Boks 22 All Blacks 29
21 Aug 2010
GARETH DUNCAN brought you live commentary from the Tri-Nations clash in Soweto.
Full time: Boks 22 All Blacks 29
80 mins: ALL BLACKS TRY! A match-winning touch down from Dagg, I told you they had to mark this guy. From a trademark Ma’a Nonu break, the replacement wing has a clear run to the corner. Carter rubs salt into the wound as he adds the conversion. Smit kneels down as he is clearly gutted, the Boks give away the game with poor defending at the death. The All Blacks celebrate the victory which confirms their 2010 Tri-Nations title. All Blacks win 29-22!
77 mins: ALL BLACKS TRY! Tough, tough call for the TMO, Shaun Veldsman, as McCaw’s foot finds touch at the same time as the ball grounds. However, the Boks only have themselves to blame as they let their guard down at a crucial stage. The visitors exposed them out wide (for the second time) to level the scores. Carter misses the conversion. Scores even at 22-22!
73 mins: Boks under pressure and they concede a penalty right in front of the posts. Carter is expected to make it a two-point game, but the pivot misses the easy penalty. Big let off for the home team!
72 min: With less than eight minutes remaining, Steyn commits a silly error by not finding touch from a penalty kick. Instead, it crosses the All Blacks’ dead ball line and the visitors get a scrum inside the Boks’ half.
70 mins: All Blacks are back on the attack shortly after the restart as Jane again finds some space. The wing puts the chip ahead into the dead zone but Pietersen beats him to the ball and dots down for a 22m drop.
68 mins: The Boks are penalised at the ruck from the resulting lineout as they obstruct the chasing All Blacks defenders from charging down Steyn’s clearance. Carter converts the easy penalty. 22-17 to the Boks!
65 mins: All Blacks have a scrum in centre field and they break down the left touch line. Jane finds some space on his way to the try line but is pushed out by Aplon.
62 mins: Boks set up the driving maul and roll 10m into the All Blacks’ half. Read is penalised for driving into the side of the maul and Steyn gets another opportunity to kick three points. Great attempt from the pivot as the ball sails over the crossbar. 22-14 to the Boks!
58 mins: All Blacks bring on Israel Dagg in place of Rokocoko for the last 20 minutes. Boks better be beware of this guy, very dangerous.
56 mins: Replacement scrumhalf Piri Weepu threads Carter into space out wide with a great long pass but the pivot is stopped inches from the try line and loses the ball forward after a great tackle from wing JP Pietersen.
52 mins: It’s turnover galore as the Boks and All Blacks make some great steals, but the visitors eventually come away with it. They break into the Boks’ half, but they get penalised as Owens blows for players clearing off their feet. Boks clear the ball back into All Blacks territory.
47 mins: BIG HIT! Skipper Richie McCaw gets smashed by opposite number Smith and loses the ball forward. Welcome back Juan.
44 mins: All Blacks slowly building momentum on attack as they work into the Boks’ half but they are restricted by impressive Bok defence. The attack comes to nothing as Jane’s pass to Muliaina drifts forward. Scrum to the Boks.
42 mins: Boks awarded a penalty at the scrum this time and Steyn kicks the Boks further ahead. 19-14 to the Boks!
41 mins: Steyn starts the second half with a high kickoff. Boks awarded a scrum after lock Tom Donnelly loses the ball forward. Boks then win freekick as the All Blacks are penalised at the set-piece and Burger carries play 5m from the try line. However, Hougaard accidently passes the ball into Owens and the Boks get another scrum.
Half-time: Boks 16 All Blacks 14
40 mins: The half-time hooter blows as the All Blacks have possession on the halfway line. Cowan decides to end the half as he clears the ball into touch. Boks enjoy a two-point lead at the break.
37 mins: ALL BLACKS TRY! From a Brad Thorn break, the All Blacks move play to the right side of the field. They find an overlap as the Boks fail to spread their defence out side. Loosehead prop Tony Woodcock eventually runs in at the corner untouched for the All Blacks’ first try. Carter misses the conversion. 16-14 to the Boks!
30 mins: Boks find themselves on the counter attack as Smith breaks from his team’s red zone. The flanker offloads to a rushing Hougaard, who puts the chip through but is illegaly blocked from chasing his kick by wing Joe Rokocoko. Steyn converts the penalty to restore the Boks’ seven-point lead. 16-9 to the Boks!
