France 20 Springboks 13
13 Nov 2009
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.
463 Comments
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13 Nov 2009, 21:46 pm
The French are just unreal – what a version of the Anthem!!! LoL
13 Nov 2009, 21:46 pm
What an embarrasment!
13 Nov 2009, 21:46 pm
#46 Big Hit:
Thanks Big Hit. Justin TV is awesome. Thanks Justin TV.
13 Nov 2009, 21:46 pm
rasta goofball off the streets singing the anthem
hahaha
great image for sa
13 Nov 2009, 21:47 pm
The French anthem is one of the best. Awesome call to arms!
Ahhh! My blood is boiling.
13 Nov 2009, 21:48 pm
reggae music for anthem?
13 Nov 2009, 21:48 pm
die frenchie ook nie much better nie.hoop die rugby is beter.
13 Nov 2009, 21:50 pm
Wow, they got the crowd to quiet down; that’s pretty impressive!
13 Nov 2009, 21:50 pm
chabal lyk of hy iemand wil moer!
13 Nov 2009, 21:50 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?
13 Nov 2009, 21:50 pm
Is my connection messed up or did that guy really f*ck up the anthem like that?
13 Nov 2009, 21:50 pm
Kanko better have a good game…..
13 Nov 2009, 21:51 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.
13 Nov 2009, 21:51 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.
13 Nov 2009, 21:52 pm
lol Schalk miles offside
13 Nov 2009, 21:53 pm
that was funny, was he a) drunk b) stoned or c) from the flats?
13 Nov 2009, 21:54 pm
Picamole bounces Burger, David powers through, Kirchner charged down
13 Nov 2009, 21:54 pm
stoned/ DRUNK ANTHEM. SPECIAL CHILD KICK OFF FALL… WAHTS GOING ON?
13 Nov 2009, 21:55 pm
I hate the way commentators think they are cool by throwing token french phrases in…
13 Nov 2009, 21:56 pm
Matfield face bleeding. Good hit Adi on Mermoz. Pen France, SA in the side.
13 Nov 2009, 21:56 pm
great tackle by adi!die frenchies lyk moeilik.
13 Nov 2009, 21:57 pm
eat touchline heymans
13 Nov 2009, 21:57 pm
#66 Desertfaffa: All 3
13 Nov 2009, 21:58 pm
Botha bleeding badly now too
13 Nov 2009, 21:58 pm
both lock forwards loosing blood
13 Nov 2009, 21:58 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.
13 Nov 2009, 21:59 pm
bakkies lyk of hy in n oorlog was.dirty french ********!
13 Nov 2009, 21:59 pm
Fourie misses David, Brussow(?) turns it over. Decent Sa scrum.
13 Nov 2009, 22:00 pm
#73 Puma: ha ha. true all of the above!
13 Nov 2009, 22:01 pm
SA lose lineout, Trinh-Duc playing poorly so far
13 Nov 2009, 22:01 pm
meanwhile it’s 11-3 Wales (26th min)
13 Nov 2009, 22:01 pm
BDP dumped
13 Nov 2009, 22:02 pm
Morne kicks out on the full. SA being outmuscled.
13 Nov 2009, 22:02 pm
#80 Big Hit:Bekker not up to it. Bakkies needs to hurry back.
13 Nov 2009, 22:03 pm
this is french passion v Sa resilience and class (hopefully to come). basically how everyone was calling it
13 Nov 2009, 22:04 pm
BDP takes Heymans late. Going to be trouble tonight.
13 Nov 2009, 22:04 pm
great one bissy although a bit late!
13 Nov 2009, 22:04 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 !
13 Nov 2009, 22:04 pm
French boss the breakdown completely. Where is Heinrich?
13 Nov 2009, 22:04 pm
bobby better player (when not injured) than commentator. can commentators get injured?
13 Nov 2009, 22:05 pm
#88 ddrek: go to myp2p.eu, plenty of options there.
13 Nov 2009, 22:06 pm
And my effing power goes out. Not good
13 Nov 2009, 22:06 pm
#88 ddrek: justin.tv/p2pstation_net251
13 Nov 2009, 22:06 pm
Bismarck again have kak in the skull
13 Nov 2009, 22:07 pm
nice breaks from Habana and Fourie but both turned over
13 Nov 2009, 22:07 pm
I can’t get justin.tv/p2pstation_net251 to load at all.. it just spins and spins ???
13 Nov 2009, 22:08 pm
#96 DeonLouw: go to myp2p.eu – then find, for example, sportzone TV for this Test. It works perfectly for me.
13 Nov 2009, 22:09 pm
Botha coming back on
13 Nov 2009, 22:09 pm
if we can settle against this clearly different French game, i think we’ll be fine…
13 Nov 2009, 22:09 pm
Looks like the frogsare hopping on the bokke and literally drawing blood. I tell you, KEO jinxed us with his article
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