Follow this Tri Nations clash between the All Blacks and the Springboks live on Ou Grote with blow-by-blow commentary.
Commentary begins at the following times on Saturday 14th July 2007:
The Times:
United Kingdom: 08:30am
South Africa: 09.30am
Australia: 17.30pm
New Zealand: 19.30pm
The Details:
Date: Saturday 14 July 2007
Venue: Jade Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Kick-off: 19.35 NZ Time \ 17.35 OZ Time \ 09.35 SA Time \ 08.35 UK Time \ 07.35 GMT
Conditions: 1 deg C, slippery, cold, cloudy, E wind, chance of rain
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch judges: Nigel Owens (Wales), Paul Marks (Australia)
TMO: James Leckie (Australia)
The Teams:
New Zealand v South Africa
01 – Tony Woodcock v CJ van der Linde
02 – Keven Mealamu v Bismarck du Plessis
03 – Carl Hayman v Jannie du Plessis
04 – Chris Jack v Albert van der Berg
05 – Keith Robinson v Johann Muller
06 – Reuben Thorne v Wikus van Heerden
07 – Richie McCaw v Pedrie Wannenburg
08 – Rodney So’oialo v Jacques Cronje
09 – Piri Weepu v Ruan Pienaar
10 – Dan Carter v Derick Hougaard
11 - Joe Rococoko v Jaco Pretorius
12 – Luke McAlister v Wynand Olivier
13 – Isaia Toeava v Waylon Murray
14 – Doug Howlett v Breyton Paulse
15 – Mils Muliaina v JP Pietersen
16 – Andrew Hore v Gary Botha
17 – Neemia Tialata v Eddie Andrews
18 – Jerry Collins v Gerrie Britz
19 – Chris Masoe v Hilton Lobberts
20 – Brendon Leonard v Michael Claassens
21 – Conrad Smith v Peter Grant
22 – Nick Evans v Tonderai Chavhanga
The Record:
Played 71: New Zealand 39 – South Africa 29 – Draws 3.
The Test:
00: Hougaard kicks off, McCaw gathers, runs it back, kick to Pietersen who counterattacks, turned over, All Blacks attack through 10 phases on half way. Penalty ABs for Bok high tackle.
03: Rococoko has replaced Sivivatu in the starting lineup, Bok scrum near half way, free kick to NZ for Jannie du Plesis going down. ABs attack, Bismarck not rolling away, penalty NZ on Bok 10m line. Carter misses the easy kick.
06: 22m drop SA, ABs run it back, Weepu to Carter then Jack, Paulse offside trying for the intercept just inside the Bok half near the touchline. Carter lines it up. And gets the difficult kick over.
09: Lineout Boks on NZ 10m line, P3 takes and the Boks swing it, Olivier tackled, P£ takes it in, counter rucking by NZ and they turn it over and run, maul, Boks turn it over, scrum – to the blind side, Howlett knocks on as he tries the intercept.
12: Carter receives the ball in his own 22m and kicks out 18m from the Bok line, Bok lineout, vd Berg takes, shocking pass from Bismarck, ruck, penalty SA for NZ playing the ball on the ground, penalty not kicked out and ABs attack through Rococoko, playing the blind side, going through the phases, poor pass to Rococoko, lineout Boks on half way, P3 takes and Boks drive over half way, Box kick Pienaar to Rococoko, wild pass snapped up by CJ vd Linde, SA penalised for high tackle.
16: Offside NZ – penalty SA just inside their half, Pienaar steps up to kick for posts! Shocking kick misses far to the left.
18: So far the ABs have showed some poor handling, SA appear to have a running attacking strategy with minimal kicks so far apart from the usual box kicks by Pienaar. NZ defensive scrum, Pienaar goes blind, to Pietersen, penalised for not releasing the ball, ABs clear.
20: Boks attack up the middle, Hougaard kicks for touch on half way, AB lineout, Robinson, Weepu, Carter, McCaw, ABs probing up the middle, Hayman not releasing – penalty Boks and Hougaard kicks out near AB 22m. Lineout Boks.
22: Penalty Boks – AB high tackle on their own 22m. Hougaard lines it up…and nails it.
25: Penalty ABs – between Bok 10m and 22m – player not rolling away. Carter kicks it over.
27: Bok defensive lineout on their 22m, Robinson lineout turnover, McAlister breaks through poor defense by Olivier again and attacks, fires out a forward pass to Howlett.
29: ABs attacking at will up to Bok 22m, Bok defense holding up though, Hayman knocks the ball on, Bok defensive scrum on their own 22m. ABs annihilate Bok scrum and turn it over, penalty Boks – Hayman rucking a man not in play, Boks clear.
32: Maul on NZ 10m, ABs penalised for trying to pull it down, Hougaard goes for posts and it’s short, Weepu banana kicks into touch, Bok lineout 10m out from AB line, driving and punching…ball pops out on SA side, Jannie dup drives, 10m out, Boks crashing it up, Wikus, scrum Boks – maul going forward but ball not coming out.
36: Cronje off the back of the scrum to vd Berg who is isolated and the ABs get the defensive scrum.