27 mins: All Blacks get a chance to reduce the seven-point deficit as Matfield is penalised for not releasing after the tackle 40m out from the posts. Carter converts his third penalty. 13-9 to the Boks!
24 mins: BOK TRY! Boks awarded penalty from right in front but Steyn opts for the quick tap and catches the All Blacks napping out wide. After two strong carries from flanker Juan Smith and wing Bryan Habana, Schalk Burger drives over from close range. Confirmation is given from referee assistant Alain Rolland and replays show he was right. Steyn adds the extras. 13-6 to the Boks!
22 mins: Boks win the ball from the restart. Steyn sits in the pocket and lines up the drop goal. However, his attempt fades to the right.
20 mins: Carter converts his third attempt on goal to bring the All Blacks level. Scores even at 6-6!
19 mins: BIG HIT! From Gio Aplon nogal! The Bok fullback kills the All Blacks’ momentum as he crunches opposite number Mils Muliaina out wide. However, Steyn is penalised for being offside at the ruck.
16 mins: Boks penalised at the ruck in a kickable position after No 8 Pierre Spies commits a professional foul on scrumhalf Jimmy Cowan. But Carter’s kick comes off the left-hand post and the Boks clear the ball into touch.
14 mins: All Blacks tighthead prop Ben Franks concedes another penalty for not rolling away after the tackle. From 50m, Steyn converts his second penalty. 6-3 to the Boks!
10 mins: Some positive signs on attack from the Boks as they surge into the All Blacks’ 22m area. But their momentum is halted by No 8 Kieran Read for an illegal charge into the ruck. Pivot Morne Steyn gets his first kick and converts the three-pointer. Scores level at 3-3!
7 mins: Smit having a bad day at the office as Owens penalises the hooker for taking too long at the Boks’ second lineout.
5 mins: All Blacks get first opportunity for points as outside centre Juan de Jongh is penalised for a high tackle on wing Cory Jane. Carter lines up his first goal attempt and finds the target 50m out. 3-0 to the All Blacks!
3 mins: Skipper John Smit has an unfortunate start to his 100th Test as his first lineout throw goes skew.
2 mins: Boks win an early penalty as referee blows the All Blacks for illegal clearances at the tackle point. Steyn kicks for touch.
Kick-off: All Blacks pivot Dan Carter kicks off high and shallow and Bok lock Vitcor Matfield claims possession. Scrumhalf Francois Hougaard puts up the Gary Owen, which is followed by a wave of defence from the home team.
Springboks – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 François Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Francois Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Wynand Olivier.
All Blacks – 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 John Afoa, 18 Samuel Whitelock, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Israel Dagg.
428 Comments
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21 Aug 2010, 19:32 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-350: Agreed, he needs, like a few other players, to do the basics first …
2007 is in the past
21 Aug 2010, 19:32 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-341:
I didnt really want anything from you at all,and the funny thing is,yoou sick of thre negativity,you really dont read your own posts do you.Your anger is getting the better of you,no one likes sore losers so yeah give Keo a break,probably better on your health as well.
21 Aug 2010, 19:34 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-341:
This is what happens when you direspect people with your inane garbage.
Now you need to lick the copious wounds you have really self-inflicted. That is not what I would call wise.
21 Aug 2010, 19:36 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-342:
The stats were in our favor. In fact I thought that we took several strange unnecessary kicking options when we just needed to do what we were doing.
A great game by so many players but I thought that Smith in particular was incredibly consistent on defense and dangerous in attack.
21 Aug 2010, 19:36 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-350: Agreed and also sick and tired of the constant search for opportunist tries. Why cant we create our own with good backline movement? Very uncreative and almost cowardly. Back yourself and umm would help if we kept posession.
21 Aug 2010, 19:36 pm
Isn’t Dagg a coaches delight to have on the bench. Not just the try, but he nearly always breaks or at least bends the line when he carries. Muliaina, Dagg, Jane is a very scary back three.
21 Aug 2010, 19:37 pm
I’m dog down blue…
If you kick the ball away you will lose.
Why was Juan Smith subbed? He was massive. Snor thinks subs are his special toys.
Stupid move to take off a man who was on fire.
21 Aug 2010, 19:37 pm
@David(David)-336:
You cannot go out there and say Habana is only suppose to look after one man. Two other Boks players were on one AB,Habana left McCaw unmarked and came in. Habana does not have one man to look after
21 Aug 2010, 19:39 pm
@chch(chch)-354: The little chip throughs and unnecessary pop kicks were making me curse the screen. Only 1 of many resulted in anything positive.
