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 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
#395 armchair coach: USELESS FORWARDS ! Cost my Earl showing the World true perfection ! Potgeiter and Russow are villains !
November 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
#386 SodaJoe:
earl had one of the best games I have seen him play, he is no 15 though….team should have been earl at 10 joe p at 15 … ruan is a riddle wraped in an enigma stuffed into a basket case…ashley johnson looked very good as well…
November 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
#396 rugbygenius: Ok now lose the exclamation marks.
Thanks.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Were there any positives?
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
#389 Puma: it hurts and it’s blind as heck, but hopefully the shame will demonstrate exactly why it’s not a good idea to do the same thing to the 1st team… this alone is worth 100 losses like this.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Behind a loosing pack our backs had a torrid time.Clearly
this team has major problems in the front row.So it is
unfair to blame Pienaar and co.
The Boks were scrumming far to high and are loosies were standing up instead of throwing their weight behind the
lock and front row.
Tactical kicking left a lot to be desired.The Cheetahs would
have put the Tigers away.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
#376 Puma:
I suppose its good for PdV to see who has the goods and who doesn’t, take these games that don’t mean much to try players instead of tests like Jake did often. But players like Chiliboy, Maku, Adams, Rose, the griquas flanker are in the team, questions must be asked if PdV is just reaching… certain requirements of the TOKEN player.
Thoughts on the match: Ashley Johnson is the only token player that impressed, and if he continues with the way he’s playing he should be in the real Springboks. Ruan Pienaar is not fit to tie Earl Rose’s boot laces, and Earl Rose is not fit to clean Morne Steyn’s bathroom. So think about that.
Bekker thinks he’s a wing, get in the ruck you lanky woman.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
#399 Valkyrie: Sir I salute you ! Thank you for being man enought to admit that !
November 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
#404 Ezee-23: Ashley Johnson
November 6th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Stuart Dickenson is a disgrace to word rugby. He should be removed from the IRB referees panel. Talk about a blatant cheat
November 6th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
#402 gunther: I rate Ashley Johnson actually very good player, with exceptional hands and not shy of doing some hard work.
Jannie Poep got creamed every time I watched him.
I expected more from Bekker.
Ruan. The Darryl Cullinan of rugby. Breaks your heart.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
#395 armchair coach: Roses positional kicking was average and he was caught out of position more than once. Didn’t do much in the backline either,
November 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
#410 23player: Stop bitching and moaning – nothing to do with ****-in-son. We were kak. End of.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
these ****** sharks and bulls players are useless to say the least.jeez i’m becoming like puma now.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
#398 SodaJoe: Joe, If we had Vermeulen, Alberts, WP. Nel, A. Strauss, Sykes, J. Pietersen, Mapoe, Vermaak and even Kockott (Adams is 30 already) and a few others, yes then we were building towards the world cup as those are our future Bok players not some of these players. It was a waste of time really. Then maybe not now we know for sure some must NEVER play at this level again EVER.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
#387 Wezwp: Yes, yes yes ! Preach on my brother .
November 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
i don’t rate Bekker at all, lets just pull the plug on that project and start grooming someone else i reckon.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
#382 Kobus Kitty: How embarrassing the world champion b team losing to b team leicester, that must make you want to vomit aye?
And then at the start of this season you give the ab’s supporters sh*t for losing to france.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
You know what? No-one in SA had heard of anyone in the Leicester team. No-one in England had heard of anyone (maybe 1 or 2) in the Bok team. The word ‘underestimation’ also springs to mind. Boks get a lesson (in who is capable of wearing the jersey), Tigers get a scalp. Game is over guys, get a beer or go to bed.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Chiliboy, the noble Springbok captain. He will lead us to 2011 with his 62 minutes of rugby.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Brenti so what you trying to say is potgieter is a overrated twat……along with danie,deysel, and raubenheimer. Theres no excuse for the kak way pienaar kicked.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Once again a Bok team absolutely anhilated in the set scrums….embarressed beyond recognition….
But lets leave it gents….grant 10 is an alarmist and a panic mechanic??
Now the chickens coming home to roost….we are being humiliated come scrum time and the cancer spreads through the team…..
Next week…same ting….but lets leave it …heads buried in the sand….J Smit and Jannie Du Plessis?? FFS …rather lets find the strongest loosehead and tighthead now…this is a fark up of note….never have i seen a bok scrum go backwards as much as in 2009…..
I tell you we will be drilled in 2011 unless we acknowledge the problems….the WC gonna be played in these conditions,,,not Farken Loftus….wake up SA!!!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
#329 Robzim: Hi Rob. nice to chat again. Yup. This was no Springbok side. It showed. They would’ve probably lost to False Bay. I don’t blame the players. They were chosen and did their best one supposes. The system and the coaches/selectors is where one needs to aim one’s invective. If they want to trial players then all good. But don’t call them Springboks if they have no chance of cutting it. These guys would have taken carrots from a S14 side and that doesn’t merit a Springbok cap. Not in my book. This was a fraud.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
#415 Puma: Aye. Wow how bad was Oddjob. Man. Mapoe must be so upset.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
#411 SodaJoe: Johnson had a number of strong runs. Technically he was woeful in the set pieces and breakdown.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
#411 SodaJoe: Ashley was very good tonight. We need more like him.
Just hope our test Boks are better. Think we will miss JdV and Frans Steyn.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
#390
You’re less of a genius and more of a ******. Well done, good for you. As you’re the only person in the world who knows anything about rugby. Now Shut up.
