| South Africa vs Scotland [Spoiler] [message #1071444] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 11:14 |
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Any comments from someone who watched? I've not seen anything posted yet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/50 60698.stm
"South Africa 36-16 Scotland
The Springboks crushed any hope of a first Scottish win in South Africa
with a commanding victory in Durban.
Tries from Schalk Burger and Breyton Paulse in the first quarter helped
them to an 18-6 interval lead, two penalties from Chris Paterson the
only riposte.
The Scotland wing added another on the resumption but further scores
from Andre Snyman and Percy Montgomery put the outcome beyond doubt.
Simon Webster scored a consolation try for Scotland with three minutes left.
Paterson added the conversion to put a modicum of respectability on the
scoreline, but in reality it was a rude awakening for the Scots after
their Six Nations heroics."
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| Re: South Africa vs Scotland [Spoiler] [message #1071488 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 14:22 |
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:14:28 GMT, DC <--- [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
<<>Any comments from someone who watched? I've not seen anything
posted yet.>>
SA was doninant up front. The 3 SA loosies also dominated. Most
turnovers to SA, two Scottish line outs stolen as I remember off hand,
and one tighthead won by pushing the Scottish scrum off the ball.
The Boks ran OK with the ball and surprisingly passed the ball around
a lot, however, mainly in backs/forwards interplay.
The Boks scored one try from a flowing backline move after quick ball
was won. Percy went over.
On Bok side the combination of Matfield and Rossow on lock worked very
well. Keep it. Rossouw is the ogre and Matfield the artist.
Fourie du Preez was slow and crap as usual. Jaunuary, as out of form
as he is, was a big improvement.
Snyman on the wing was boring. Paulse was good.
In the end the Scots was out muscled in just about all areas and were
never in the game. Thet got a consolation try in the end.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/50 60698.stm
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>"South Africa 36-16 Scotland
>The Springboks crushed any hope of a first Scottish win in South Africa
>with a commanding victory in Durban.
>
>Tries from Schalk Burger and Breyton Paulse in the first quarter helped
>them to an 18-6 interval lead, two penalties from Chris Paterson the
>only riposte.
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>The Scotland wing added another on the resumption but further scores
>from Andre Snyman and Percy Montgomery put the outcome beyond doubt.
>
>Simon Webster scored a consolation try for Scotland with three minutes left.
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>Paterson added the conversion to put a modicum of respectability on the
>scoreline, but in reality it was a rude awakening for the Scots after
>their Six Nations heroics."
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| Re: South Africa vs Scotland [Spoiler] [message #1071490 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 14:32 |
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DC wrote:
> Any comments from someone who watched? I've not seen anything posted yet.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/50 60698.stm
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> "South Africa 36-16 Scotland
> The Springboks crushed any hope of a first Scottish win in South Africa
> with a commanding victory in Durban.
>
> Tries from Schalk Burger and Breyton Paulse in the first quarter helped
> them to an 18-6 interval lead, two penalties from Chris Paterson the
> only riposte.
>
> The Scotland wing added another on the resumption but further scores
> from Andre Snyman and Percy Montgomery put the outcome beyond doubt.
>
> Simon Webster scored a consolation try for Scotland with three minutes
> left.
>
> Paterson added the conversion to put a modicum of respectability on the
> scoreline, but in reality it was a rude awakening for the Scots after
> their Six Nations heroics."
I did watch the game from a pub in Cape Town.
I was pleasantly surprised by the Springbok performance.
I tried to ignore last week but it did play at the back of my mind.
The Scots were just overpowered and battered by the tight 5. Os du
Randt, in particular showed how good he is, and John Smit is a very
strong scrummager. Andrews, who I don't rate at all, did not look out of
place.
Locks (Rossouw and Matfield) also got the better of the Scots.
This put the Bok loosies on the front foot and SA dominated there as well.
With the Scots pack on the back foot, Scotland had to defend and they
did that well. Scoreline could have been more.
The thing that surprised me the most was the Bok willingness to attack.
We rightfully get criticised for our lack of creativeness, flair etc.
but not this time. Snyman dropped 3 passes (he partially made up for it
by a few good runs later on) but apart from that a good performance by
the backline. Paulse's try was a lovely worked one that started deep in
the Boks own half.
