Finished
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Live Commentary
Time:80'- South Africa
- British and Irish Lions
80' Morne Styen has chance from 5m inside his own half to win the series. Steyn on target and Boks have won the series. 28-25. What a game. Epic is the only word to describe. Lions will feel they let it slip but got to hand it to the Boks for coming back. Thanks for joining us.
80' Du Preez darts into Lions defence. Last chance maybe for Boks to reclaim the series. Steyn break first line and Jacobs almost clear but for tackle of Williams. Morne Steyn is in the pocket but his drop is short. Kearney kicks up field. Steyn replies, O'Gara responds and Boks earn penalty for O'Gara taking man out in the air.- 78' Williams tries to counter but is flattened by Brussow. Lions win penalty for high tackle Bekker on Stephen Jones continues attack. Jones has chance to level scores from touchline. And he does! What a kick! 25-25.
- 74' Steyn adds conversion and Boks lead 25-22.
74' Boks lineout 15m from Lions line. Spies falttens O'Gara as Boks continue to attack. Boks work Fourie into space on the right wing, the replacement rides the tackle of Phillips and crashes over in the corner. Lions look out on their feet as ref goes to TMO - tough call. TMO is saying yes but touch judge asks again. Try and Boks lead 23-22.- 73' Great tackle Bowe on Habana in midfield. But Boks still have ball and Lions under pressure. Shaw tackles high and ref awards penalty to Boks, who chose to go for the corner. Home side going for juggular here!
- 72' O'Connell forces turnover but Brussow immediately forces pinches ball back for Boks. Shaw has been immense this game and despite his age is stil going strong.
70' O'Gara and Martyn Williams on now.- 70' Lions have had to make all sorts of changes to their lineup but Burger a mile off side and Lions have kick right in front of goal. Jones nails kick and Lions lead by four. 22-18.
- 69' Steyn lands penalty and Lions lead now by one point. 19-18.
68' Lions in disarray with injuries as Roberts now off.- 66' O'Driscoll is off and Shane Williams on as Boks pressure Lions in defence and earn penalty. Boks opt for quick tap but lose ball. Madness by Boks not taking kick on goal! Lions win penalty but Jones fails to find touch. Steyn chips ahead but Roberts claims ball, only for ref to award Boks penalty.
- 64' Steyn adds conversion and Lions lead now just 19-15.
- 64' Lions lineout not straight, Boks opt for scrum and Habana comes flying in off his wing and scores under posts. 19-13. Nice try as Boks right back in it.
- 62 Brussow on for Rossouw.
- 62' O'Driscoll flattens Rossouw and both players look knackered. Rossouw got up but collapsed immediately, O'Driscoll is getting some treatment. Rossouw being taken off on buggy, O'Driscoll back in the fray. Good on the Irishman!
- 61' Smit concedes penalty and Jones has chance to extend Lions lead. Not an easy one but he must get it from towards touchline. Beautiful kick moves Lions 19-8 ahead. What composure from the Llanelli man!
- 59' Rossouw on for Smith, Bekker for Botha.
- 58' Boks getting their hands more on the ball now and one has the feeling this is going to go down to the wire - the Lions are going to have to tackle themselves to a standstill and get more points too as Boks up the tempo.
- 56' Fourie on for De Villiers.
- 56' Habana almost clear as he cuts inside but Phillips makes a superb tackle after Spies missed by Croft.
- 55' O'Driscoll and Roberts both make inroads into Boks defence. Lions recycle but Lions knock on in midfield. Match has gone a little flat as Morne Steyn comes on for Pienaar.
- 53' Jonjes chips ahead and Habana knocks on, but ref calls Lions back for offside. Another chance for Pienaar. Looks like Alun-Wyn Jones was man penalised, but Pienaar again misses. Another let off for Lions as Pienaar looks to be cracking under the pressure. That one was right in front of posts and six points have now gone begging.
- 51' Uncontested scrums for remainder of the game as Jones high ball marked by Steyn.
- 50' Ref having a word now with Botha and Sheridan for constant verbals between the two.
- 50' Boks looking to spin the ball a bit more now. Lions hack through and force Boks back, but ref has awarded scrum to Lions for Jacobs knock on.
- 48' High tackle Rees on Burger and Boks have penalty just inside Lions half. Pienaar to have a shot at goal but the fly-half scuffs it and score remains 16-8.
- 47' Pietersen charged down but Shaw offside for not retreating. Pieanar kicsk Boks down to halfway.
