Year: 2009

Scorers
France 20 (11)
Try: Vincent Clerc
Penalties: Julien Dupuy (4), Morgan Parra

Springboks 13 (13)
Try: John Smit
Conversion: Morne Steyn
Penalty: Morne Steyn
Drop goal: Morne Steyn

Teamsheets
South Africa – 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.

France – 15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yann David, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Cedric Heymans, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Louis Picamoles, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 3 Fabien Barcella.
Subs: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Sebastien Chabal, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 David Marty, 22 Maxime Médard.

Stats
All Results South Africa v France:
Played 37 | SA won 20 (56%) | France won 11 | 6 draws
In France:
Played 17 | SA won 11 (69%) | France won 5 | 1 draw
In South Africa:
Played 20 | SA won 9 (45%) | France won 6 | 5 draws

John Smit

Finally! A reason to be happy that you moved to London.

Join our celebration dinner with some of the biggest names in rugby to honour the illustrious career of one of the world’s greatest rugby legends. Attending to pay their respects will be John’s team mates and rivals alike: including Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Bakkies Botha, Victor Matfield and Juan Smith.

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A shockingly inept performance from the Bok second stringers (especially in the scrums) saw them humiliated at Welford Road, going down 22-17 to a Leicester side without 16 of their top players. Players who will not want to watch the tape include Gurthro Steenkamp (pumped in the scrums and popped repeatedly, giving away penalties), Jannie du Plessis (folded like a ragdoll in the scrums), Chiliboy Ralepelle (anonymous until leaving the field injured after 20 minutes yet again), Andries Bekker (provided no muscle for his front-row in the scrums, lost the ball in the loose and not involved at all in the rucks), Davon Raubenheimer (excuse me, who?), and Ruan Pienaar (exposed behind a useless pack and looked panicked). The hardworking Ashley Johnson fought a lone battle and is the only player who can hold his head up high.

Leicester 22 (16)
Try: Lucas Amorosino
Conversion: Ben Youngs
Penalties: Ben Youngs (5)

SA XV 17 (11)
Try: Jongi Nokwe
Penalties: Ruan Pienaar (4)

Match Details
Date: Friday 6 November 2009
Venue: Welford Road, Leicester
Kick-off: 21.45 SA, 19.45 GMT
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Aus)
Assistant refs: Roy Maybank, Robin Goodliffe
TMO: Andrew Turner, Graeme Hughes

Teamsheets
Springbok XV: 15 Earl Rose, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Dewald Potgieter, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Riaan Viljoen.

Leicester Tigers: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Lucas Amorosino, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Aaron Mauger (captain), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Brett Deacon, 7 Ben Pienaar, 6 Geoff Parling, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Calum Green, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Mefin Davies, 1 Marcos Ayerza
Subs:16 George Chuter, 17 Dan Cole, 18 Tom Armes, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 James Grindal, 21 Greig Tonks, 22 Lote Tuqiri

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