South Africa 'A' v British & Irish Lions, 14 July

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SOUTH AFRICA A v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS
Wednesday 14 July
KO: 20:00 SAST / 19:00 UK / 22:00 Dubai  
Cape Town Stadium (Newlands), Cape Town
Sky Sports Main Event

Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes, AJ Jacobs
TMO: Marius Jonker

TEAMS:

SOUTH AFRICA A:
15 – Willie le Roux
14 – Cheslin Kolbe
13 – Lukhanyo Am (captain)
12 – Damian de Allende
11 – Sbu Nkosi
10 – Morné Steyn
9 – Faf de Klerk

8 – Jasper Wiese
7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit
6 – Marco van Staden
5 – Franco Mostert
4 – Eben Etzebeth
3 – Trevor Nyakane
2 – Joseph Dweba
1 – Steven Kitshoff

Replacements (from):
16 – Malcolm Marx
17 – Coenie Oosthuizen
18 – Vincent Koch
19 – Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg
20 – Rynhardt Elstadt
21 – Herschel Jantjies
22 – Jesse Kriel
23 – Damian Willemse
24 – Kwagga Smith
25 – Elton Jantjies

BRITISH & IRISH LIONS:
15. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, England) #816
14. Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester Rugby, Wales) #846
13. Chris Harris (Gloucester Rugby, Scotland) #844
12. Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby, Ireland) #837
11. Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby, Wales) #836
10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints, Wales) #821
9. Conor Murray – captain (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #790

1. Wyn Jones (Scarlets, Wales) #842
2. Ken Owens (Scarlets, Wales) #829
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, England) #814
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, England) #825
5. Iain Henderson (Ulster Rugby, Ireland) #808
6. Josh Navidi (Cardiff Rugby, Wales) #854
7. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, England) #853
8. Taulupe Faletau (Bath Rugby, Wales) #779

16. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, England) #851
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, England) #787
18. Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors, Scotland) #848
19. Adam Beard (Ospreys, Wales) #852
20. Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #838
21. Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, England) #849
22. Gareth Davies (Scarlets, Wales) #850
23. Elliot Daly (Saracens, England) #822

COMMENTARY:

Afternoon Fly ...

These came from a sequence that probably came from the slowed down video you saw - looked clear to me there was head on head from this and during the match but to be fair it was more of a glancing blow and Faf got the worst of it which you can see from the way his head snaps backwards and then he goes down holding his head. The ref saying no head on head was the bit I found puzzling.

Hey mate
I think I saw it on Joe sport or sport joe I tried to load the slowed down video/pdf but I was in the office on my mobile so I was pretty carp at it

Bit disappointed with Gats comments about the incident and his comments on the South African coach acting as waterboy

Gats is just taking a dig, it will most likely have the opposite effect of what he is aiming for, but its all gamesmanship.

Rassie took a dig at Gats by repeatedly denying that Gats are not scared of playing the SA A team a second time, he repeated the dig three times in one interview,

they are all just playing the game

Yep not a fan of coaches verbal sparring - wish they'd just concentrate on getting the teams right.

I've watched the match again, and as I thought during the game Far's tackle is a no arm slipped up from Wyn Jones chest/arm to Navidi's head, I agree with a yellow there.

I'm still shocked that Am's should directly to the head of Wyn Jones wasn't penalised though, it was direct contact with the head, no mitigating factors, and as much as I hate a lot of these red cards it's in line with them all.

The war of the words continue, Rassie’s response to Gatland

Old Man wrote:The war of the words continue, Rassie’s response to Gatland

Yes indeed mate, sign of the times unfortunately, it's a social media war zone. Farrell has had form with Faf though