- 45' Botyh props off the field now. Alun-Wyn Jones on but there will be uncontested scrums now.
- 45' Adam Jones also in the wars with an elbow injury!
- 45' Jenkins has taken another knock to his face during tackle with O'Driscoll on Habana. The prop is leaving the field and Sheridan back on.
- 45' Lions being stretched here as Boks string together series of attacks. So far the tackling good and Lions force turnover allowing Jones to kick downfield. Steyn outside 22 but gets away with his kick to touch.
- 44' Du Preez takes lovely high ball and Boks kick deep downfield. Fitzgerald back to clear. Boks break down the right but Lions counter-ruck superbly and force turnover. Habana smashed by O'Driscoll as Boks trty to counter.
- 42' Another glorious take by Kearney, who swivels and finds another lovely touch back on Boks 22 line. The boy is on fire.
41' Pienaar starts the second half.- 40' A fantastic first half for the Lions as the ref blows for half-time. Lions 16-8 and there's all to play for. If the tourists can maintain parity up front their backs look more than capable of causing the Boks problems.
- 40' Boks concede free-kick from lineout and Lions allowed to clear danger. Lions scrum very solid as they spin ball to the right, Jones loops O'Driscoll and is clear but ref penalises for crossing and Boks have penalty. A chance for Steyn from his own half and this time it's on target. Fine kick as he cuts Lions lead to 16-8.
- 38' Habana smashes Bowe from the kickoff but Lions retain possession and Jones kicks downfield. Boks reply and Kearny again takes another supebr catch, but Roberts kick for touch is straight out and Boks have lineout in Lions 22.
- 36' Lions pick and drive their way towards Boks try-line. Jones drops back into the pocket and nails a lovely drop goal. 16-5. Well played by the Lions.
- 34' Another great scrum from Lions and they pinch ball before Burger steals it back. Lions force turnover and work Fiztgerald into space on the left wing with some lovely hands. He feeds the ball back inside and O'Driscoll is hauled down. But Lions are on front foot here!
- 31' Pienaar tackled by Roberts and O'Driscoll in quickly to earn Lions penalty. The Ireland skipper is so good in defence. Jenkins back on for Sheridan as Kearny finds lovely touch on Boks 22.
- 29' Good counter rucking from Lions and they force turnover. Pienaar sends up high ball but Kearny takes it quite superbly, feeds O'Driscoll and the centre kicks ahead. Lovely stuff from the Lions full-back.
- 27' Nice drive from Sheridan sets up Lions attacking position in middle of field. The big prop takes it again but this time he's pinged for holding on. Good effort though, but it allows Boks to kick down to Lions 22.
- 26' Habana fails to find touch, Kearny gathers and goes for long drop goal but it's never going over.
- 25' High charge Pietersen on Kearny. Daft from the Boks wing as Kearny was stuck in corner and had nowhere the go. Jones kicks 40m donwfield.
- 24' Sheridan on for Jenkins who is off for repairs.
- 22' O'Driscoll loose pass intercepted by Habana and the wing almost gets away. Shaw high tackle in enusing Boks attack and home side have penalty. Steyn handed ball as it's a long chance. It has the legs but is wide.
- 19' Fasntastic scrum by Lions and Jones gets the better of the Beast and earns Lions a penalty. Stunning from the Wales prop! Boks concede penalty at lineout and Jones kicks Lions down to Boks 22.
- 18' Lovely box kick from Phillips but Bowe knocks on as he challenges Spies. Bowe buzzing at the moment as scrums set for the first time. Cross kick from Pienaar superbly claimed by Pietersen, who chips ahead and Fitzgerald forced to touch down. 5m scrum for Boks.
- 15' Phillips dummmies and goes as Lions attack into Boks 22. Wallace continues drive and Boks are offside. Easy chance for Jones and he makes it 13-5.
- 13' Danger signs for the Lions with du Preez looking on form.
- 13' Somehow Pienaar misses conversion and it remains 10-5.
- 12' Boks win throw comfrotably, Du Preez runs at Lions defence and pops ball up for Pietersen who glides through for Boks opening try. Nicely created from set piece. 10-5.
- 11' Heaslip crashes into the Boks backs and sets up ball. Jenkins takes ball into Boks midfield but is pinged for not releasing. Looks a tad harsh as Jenkins's hands were not on the ball. Boks kick down towards Lions 22 as Burger comes on to boos of Lions fans.
- 9' The Lions always said they felt they had the Boks in the backs and it's proving as much so far.
- 8' Jones adds the conversion and Lions lead 10-0. What a start from the Lions!