21 Aug 2010, 19:39 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-356: key guys in the ABs for me where McCaw, Nonu and probably Weepu, who I think should be starting.
Back three are great, except for Joe, who I think is overrated
21 Aug 2010, 19:39 pm
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21 Aug 2010, 19:41 pm
@chch(chch)-354:
Smith is one of the best,he does what is needed constantly
And yeah overall,all players can hold their heads up high cos it was a great game
21 Aug 2010, 19:41 pm
@Kobus Kitty(Kobus Kitty)-332:
High horse?
I don’t understand, the ABs are the team in decline why the Boks are the powerhouse of 2010 rugby. Are you new here or something?
21 Aug 2010, 19:42 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-323: yeah mate I must have! When did we ever threaten on attack? yes defensively we were ok……but i think we were out coached. How many turnovers did we concede?
21 Aug 2010, 19:42 pm
@Jinx(Jinx)-357: Probably bad tactical subs again … right now our subs make no difference, however imagine in 12 months when you have FDP, Brussouw and Bismark back
21 Aug 2010, 19:42 pm
@danuk(danuk)-360:
Your post is spot on.
21 Aug 2010, 19:42 pm
I’m gonna eat two falaffels for supper…I’m dog down blue…
Well done NZ.
adios…
21 Aug 2010, 19:43 pm
@chch(chch)-354: You are right about the strange kicks. Most of the time they simply gave away posession. There is still a lot for the AB’s to work on, but we have to be happy muscling up the way they did in the most inhospitable place on earth to play test rugby. If the Boks can’t win there then they’ve got far more problems than we have.
21 Aug 2010, 19:44 pm
@danuk(danuk)-360: It must be touch and go whether Dagg gets Joes spot. Joe is still quality, but not the same quality he has been in the past. another huge game from McCaw. Is there a fitter rugby player on the planet? He was absolutely everywhere both on defense and attack.
I thought the Bok back 3 and locks were much more mobile today. To me that was the best I have seen Matfield play for a while now, and the endless driving tackles from the loosies were great to watch even as an AB supporter.
21 Aug 2010, 19:46 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-358:
I don’t agree. Habs doesn’t know who the covering loosies are targetting. He can only commit to his man and allow the cover defense to nail the extra man. If he’d gone for McCaw first and allowed Jane through, he’d still be accused of going for the interception. The main point is, who was tracking McCaw? Far too many times Habana has been presented with defending against an overlap. My feeling is that the eighth man should be corner flagging.
21 Aug 2010, 19:46 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-359:
Agree, attacking really well one minute and then seeming out of ideas the next. Luckily it wasn’t too frequent.
The most irritating thing for me was that sometimes we pull off great moves and secure another phase only to have no halfback or a slow arrival of one. But damn overall we looked good.
21 Aug 2010, 19:47 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-362:
It was a great game but SA still have a naive look about their business. NZ are hard-nosed, street smart warriors who take no prisoners. 12 points in the last 3 mins. They can really enjoy this victory and know that if the game went on for another 10 mins they would have scored another 2 more tries.
21 Aug 2010, 19:47 pm
@chubb(chubb)-9: You were saying?
21 Aug 2010, 19:48 pm
@XV(XV)-364:
Understand.
You guys did have a few chances but i know what you mean.
I think you have been out coached all this year as well and not being fit enough,but that as well comes under coaching
21 Aug 2010, 19:49 pm
@chch(chch)-371: I have been enjoying Weepus play this year, but when he reverted to the ‘wait 5 minutes well we organise’ clearances near the end I was getting worried.
21 Aug 2010, 19:52 pm
@David(David)-370:
Habana didnt need to come in,its all their to see.
Thing is if Hababna was covering Jane,what was he doing in no mans land? He was in between Jane and McCaw and made the wrong choice. Jane was covered by 2 others.
21 Aug 2010, 19:52 pm
So did PdV go on about how hard it is away from home again?
Is there a Youtube post match interview?
Another conspiracy?
Aliens ate his game plan?
21 Aug 2010, 19:54 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-375: thats his flaw,thats why i prefer cowan,hard as nails.