The fact that Earl was decent and you go on like he’s just played the game on his life says little for your standards of fullback play and the quality of Earl as a player.
To be in the Bok squad proper you have to be CONSISTENT! Something Earl is NOT at this stage.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
#422 grant10: aye. What can I say.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Ezee: Positives
1. Ashley Johnson had a stormer and is a find for the future
2. Earl Rose is off to a great start which we need as Pienaar was so shocking
3. PDV may well be on the phone calling for back to the front row – it was as obvious as a Lions supporter out of JHB (there arent many they stick out like a sore thumb) that we have a massive weakness there and all the sidews will target us there
November 6th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
#411 SodaJoe:
the whole front row was like a bad dream…. as for ruan that’s the problem with talent at this level its just not enough on its own….you need balls too…
November 6th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
#418 Hitlar:
No, this isn’t a b team. Team q.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
#424 SodaJoe: Yes agree, Said to G10 that Mapoe should have got selected ahead of Odwa. Mvovo from the Sharks should have got selected ahead of Odwa. Watch out for him next year. Mvovo should not have been dropped in the CC when Odwa came back. He is going to be awesome.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I dnt recall jannie dup being consistent yet he in the bok squad @Wp
November 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
it was time coming Dickenson helped their cause and they a more together professional unit on the day. But our youngsters did ok except inexperience and frenetic option taking killed our chances. I can tell you our first team might have suffered in the front row against this side as bad.
We living under delusions of grandeur thinking we invincible when we are far from it. All round.
And Puma you saying this is our C Or D team you talking ****. This is our 2nd team.
The players should have been blooded are players some us been baying for for long. Its you that want J. Dup and D. Roussouw in your team. Those the players should have been shown the door way back already.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
#417 AndrewBK: Now, who cares who you rate or not
November 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
one thing this game has proved that potgieter and deysel are not even worthy to clean luke watson’s booths!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
#409 AndrewBK: So judging from what I’ve read so far Earl Rose and Ashley Johnson were the only positives.
Wow!
Looks like Earl Rose has gone and proved me wrong.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
That was pathetic. Oregan Hoskins that a merit side??? Oh Yeeeesss!! What bullsh!t. Both black and white quotas. What a useless performance. I had a gut feel we would be steamrollered.
I think the real Bok front row would have shat bricks against this Leicester team. We have to wake up and realise that our scrumming is shite with these selections.
Beast, Bismarck and Smitty may get hammered hard in the scrums vs Frogs and Paddys. Don’t want to be negative but we think PDivvy is missing a beat. Big **** is going to come down.
Wian Du Preez, WP Nel and that Lions TH Buys are sorely missed.
Btw…Ruan is a scrumhalf. That’s his heart. Its not flyhalf. Tiger Pienaar is an clumsy flyhalf.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
#423 TASSIES: A fraud for sure.
Enjoyed that saying……hehe.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Shocking!!What could Helium possibly have learnt from this?
That Guthro is a has been!!
Chillipip is a walking wounded!!
Jannie dup overrated!!!
Heinke confidence taken a hammeing after this debacle!!
Ruaan is a 9 at best!!
Potgieter too small for international rugby!!
Heini definately not the 2nd best scrumhalf, maybe 5th !!!
Doubt if the Cheetah’s front row would have been pummeled like that!!
a Loose trio of Deysel, Louw/Stegmann, Johnson would have been better served..
Helium has shown his naiveity!!!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
#437 Ezee-23: We all make mistakes Sir. Many questioned Earl. This is just the start . By the end of this tour – we shall all know !
November 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Evening Skop, G10 and Puma and everybody else I missed.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
#418 Hitlar: that was no world champion b team – there were some b team players but most of that team was developmental.
This should have been an A team not the Springboks.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
we were lucky against B Lions….we were humiliated in scrums vs aussies….but listen to big hit…who will tell you scrums not important….kak man…thats the start of the ****….they are fooling us like they fooled us into not playing a fetcher!!!!
A team must scrum!! We cant !! We will win some…but the wheels will come off….Listen to the lessons…..find a front row….or its all over rover!!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Rugby genius dont waste your time with Wp iho no one knows more about rugby.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Well there we have it! Tough to be in that situation, almost no time to prepare, no combinations, different weather and conditions etc.
Chili lasted not even 20 min. Why was Meisiekind then made captain?
Pienaar’s playing at 9 at Sharks again counted against him.
Scrumming nothing but embarrassing, becoming a real problem for Boks. Someone needs to do something. Tight 5 not delivering usually has ripple effect, no different tonight.
You will be forgiven for thinking that Leicester has just won the world cup, but that’s how much it means to them. Boks just could not get it together.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Agree Wez. Jannie Dup shouldnt be there!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
#438 The Jinxta: Howzit Jinx, Beast may not even make the tour. On the news tonight he does not have a passport? Or citizenship yet? How can that be when he has played 19 games for the Boks already. They said they might have to pull him out the squad. Would be a shame for him really.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
#435 Boerboel: the comments section of this website is for people to post their comments numbnuts
November 6th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
#393 skopskiet: Skoppie, I’m inclined to agree with most of what you say. I just think that the Bok jersey should be respected a little more and the team chosen to represent us should be of a higher standard, against all takers. In the past 100 years, I cannot think of a Bok team which would have succumbed to a Leceister 2nd XV in such a fashion. It’s an insult to the blazer. And us. I have lost respect for the coaches.