- 7' All Lions here. Great Jones offload to Kearny and the Irishman shows great composure as he dummies the defence and slides over in the corner. Lions lead 8-0.
- 5' Boks charged down and the Lions have them rattled here. Sadly ball does not break for the visitors, but the pressure is all on the Boks here.
- 5' Bit of afters between O'Driscoll and Matfield as scuffle breaks out. O'Driscoll penalised but Boks miss touch and Fiztgerald launches high ball.
- 4' Kearny takes fine catch and launches counter from deep. Rees is on his shoulder but sadly spills ball as Lions move deep into Boks 22.
- 3' Jones on target and Lions lead 3-0. Great start!
- 2' Croft wins throw and Boks penalised for offside as Shaw takes ball into midfield.
1' Looks like Burger is in trouble already for a finger in the eye of Fitzgerald. yellow for Burger and Jones kicks Lions into Boks 22. What a start! Burger lucky to get just a yellow.- 1' Boks take kick-off and launch early rolling maul and earn penalty. Good start for Springbok pack and worrying for the Lions.
1' Big day for French referee Christophe Berdos as he starts the game, with Jones kicking off for the Lions.
- Ian McGeechan has never lost a second Test as a head coach and will hope to maintain that record this afternoon. It's one almighty task for the Lions: what have they up their sleeve to negate the massive Boks pack? They will need something.
- It's a wonderful, sunny afternoon at Loftus Versfeld, home of Super 14 champions the Bulls, who have five players in the Boks' starting XV.- - Despite being on the end of a potential hiding for the first 50 minutes last week, the Lions finished with aplomb and almost sneaked a remarkable victory. They will need to retain that memory if they are to overcome a Boks side that is likely to be even stronger.
- - The Boks make just the one change, with former world player of the year Schalk Burger back at blindside flank after recovering from injury. Burger replaces the unfortunate Heinrich Brussow, who was outstanding last week.
- - On the bench, Shane and Martyn Williams will hope to get the chance to show off their undoubted skills, while Andrew Sheridan will likely get the chance to make an impact in the front row late in the game.
- - A few changes to the Lions starting XV after their mullering up front last week: Adam Jones and Matthew Rees into the front row, and Simon Shaw at lock to add some ballast. Behind the scrum, Rob Kearney comes in at full-back for the injured Lee Byrne, while Luke Fitzgerald gets his chance on the left wing in place of Ugo Monye.
- - Good afternoon and welcome to the big one: the second Test between the British and Irish Lions against world champions South Africa from Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. A must-win game for the Lions after their thrilling 26-21 defeat last weekend.
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Summary
South Africa versus British and Irish Lions Pietersen 12’, Habana 63’, Fourie 74’ Tries Kearney 8’ Steyn 64’, 75’ Conversions Jones 8’ Steyn 40’, Steyn 68’, 80’ Penalties Jones 3’, 15’, 61’, 70’, 78’ Drops Jones 35’
Live Team Line-Up
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South AfricaManager: Peter De Villiers
On the Field
- Mtawarira
- du Plessis
- Smit
- Botha
- Matfield
- Burger
- Smith
- du Preez
- Spies
- Pienaar
- Habana
- De Villiers
- Jacobs
- Pietersen
- Steyn
Subs
- Carstens
- Fourie
- Rossouw
- Ralepelle
- Steyn
- Bekker
- Brussow
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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British and Irish Lions
Manager: Ian McGeechan
On the Field
- Jenkins
- Rees
- Jones
- Shaw
- O'Connell
- Croft
- Wallace
- Heaslip
- Phillips
- Jones
- Fitzgerald
- Roberts
- O'Driscoll
- Bowe
- Kearney
Subs
- Williams
- Sheridan
- Williams
- O'Gara
- Ellis
- Ford
- Jones
Injured
None
Suspended
None
- Jenkins
Congratulations to South Africa. What a superb match. I'm proud of the British and Irish Lions, despite their defeat. It was a fantastic match. It's good to see England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland pulling together as one. Ronan O'Gara is a great rugby player, and anyone can have a bad day at the office. On another note, I would say that anyone, regardless of country of origin, who uses sport as an excuse to exercise intolerance towards another country is a mere blockhead. Having read these posts, I can't see any evidence of "whinging Brits", just some genuinely disappointed ones. I would say that perhaps the nations of the British Isles and the island of Ireland are better at engaging their critical faculties post-match, and that perhaps this is often misinterpreted by others as "whinging?"
go boks well done
O'Gara lost his head, simple as that. The match was a classic, can't say better team won, or that better team lost, they seemed pretty evenly matched. Why the BIL's were kicking the ball in those last few minutes at all is beyond me - needed to score but were kicking the ball away! Plonkers. If anything, they deserved to lose for such stupidity - especially from O'Gara - what was he thinking??