On the negative side the Bok finishing was at times below par and they
let things slip after the late substittions.
However Jake White reckons we can improve a lot. If we do, this Bok side
will be fine.
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| Re: South Africa vs Scotland [Spoiler] [message #1071510 ] |
Sun, 11 June 2006 19:15 |
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:14:28 GMT, DC <--- [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
<<>Any comments from someone who watched? I've not seen anything
posted yet.>>
Springboks outclass Scotland by Dan Retief
Posted on 10 June 2006 - 14:37
South Africa celebrated a 100 years of the Springbok by outclassing
Scotland
36-16 in their rugby international played at the Absa Stadium in
Durban on Saturday.
The Springboks, though far from perfect, looked in a different league
as they scored four tries to one to register a record victory on home
soil over the Scots.
The Boks dominated every phase of play against a disappointing
Scotland side who were lucky to escape a bigger hiding as the match
yet again illustrated the worrying rift between South Africa’s best
line-up and the second-string who played the World XV a week ago at
Ellis Park.
It was soon apparent that fears of the Scots being able to shock the
Boks were unfounded as John Smit and his eight dominated the scrums
from the outset and had their opponents constantly on the back-foot
with powerful and well-set mauls.
And it was from a scrum that Schalk Burger, in the midst of a
man-of-the-match performance, wrestled his way over and forced the
ball onto the line for the first try of the match – the touchdown
having to be confirmed by TMO Simon McDowell.
The try was just reward for a solid start by the Boks and within
seconds the fourth official was again called into service to rule on
an excellent piece of work by Breyton Paulse.
Showing a touch of French panache with his new hairstyle and red boots
Paulse did well to recover the ball after a pass went to ground during
a sharp blindside foray sparked by Fourie du Preez and then put on the
backburners to skid in at the corner.
McDowell confirmed that the little winger had not strayed into touch
and with the score moving to 15-3 after 23 minutes it was apparent
that Scotland were not in the form or mood to see off Proud John’s
army. Halftime came with the Boks 18-6 in front and it had to be said
that the scoreline flattered the Scots.
Up against a five-pronged lineout, with Danie Rossouw, Juan Smith, Joe
van Niekerk and Schalk Burger taking the attention off the
ever-reliable Victor Matfield, and unable to find a counter in the
hand-to-hand exchanges the Scots were battling to get their hands on
the ball and it came as no surprise when the Boks sealed their victory
with the try of the match after
13 minutes of the second half.
A turnover by Matfield provided possession against the flow and a flat
pass by Jaco van der Westhuyzen, who gave a competent performance at
flyhalf, arrowed to Jean de Villiers sprinting on a beautifully
straight line.
The centre’s pace carried him clean through and when confronted by the
last man in defence he deftly unloaded to Andre Snyman who sprinted in
from 25 metres and wheeled around behind the posts to celebrate his
unexpected return to the Springbok fold.
That made it 25-9 and the coup de grace was delivered by Percy
Montgomery who fought his way over on the right after a strong
counter-attack that had been started by replacement scrumhalf Ricky
Januarie and carried on by Danie Rossouw down the left-hand touchline.
Montgomery contributed a total of 21 points by adding two conversions
and four penalties to his try but his failure early on to deal with a
high kick blotted his overall performance record.
With all the replacements on the Springboks lost their accuracy and
domination in the scrum and a poorly-controlled setpiece allowed the
Scots to move the ball wide to the left and an unmarked Simon Webster
scurried over for the visitors’ only try.
In the end it was a most competent performance by the Boks with
spirited defence, a hunger for the ball and enthusiasm in re-grouping
for counter-attacks complementing their good work in the forward
exchanges.
There must be concern over how their standard fell away at the end,
plus continued worries over the limp in Os du Randt’s gait, but it
must say something for the Springboks’ capabilities that they could so
easily see off a team who beat both France and England.
Scorers were:
South Africa 36: Tries by Schalk Burger (22 min), Breyton Paulse (24
min), Andre Snyman (63 min), Percy Montgomery (76 min). Montgomery
kicked two conversions and four penalties.
Scotland 16: Try by Simon Webster (92 min). Chris Paterson kicked a
conversion and three penalties
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