21 Aug 2010, 19:58 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-369: Probably, I think Joe is chosen more for his size and speed than heart, which Dagg has. In the longer term I recon it might be more Dagg and Jane providing the magic …
Personaly I don’t think the bok back three has balance yet, however I can definitely see the difference Juan Smith makes. I think Pierre Spies’s basics are bad. Having said that and repeating myself I cannot wait until we choose a team with two strong scrumhalves (FDP and seemingly Francois), a good centre pair (Jacque Fourie and JDJ) and good wings (not Brian), a gre at hooker like Bismark and good loose ball players (Brussouw and someone else) …
I think that would be a different proposition for the ABs
Lastly I take my hat off to Gio Aplon, who has the heart of a lion, hopefully he continues to play part of the boks future
21 Aug 2010, 20:00 pm
Smith and Nonu are major line breakers. Jane, Dagg and Mils are tricky tricksters. Dan is still our best 10. I am happy with either Weepu or Cowan. In fact keeping Weepu and Cowan competing for preferred number 9 is working out well.
Players like Ranger are very ordinary compared to those above and I don’t miss him from the team at all.
21 Aug 2010, 20:03 pm
@chch(chch)-377: No conspiracy, the game was ref’d fair, a few mistakes but a good contest. As a Bok supporter I thought they lsot it in the last 15 minutes due to fitness …
So only conspiracy is a lack of fitness …
What worries me is that the same players in th S14 look very fit from our side …
21 Aug 2010, 20:06 pm
@danuk(danuk)-381:
True,the Bok players looked fit in the super 14 but this AB side dosnt play like any super 14 teams
21 Aug 2010, 20:07 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-382: old age, lol …
21 Aug 2010, 20:08 pm
Good evening, sadly at the end the best team won.
21 Aug 2010, 20:09 pm
Has any team ever won every game in a three round Tri-Nations?
21 Aug 2010, 20:10 pm
@danuk(danuk)-381: Probably a little to do with the amount of tackling they had to do also. If they kicked less and held possession a little more they might have more gas in the tank at the end.
21 Aug 2010, 20:10 pm
@chch(chch)-385: No, don’t think so. Has any team ever lost all games?
21 Aug 2010, 20:10 pm
@danuk(danuk)-383:
lol
21 Aug 2010, 20:12 pm
Thanks John Smit for your 100 games for the Springboks. Now please do the right thing and retire.
21 Aug 2010, 20:12 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-386: Mmmm, I thought they ran less and kicked more later in the game, definitely thought the ABs got around the field better
21 Aug 2010, 20:12 pm
@chch(chch)-380: It seemed to me that Smith had a very ‘busy’ game tonight without really standing out. Got the impression he played very well, but can’t really remember why?
21 Aug 2010, 20:13 pm
@Petri(Petri)-387:
I don’t think so. Oh dear
21 Aug 2010, 20:13 pm
@chch(chch)-385: The Wallabies won the game in Brisbane, so there
21 Aug 2010, 20:14 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-391: For me Smith has been the least impressive of the AB backline in this year’s TN. Maybe better game tonite but nothing special.
21 Aug 2010, 20:15 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-391:
The only back not to have made a mistake?
Can’t seem to use the word cockup
21 Aug 2010, 20:16 pm
@aliboy(aliboy)-391: neither did kevin, so guess around the fringes it was more or less even … the wide open spaces made the difference …
Question: How many time did the boks spread it wide? Mmmm, I believe much less than the ABs
21 Aug 2010, 20:16 pm
@kaksioek(kaksioek)-393:
Obviously I am not including the ones that teams don’t play in.
but if we are then last weekend was the best weekend of the Tri-Nations for the Boks
21 Aug 2010, 20:17 pm
@danuk(danuk)-396: Zero?
21 Aug 2010, 20:18 pm
A better performance by the ref and with only some of the players back in the fold the Boks were right in there.
I expected exactly this outcome.
Again, the vital forward pass missed – right in fornt of the ref.
How do they get it right these high pitch voice NH refs.
In terms on building, Boks clearly showing the upward curve so many of us have been expecting.
Oh, another thing, that try that the tMO ruled in ABs favour; had the roles been reversed the AB TMO would not have awarded the try to the Boks.
We are an honest nation, that’s why we are world beaters.
21 Aug 2010, 20:25 pm
@Sheriff(Sheriff)-399: Several threads running in parallel here with good natured discussion about the game. No Kiwi’s gloating, no Bok supporters moaning, and then you just couldn’t help yourself could you???? Disappointing!!
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