France 20 Springboks 13
Keo.co.za brought you live commentary from the Springboks’ Test against France in Toulouse.
80 mins: The French crowd begin to applaud their team as the home team have a put in to the scrum in the dying seconds. No 8 Louis Picamoles runs the ball into touch and Barnes blows the final whistle. The French players celebrate their victory over the world champions and the Boks’ poor run on French soil continues. France win 20-13!
78 mins: France win their third penalty at scrum time as they out-scrum the Bok pack. Parra kicks the three points and puts the game beyond doubt. 20-13 to France!
75 mins: France keep the Boks pinned in their own territory, forcing the visitors to make mistakes. With five minutes remaining and despite some handling errors from the French, the Boks don’t seem to have the composure to work themselves to the other end of the field.
68 mins: Ryan Kankowski is yellow carded for a professional foul after France steal an unnecessary quick throw from JP Pietersen in their own 22. Replacement scrumhalf Morgan Parra misses the easy penalty kick, but the Boks find themselves four points behind with one player less on the field.
65 mins: Smit and Matfield express their frustration as match referee Wayne Barnes penalises the Boks regularly.
61 mins: France win another penalty at the scrum in the Boks’ 22m area. Dupuy puts the home side further ahead as he converts his fourth three-pointer. 17-13 to France!
52 mins: With the strong wind at their backs, the French have clear momentum. The Boks are left defending for most of the early exchanges after the break.
49 mins: Dupuy gets the opportunity to kick his team into the lead as the Boks are penalised at the scrum. The French No 9 successfully kicks his attempt over for the first points of the second half. 14-13 to France!
41 mins: With Steyn off, Zane Kirchner restarts for the Boks. It is, however, a nightmare kick as the ball sails into touch.
Half-time: France 11 Springboks 13
39 mins: Steyn is sin-binned for tripping Clerc as the French kick a chip through for a try opportunity. The Boks will now start with 14 men in the second stanza and have to play without Steyn’s accurate boot for 10 minutes. The situation worsens as Dupuy converts the penalty on the stroke of half-time to reduce visitor’s lead to two points. 13-11 to the Boks!
31 mins: France try! The French hit back straight after the restart. The home team break into the Boks’ 22m area. The ball is then flicked wide to an unmarked Vincent Clerc, who dives in at the corner. 13-8 to the Boks!
29 mins: Springbok try! The French are under pressure as they have a lineout 5m from their tryline. Hooker William Servat misses his jumper and Smit steals possession and bursts over for the opening try. Steyn claims the extras to extend the lead to 10 points. 13-3 to the Boks!
25 mins: The Boks work themselves into the French 22m area. Steyn sits in the pocket and slots a drop goal to put the Boks in the lead. 6-3 to the Boks!
20 mins: French flank Imanol Harinordoquy is penalised for an illegal entry at the breakdown. Steyn steps up for his first kick at goal and scores the Boks’ first points of the game. The score is level at 3-3!
17 mins: The Boks spend a good period in the French half, but poor handling and communication results in a French penalty. The home side clear the ball into the Boks’ half.
7 mins: The physical battle is clear as Bakkies Botha emerges from a ruck bleeding from the head.
5 mins: John Smit is penalised for side entry at the ruck, which gives France a penalty in a kickable position. Scrumhalf Julien Dupuy converts his first attempt at goal. 3-0 to France!
1 min: High kick off from the pivot Francois Trinh-Duc, which is claimed by Victor Matfield. Heinrich Brussow sets the first breakdown and Morne Steyn clears the ball back into French territory.
France – 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yann David, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Cedric Heymans, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Subs: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Sebastien Chabal, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 David Marty, 22 Maxime Médard.
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Adi Jacobs, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Andries Bekker, 20 Danie Rossouw, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
The French are just unreal – what a version of the Anthem!!! LoL
November 13th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
What an embarrasment!
November 13th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
#46 Big Hit:
Thanks Big Hit. Justin TV is awesome. Thanks Justin TV.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
rasta goofball off the streets singing the anthem
hahaha
great image for sa
November 13th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
The French anthem is one of the best. Awesome call to arms!
Ahhh! My blood is boiling.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
reggae music for anthem?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
die frenchie ook nie much better nie.hoop die rugby is beter.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Wow, they got the crowd to quiet down; that’s pretty impressive!
November 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
chabal lyk of hy iemand wil moer!
November 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
#56 Nils:
Great, wasn’t it! Loved it. Especially the shrill tones for Die Stem. Who would have thought this would happen twenty years ago?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Is my connection messed up or did that guy really f*ck up the anthem like that?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Kanko better have a good game…..
November 13th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
WTF WAS THAT FOR AN ANTHEM?!!! The Frogs did it on purpose. Smit should have led the team to the middle of field and taken a piss during their song.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
The worst I have ever heard our anthem been sung. Embarrassed. Think he was South African and drunk too. Saru sort that out. We have our pride.
Go Bokke.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
lol Schalk miles offside
November 13th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
that was funny, was he a) drunk b) stoned or c) from the flats?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Picamole bounces Burger, David powers through, Kirchner charged down
November 13th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
stoned/ DRUNK ANTHEM. SPECIAL CHILD KICK OFF FALL… WAHTS GOING ON?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I hate the way commentators think they are cool by throwing token french phrases in…
November 13th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Matfield face bleeding. Good hit Adi on Mermoz. Pen France, SA in the side.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
great tackle by adi!die frenchies lyk moeilik.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
eat touchline heymans
November 13th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
#66 Desertfaffa: All 3
November 13th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Botha bleeding badly now too
November 13th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
both lock forwards loosing blood
November 13th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
#60 sglazer: This was amazing thing. As a foreigner I have listened to SA anthem in the rugby Tests only and, well, his was as unusual as hearing Eminem performing Presley.
Frankly, in the first moment, I thought he was drunk.
November 13th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
bakkies lyk of hy in n oorlog was.dirty french ********!
November 13th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Fourie misses David, Brussow(?) turns it over. Decent Sa scrum.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
#73 Puma: ha ha. true all of the above!
November 13th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
SA lose lineout, Trinh-Duc playing poorly so far
November 13th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
meanwhile it’s 11-3 Wales (26th min)
November 13th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
BDP dumped
November 13th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Morne kicks out on the full. SA being outmuscled.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
#80 Big Hit:Bekker not up to it. Bakkies needs to hurry back.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
this is french passion v Sa resilience and class (hopefully to come). basically how everyone was calling it
November 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
BDP takes Heymans late. Going to be trouble tonight.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
great one bissy although a bit late!
November 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Keep the commentary going boys….us over here in Hawaii (USA) have no coverage….unless someone can tell me where to log on… thanks ouens !
November 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
French boss the breakdown completely. Where is Heinrich?
November 13th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
bobby better player (when not injured) than commentator. can commentators get injured?
November 13th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
#88 ddrek: go to myp2p.eu, plenty of options there.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
And my effing power goes out. Not good
November 13th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
#88 ddrek: justin.tv/p2pstation_net251
November 13th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Bismarck again have kak in the skull
November 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
nice breaks from Habana and Fourie but both turned over
November 13th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I can’t get justin.tv/p2pstation_net251 to load at all.. it just spins and spins ???
November 13th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
#96 DeonLouw: go to myp2p.eu – then find, for example, sportzone TV for this Test. It works perfectly for me.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Botha coming back on
November 13th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
if we can settle against this clearly different French game, i think we’ll be fine…
November 13th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Looks like the frogsare hopping on the bokke and literally drawing blood. I tell you, KEO jinxed us with his article