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:

He is testing them

Williams head knock - rugby incident. He had landed before he was tackled

Dirtydave wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:Interesting first half, some massive calls from the ref team, but over all lions look rudderless! No leadership, poor decision making and poor execution.

Front row impressive, not just in the scrum but around the park they look the only forwards who are fronting up

Bar Itoje and Curry.

?? Both have been rag dolled, and are poor ball in hand and at the breakdown!

Curry has been turned over at least once, just not aware at the moment.

Itoje's been great at the lineout but just slow slow, battered at the breakdown.....again. He was hauled off on 69 mins last time, Gats has got to look at a change around 60-65 minute, if we can't crank it up

I would be look seriously at Beard

Try Lions

About time

Oh. There goes the scrum.

15 Vs 13 take the scrum not tap.

I'll still coach my players that thanks Gats.

Am looking good

Wyn Jones having a very good game.

Not sure about this continual tap and go though

I simply don’t understand the swimming around the maul anymore.

Didn't think it was allowed?

I just don’t know

Can't change your bind so can't swim around?

Peyper being very harsh on SA A

Old Man wrote:Peyper being very harsh on SA A

Errrrrrr

Wyn Jones is off injured now, though. Looks like a shoulder so he should be back for the third test (or is it the Alun that makes the difference). Mako has done OK in his first scrum, surprisingly.

The Lions have looked very inept. The first support line is OK, but they’re not piling in after a break, they’re not fast enough to the breakdown, they’re not playing with a clear pattern or creativity and they’ve got no answer to the rush defence. Sinckler has been their best distributor.

Peyper's just generally poor all round

Heaf wrote:Can't change your bind so can't swim around?

Well Vunipola was hanging onto the SA maul at the back for about five secondsbefore Peyper told him to move, that is too late, by then he has bought enough time for the maul to be pulled open and the Lions to come through the middle.

Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Dirtydave wrote:Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Along with a great first 40.

Decent chase from LRZ there.

And the attrition continues - Anthony Watson looks in a bad way

Old Man wrote:

Heaf wrote:Can't change your bind so can't swim around?

Well Vunipola was hanging onto the SA maul at the back for about five secondsbefore Peyper told him to move, that is too late, by then he has bought enough time for the maul to be pulled open and the Lions to come through the middle.

Depends on how he ended up there eg if the maul spun around - but as I've said Peyper is poor ...

Whose next up for full back. This game Daly but next in line?

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Along with a great first 40.

Disagree heavily, lots of bad stuff first half, but 14 into the 2nd he's doing a great Hamish Watson impression and is involved in everything good!

Dirtydave wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Along with a great first 40.

Disagree heavily, lots of bad stuff first half, but 14 into the 2nd he's doing a great Hamish Watson impression and is involved in everything good!

You need to watch it again then as you're seeing things that aren't there.

Dirtydave wrote:Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Give him credit, he's cranked it up 2nd half

Brilliant from Zammitt and Simmonds

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Along with a great first 40.

Disagree heavily, lots of bad stuff first half, but 14 into the 2nd he's doing a great Hamish Watson impression and is involved in everything good!

You need to watch it again then as you're seeing things that aren't there.

If I just say your right, can I not have to watch that first half lol

Dirtydave wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Dirtydave wrote:Fair play to Curry, he's come out like he knows he has something to prove! Much better first 10 from him

Along with a great first 40.

Disagree heavily, lots of bad stuff first half, but 14 into the 2nd he's doing a great Hamish Watson impression and is involved in everything good!

You need to watch it again then as you're seeing things that aren't there.

If I just say your right, can I not have to watch that first half lol

And you'd be right as well. Win win.

Shoulder charge by 8 there

We need to keep our discipline here, we have had no possession in this half

The pass from Harris was forward anyway

I'm with Nigel owens, LRZ is ground with the ball out front, it's not placement originally, he then places it quickly, I think that's a try

They didn't check properly to see whether it hit the line as they'd already decided (incorrectly) it was a double movement at that point - the double movement came when he pulled the ball back again but if he did reach the line it was a try.

I don’t know why we are kicking for goal here, go for the corner and play some Frak rugby

Stop kicking please

Poor decision from SA here, it's time to get your hands on the ball, put lions under pressure for first time this half

You won’t score points without the ball

Curry again!!! What's a 22 mins he's had!

Kolbe didnt dance away from Vunipola there

I didn’t think he was that bad in the first half either

Back row has looked better since Simmonds has come on. Thought Faletau had a walk in to the tests but he's taken his Bath form in.

Look at 18, no way he is legal there

I've criticised Harris ability in recent games and this match has proved me right I think, just isn't quite up to scratch at this level

Peyper has no clue when it comes to mauls

MichaelT wrote:Kolbe didnt dance away from Vunipola there

My partner yelled 'oooohhhhh nooooo' when kolby stood up Mako lol

Now Itoje

The SA player trying to clear out on Mako a couple of mins ago was like a salmon leaping from the floor, clearly off feet

Old Man wrote:Look at 18, no way he is legal there

Fagerson is actually fine there doesn't change his bind. Beard does.

Nope, he is clueless.