It is amazing when I look at some of the comments. Why are you guys in Brittan such bad loosers ? You lost so take it like men. If you were better, why the score board reads 2 - 0 for the Springboks ? The Lions played a not committed Springbok team and still could not win. The Lions will also loose the last test in Jhb. So stop to moan please, grow up, except the hiding or do not play the game. The world is sick of you Brits.
Lions in command, SA frustrated and could not react to the Lions pressure, but game changed after the removal of both PROPS. Thus game played into the hands of wingers (more open running).
lions were robbed :(:(:(:(:(
If the Kiwis hate the springcocks so much (and rightly so), how come a Kiwi ref handed you last weeks game? Lions better side in both games.
John B....you got it right eventually ! The Ref is a Frenchman (Berdos) but the 2 assistant refs were from NZ, not exactly partial to their historical Trinations SA opponents !! Not surprising that the assistant would favour discounting a Bok score !!
So the Tri-Nations beat the Six Nations today... Aussies beat the French, the Kiwis beat the Italians, and the Bokke beat the rest...
who wants a tissue ? thats right u brits need a tissue, no excuses !LOSERS the lions lost their roar in the end and finished with a meaow, uk need excuses for everything that goes wrong, 3-0 lol, no roar left in the lions,south africa 2 games together, lions 7 games together, arrrrrghahahahahaha cocky @#$% welcome to the real world of rugby
Furthermore, the 'icon; Brian O'Driscol should have been red-carded for leading with the head in a tackle on Danie Rossouw that he did not even attempt to use his arms, and Jannes Labuschagne was red-carded for a tackle in the air on the holy Johnnie a couple of years ago, which was not any different from the tackle by O'Gara on Du Preez. So, the Whining about the ref must please stop... SA has even more reason to complain than the poms.
The game works like this: in nature the Lions chase the Springboks......for food, and win in the end.
In rugby the Lions also chase the Springboks............but this time for points, they catch up but just NEVER get there!
Well done BOKKE!!! U are the champs!!!!I was at the game, and I have to agree - the ref was appaling. He never blew up the BIL for lying off their feet on the wrong side of the rucks and mauls, he missed a number of blatant high tackles, BIL stole the ball on the ground with hands in the rucks.. appalling. It said a lot for the Boks that they missed 14 points that Ruan would have usually landed with his eyes closed, and still managed to win. If he had landed them it would have been a 42-25 scoreline. 3 tries to one says it all. 2 world cups and a 3rd place in 4 world cups says even more...
BIL supporters at the game agreed they were well beaten on the day by a better side. Sour grapes makes @#$% whine...Obviously didn't teach you to spell properly in South Africa. Perhaps you should've stayed longer in the UK and got a decent education.
I am English born......South African raised till I was 20 and moved back to England..............BUT OMG the poms certainly find an excuse if they loose. They are the worst loosers eva. Well done the Bokke long live the Bokke. I will support them foreva. My daughter was born there and so supports them all the way!
I blame the ref as he was not strong enough to send off the cheating scum bag who tried to gouge out the eye of a Lions player...you think thats fair play? So, you should have played 78 minutes with 14 men. On top of that the ref didn't listen to his lines man when he tried in vain to tell him that there was a foot in touch. He tried 3 times to tell him it wasn't a try and since the replays were inconclusive he should've listened to his lines man.
I said the ref was french in answer to an earlier SA idiot who said he was an aussie. Happier to have a northern hem ref as they seem to understand the game better than southern hem refs. Just needed one with a back bone today and you boks would be crying and bleating all the way back to what ever bar you are working in.
reading through these comments i take it that no one watches the super 14 league. Morne steyn has had a brilliant year for the bulls. He can kick from anywhere, as soon as the ref blew for o'gara's mistake(and that is what it was ) i knew we lost. if steyn was on from the start we wouldn't of got a look in. So what if the ref was french, you would of moaned if the ref was an aussie or a kiwi. Well done the boks,and i can't wait for next super 14 season
SA are simply the best GO BOKKE you have done it again what can i say
why blame the ref? o'gara is the idiot.
Luifer just stay in jockland and as for the french banning the burkha because it make people feel inferior perhaps we should ban the Scotland shirt for the same reason !!!
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