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, 23:02 pm
Is Barnes for real??
13 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
Not Wian?
13 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
#249 Transformation: Not up to international standards and has been poor the whole season.
13 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
French arrogant not taking the points
13 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
that must be a new record for a replacement to give away a penalty….
13 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
big turnover from SA, Chabal coming on.
13 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
#249 Transformation:
don’t be sorry….
13 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
#256 Big Hit:
Adv SA in lineouts evn more now
13 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
the Diamond saves the day again.
Great scrum Bokke.
13 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
Kanko nowhere all game long, same with Beast. Get some proper rugby players on the field none of these overrated poefta’s please.
13 Nov 2009, 23:04 pm
come now lads settle…
13 Nov 2009, 23:04 pm
Now! Now! Now!
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
#260 skopskiet:
Steady on I’ve gotta watch Ronan O Gara Tomorrow
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
#258 Flametop: you spoke too soon
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
#247 gunther: And I do expect the same bully frogs, come ABs in town. In previous few years, I’d except ABs crushing them nevertheless, now I am worried very much – while ABs play much better than in June, they aren’t as good as in 2005-07 while France are looking much better.
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
#264 Big Hit: chabal robs MAtfield
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
That looked mighty suspicious!
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
#264 Big Hit:
Commentators curse!
13 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
No. Fair take.
13 Nov 2009, 23:07 pm
Lose our own line out 5 m out. How you supposed to who a test you can’t take your own attack line out.
Our support players not fast enough to breakdown letting ball carrier Jacobs get isolated every time.
13 Nov 2009, 23:07 pm
Morne to win the game for us? Any takers?
13 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
Obstruction, 3 point chance for MS. Misses.
13 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
#271 sglazer: No
13 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
#260 skopskiet: he just helped Brussouw with that steal close to our own line. What do you mean doing nothing?
13 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
who – win
A game of un forced errors. Wind taking Steyn’s penalty out.
13 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
Kankowski can’t even hold onto the ball…
13 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
Bet’s off for now
13 Nov 2009, 23:10 pm
fark how important might that be….
13 Nov 2009, 23:10 pm
Kankowski. Bloody hell.
13 Nov 2009, 23:10 pm
Kanko turnover, then knock on. Rossouw to 8?
13 Nov 2009, 23:10 pm
And again…what a joke
13 Nov 2009, 23:11 pm
Scrum getting nailed once again…jeez when will we ever learn
13 Nov 2009, 23:11 pm
SA are losing it.. John Smit, stop talking and start playing ffs!
13 Nov 2009, 23:11 pm
Ok those who argue against Spies, watch this again.
13 Nov 2009, 23:11 pm
How can you complain about the ref? Typical, you deride any opposition who complains about the ref and whenever SA are in a spot of bother, the ref is the first to be blamed. Hypocracy at its best. Funny how you dont complain about the ref until you are losing.
As far as i have seen, Barnes has had a good game but missed 6 things – two forward passes by the french, Harinordoqueys offside, Botha delibaretly lying on the ball and not rolling away in the ruck, Bismark massive late tackle and Habana kneeing someone in the face. This is hardly that bad – one mistake every ten minutes, and it is pretty even, he has missed a few things from both sides.
13 Nov 2009, 23:11 pm
by the way, ironically, if Boks lose today and ABs surely will win tomorrow, they will swap the places.
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
2nd penalty from cj in the scrum…
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
#282 Blindspot: SA won that scrum, not sure where Barnes got that call from. Boring in maybe?
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
It’s unclear to me who was driving around, SA or France.
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
Scrum is hopeless. Bring on Wian and move CJ to tighthead.
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
there goes my stream…
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
#284 SodaJoe: No ways Spies can play mate…this guy is a joke
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
Kanko not an 8th man sorry. Big mistake playing Kanko and Roussouw. We got better loosie’s in the country but we don’t use them.
Get Beast and Kanko off the field our Achilles heels are showing up bad.
13 Nov 2009, 23:12 pm
kanko…nah bra…quota of huge proportions!
13 Nov 2009, 23:13 pm
kankrapski drops it again
13 Nov 2009, 23:13 pm
Kankos problem is losing the ball in contact although I must admit the support hasn’t been that great
13 Nov 2009, 23:14 pm
#294 Blindspot: That’s what I am saying.
13 Nov 2009, 23:14 pm
285.
A valid point mate.
13 Nov 2009, 23:14 pm
put pienaar on
13 Nov 2009, 23:14 pm
Vermeulen and Alberts are pure class compared to this guy
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