakers to cause them problems.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:20 am
#773 JockBok: Before I go. I think the Scots are the best. That is why half my mates are all Scottish. Scotland like my 2nd home too. Should have gone over this month but will leave it for next year May. My mates son is getting married so will go over then.
Now really out of here. Cheers JockBok.
Now gone.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:20 am
#774 Puma: Cheers Puma, take it easy mate. Don’t let the b’stards grind you down…
November 7th, 2009 at 2:21 am
#776 WakaNathan:
Kia ora, WakaNathan. How’s your OE treating you?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:22 am
8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Dewald Potgieter (captain), 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Tian Liebenberg, 1 Wian du Preez… had no problems against the might of the British Lions… Snor must have been asleep in that game!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:22 am
#762 charo: your people have been the arseholes of this world for a long time now mate.have you checked that 4bloemfontein ***** pleading to their black masters to be let into that former afrikaaner bastion freestate university.very funny to see them grovel on their four paws like the dogs that they are.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:23 am
#783 Valkyrie:
Unnecessary.
What does all this possibly achieve?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:24 am
#762 charo:wow, quite admirable language
#751 WakaNathan: it tells you nothing waka. Earl has had shockers like lauaki and then one day like today, he does everything right but he is touch & go…
deysel & potgieter were overwhelmed by the leicester forward who were hunting as a pack, even heinrich brussow would’ve been silenced by the barrage of bodies that was flying in from the side of rucks illegally! And the leicester guys were hardly supporting their weights & laid flat to seal the ball.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:25 am
#783 Valkyrie: South Africa will never be right until arzeholes like you stop bringing race into every discussion. Go and sleep it off dickweed, 2 black labels is just too much for your tiny brain to handle.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Nasty loss tonight Ladies, that Leicester C pack simply owned the Boks.
Still, dont take your eye off the main prize:-
France at Toulouse. That is going to be some match.
Anyone going ?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:28 am
carol one more observation before I turn in. Those twits over the otherside have succeeded in indoctrinating your groupie mind even to the extent of seeing bogus bogey men where non reside. I must say I’m kind of disappointed in you for being so un ashamedly gullible to such hood winked extent. You think these fools are he men when you actually couldn’t be much further from the truth, but like square pegs and round holes, birds of certain feathers will always flock together no matter which side of the hemispheres they gather from. Language aint the barrier of empty consciousness its mentality and morality that count. You don’t know individuals from squat, you have no ideological reference by which to judge them but because your happy clap fraudulent gang of thieves tell you somebody is something you quite happy to go blindly along for the ideological ride. That my girl smacks not only of idiocy but also of very poor judgement of character which can’t bode too well for your very English credibility if you so easily duped by mob peer pressure.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:28 am
#773 JockBok: the scots are a useless nation and a bunch of cowards that loves to be ruled by her majesty,the queen of england.i’ve got more respect for the irish who refused to live under english rule and fought like real men to gain their freedom.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:28 am
#777 WP Till I Die:
howdy o level headed one.
thanks for the jokes while all around were losing their sanity…lol.
jockbok is a great asset to sa..a scot who married a beautiful (i imagine) afrikaans girl from stellenbosch.
was great to chat with him this evening
November 7th, 2009 at 2:31 am
#789 Valkyrie:
Are you condoning all acts perpetrated by the IRA, then?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:32 am
#785 Transformation:
yep, that would be it. No, lets not give the opposition tooooooo much credit huh.
Lets try the Alex Ferguson method instead and blame the ref for being hopeless thereby deflecting the negative shortcomings of your own team.
As for ‘not even Brussow’, I seem to remember him getting repeatedly pinged at Durban vs NZ for doing exactly the same thing youre now accusing Leicester of, ie ’supporting their weight’ (aka bridging).
November 7th, 2009 at 2:32 am
#785 Transformation:
refer #783 if you are looking for admirable language.
need i say more?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:35 am
#789 Valkyrie: #783 Valkyrie: #768 Valkyrie: dude please tone down the rhetoric, not everyone is a raving racist…
November 7th, 2009 at 2:36 am
#789 Valkyrie: Hahahahaha, real tough men planting bombs under cars and shooting soldiers from 300m away. Miserable f’cking cowards, to a man.
But please, do tell me oh wise one, just how did SA become a multi-cultural paradise? Because the white men gave it back my friend. That’s how. Not because you burned a few types at a road block.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:36 am
#787 WakaNathan: agree with you wak.the bulls and shark players have been shown-up for just being overrated plain and simple,the bulls luckily won the currie cup and the next day they think that they are the best provincial side in the world… ****** laughable man.the sharks and their supporters have been the most deluded bunch of idiots this year thinking that the boks were so special but now we all know that they are just a bunch off overrated and quota{black and white) boks.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:39 am
#790 charo: Thanks mate, it was a real nice evening until the band kicked in and Leicester spoiled the party
But I’ll definately come and visit again soon. Maybe we need to mark the Stormers/Sharks game down as a definite.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:40 am
#788 skopskiet:
skoppie,
sorry mate but have to disagree with you.
carol is her own person and chooses where she socialises.
perhaps it is you who is lacking by judging someone simply by the company she chooses to keep in her time?
the majority of the folk on “rt” do not support the dark side but simply try to avoid some of the trash we have been exposed to on keo this evening.
i am not an advocate of one or the other, i prefer keo because it has more of an international flavour – but some of the remarks i have read tonight are not very short of downright gangsterism.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:42 am
OK all, I am out. For the count.
Let’s think before we post, hmmm kay?
November 7th, 2009 at 2:43 am
#798 charo: That’s the problem with Keo, you really have to sort the wheat from the chaff to have a decent discussion. And to be fair, it’s not always easy to hold back when you get such obviously easy targets as Valkyrie.