37: Another long raking kick by Carter takes play into SA 22m area, lineout ABs as Pietersen runs it out, skew throwin, scrum Boks, Cronje drives off the back again, ball not coming out, Bok scrum on their own 10m line.
39: Pienaar kicks for the corner, Rococoko kicks, SA gather, Hougaard kicks away possession and ABs run it from their own 22m, Rococoko nailed into touch by Olivier and the hooter goes. Half time Boks 03 – 06 All Blacks.
HALF TIME
South Africa have surprised the All Blacks by opting for a running game which is not going too badly apart from a few mistakes by Hougaard. Dan Carter not having a great game again. SA are turning over lineout ball and being massacred in the scrums. But the defensive team effort has been huge. All Blacks are guilty of poor finishing and some handling errors -seemingly being forced into them by good Bok pressure. Boks attacking rucks not been too impressive, losing six in good positions. Overall, though, a good containing job by the Springboks.
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40: Boks knock on from the kickoff and turn the ball over, ABs attack strongly, Toeava 5m out but doesn’t pass and the ABs miss a big chance, Boks turn it over and kick out, AB lineout, McAlister breaks through the Bok line again, Howlett bundled into touch, defensive lineout for Boks, Hougaard clears to the 10m line.
43 :SA take it and Pienaar kicks out on AB 22m, ABs win it, Weepu directly into touch, Bok lineout and they swing it wide, ruck on AB 22m, Mealamu penalised for coming in from the side. Hougaard lines up the easy penalty…and scores!
46: Paulse gathers from the 22, Bok lineout on AB 10m line, stolen by Robinson, Carter kicks the garryowen, Boks get it back, grubber from Olivier, ABs gather and attack, Howlett grubbers and Pienaar gathers and kicks for safety on the half way line.
49: ABs attack strongly, stretching the Bok defense, attacking on Bok 22m, Carter kicks for the corner and Toeava gathers but bundled into touch by Paulse, Bok defensive lineout on their 22m, Pienaar misses touch and ABs attack again, up to Bok 22m, So’oialo breaks through, Pedrie Wannenburg yellow carded for playing the ball on the ground at the subsequent ruck. Boks down to 14 men. Carter kicks the penalty over. Leonard on for Weepu.
54: ABs take the attack up to the Bok 10m and then Thorne knocks on. Scrum Boks. Peter Grant on for Hougaard. Cronje breaks off the back again, and Grant clears. to Bok 10m line, Abs swing it wide, 10m out from the Bok 22m, stretching the defense, Thorne breaks through, McCaw goes blind side, pick and drives from ABs, swing it wide again, Howlett stepping, Boks turn it over, Howlett penalised for holding on, but the penalty is reversed – vd Berg stamping. Penalty kick for Carter right in front of posts and nails it. Stupid stupid error from vd Berg.
58: McCaw penalised for holding on, half way line – Pienaar steps up…and it’s another shocking kick, Rococoko kicks back, Bok ruck on half way, swing it wide, Pienaar kicks in behind ABs and they attack, Boks get possession back, Pienaar kicks over dead ball line. Collins replaces Robinson.
64: Bok lineout on their 10m line, Olivier kicks it straight down Rococoko’s throat and ABs attack, Muliaina knocks on – luckily for the Boks, Bok defensive scrum, Cronje controls off the back as the ABs swing the scrum, Grant clears on half way. Botha replaces du Plessis, Britz comes on for vd Berg.
68: Howlett steps and flips to Rococoko who breaks through and pops the sneaky pass behind his back to Leonard who runs in under the posts. Try New Zealand – Carter converts.
72: ABs attack again, Muliani kicks and chances but the bounce is too high, Pienaar gathers and clears. AB lineout. Evens for Howlett, Hoare for Mealamu.
76: ABs hammering away on Bok 22m, Hoare drives strongly, Masoe, 9th phase, out wide to Nick Evans who crashes over in the corner as the Bok defense leaves Paulse with a 4 on 1 situation. Carter lines up the conversion…and nails it.
77: It’s been all ABs in the second half, running everything and stretching the Bok defense, turnover Boks, Olivier kick and chase up the left hand touchline, Carter gets back to kick it into touch 1m out from the AB line. Attacking lineout Boks who win it then knock it on. Scrum ABs – penalty to NZ and Carter kicks out.
80: ABs have possession, running from their own 22m, Leonard up the middle, Carter to Rococoko, Collins to Thorne, Smith to Evans – on Bok 22m – loose ball, gathered by Carter who runs in for the try under the posts. He converts and the game is over.
FULL TIME: Boks 06 – 33 All Blacks.
The Boks were in it for 68 minutes, but the relentless pressure from the All Blacks showed in the last 10 minutes. The ABs take the Freedom Cup. For the ABs, Carter’s form remained average. New Zealand attacked strongly in the closing stages with good support play for their runners, Boks ran out of steam again after a huge defensive effort to initially limit the All Blacks’ chances.
The Tri Nations Table:
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The Man of the Match: Richie McCaw
The Scorers:
New Zealand (33):
Tries: Brendon Leonard, Nick Evans, Dan Carter
Cons: Dan Carter (3)
Pens: Dan Carter (4)
South Africa (06):
Pens: Derick Hougaard (2)
Yellow card: Pedrie Wannenburg (52)
ABs by 15