South Africa v British & Irish Lions, 24 July

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SOUTH AFRICA v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS
Saturday 24 July
KO: 18:00 SAST / 17:00 UK / 20:00 Dubai  
Cape Town Stadium (Newlands), Cape Town
Sky Sports Main Event

Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Ben O’Keeffe, Mathieu Raynal
TMO: Marius Bloody Jonker of all people

TEAMS:

SOUTH AFRICA:
15 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 62 caps, 60 pts (12t)
14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse) – 14 caps, 40 pts (8t)
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 15 caps, 15 pts (3t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Munster) – 47 caps, 30 pts (6t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 14 caps, 70 pts (14t)
10 – Handré Pollard (vice-captain – Montpellier) – 49 caps, 465pts (6t, 78c, 89p, 4d)
09 – Faf de Klerk (Sale Sharks) – 30 caps, 20 pts (4t)

08 – Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo) – 7 caps, 5 pts (1t)
07 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Stormers) – 56 caps, 25 pts (5t)
06 – Siya Kolisi (captain – Cell C Sharks) – 51 caps, 30 pts (6t)
05 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 40 caps, 5pts (1t)
04 – Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) – 86 caps, 15 pts (3t)
03 – Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls) – 43 caps, 5 pts (1t)
02 – Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Stormers) – 37 caps, 40 pts (8t)
01 – Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks) – 2 caps, 0 pts

16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 34 caps, 30 pts (6t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 48 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 39 caps, 5pts (1t)
19 – Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks) – 45 caps, 25 pts (5t)
20 – Rynhardt Elstadt (Toulouse) – 2 caps, 0 pts
21 – Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers) – 11 caps, 25 pts (5t)
22 – Elton Jantjies (Pau) – 38 caps, 283 pts (2t, 63c, 49p)
23 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 7 caps, 5pts (1t)

BRITISH & IRISH LIONS:
15. Stuart Hogg (Exeter, Scotland) #783
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, England) #816
13. Elliot Daly (Saracens, England) #822
12. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #824
11. Duhan van der Merwe (Worcester Warriors, Scotland) #841
10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints, Wales) #821
09. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors, Scotland) #843

01. Rory Sutherland (Worcester, Scotland) #840
02. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter, England) #851
03. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #818
04. Maro Itoje (Saracens, England) #825
05. Alun Wyn Jones (C) (Ospreys, Wales) #761
06. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, England) #826
07. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, England) #853
08. Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby, Ireland) #839

16. Ken Owens (Scarlets, Wales) #829
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, England) #787
18. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, England) #814
19. Tadhg Beirne (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #838
20. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby, Scotland) #847
21. Conor Murray (Munster Rugby, Ireland) #790
22. Owen Farrell (Saracens, England) #780
23. Liam Williams (Scarlets, Wales) #833

PREVIEW:

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Does the TMO not have any more angles?

Forward pass but not called. Shame. The perfect counter-punch by South Africa.

Oh my he's called the offside, though he looked on.

Forward pass

Frak joke

mikey_dragon wrote:Pass forward before what looked like offside.

The pass was clearly forward but Le Roux was behind the kick. Two wrongs do make a right.

Well itbturns out old man was right. The tmo is an idiot for that. Correct overall as as I said Curry turned over then the ball is played off feet.

Ridiculous decision, try all day long

The recieving player was Infront of the passer.

Kick was ok

No the pass wasn’t clearly forward, you got a penalty out of it which was damn close as well, no need to complain

Oh always said nigel owens knew what he was on about!

Biggar's kicking for touch from pens has been very safe, he's got it in his locker to go for more distance imo. We need all the territory we can get

It was more of a forward pass than an offside, though!

Anyway the Lions have messed up the subsequent attacking phases.

BamBam wrote:Biggar's kicking for touch from pens has been very safe, he's got it in his locker to go for more distance imo. We need all the territory we can get

Find it pretty surprising myself. Knee heavily strapped. Wonder if it’s bothering him slightly.

Daly’s blown it today.

Well that's a try. Gatland needs to make changes here.

bit off a fortunate try there

Horrific defence. Good try for South Africa.

Gift from TMO

Clearly touched 7s hand

Come on ref, that was ripped

Wish people would stop trying to choke AWJ.

Old Man wrote:Come on ref, that was ripped

Was it ripped after Jones knee was on the floor though?

familiar scoreline

Old Man wrote:Come on ref, that was ripped

Well it’s no different to what Daly got pinged for then.

Old Man wrote:Come on ref, that was ripped

What are you talking about, AWJ's knee was on the floor.

Lovely by Lawes.

This referee is a lotto, Boks need to playterritory

Agrre whole heartedly with Warburton: keep the ball.

Feel that if you’re going to sub people, it’s Price, AWJ, Curry and Daly that need to go off.

Decent first scrum on his own ball for Vunipola but big test here.

If that was a knock, isn’t v d merwe offside?

Old Man wrote:If that was a knock, isn’t v d merwe offside?

Yes.

Another Frak high tackle from SA

No 7&1/2 wrote:

Old Man wrote:If that was a knock, isn’t v d merwe offside?

Yes.

Penalty to SA surely.

Kolbe taken out

This pitch is really cutting up. Will that suit the Scots?

That are two wrong calls against SA in succession

Lions haven’t conceded one penalty in the second half, SA 8

That’s a great kick by Biggar.

Old Man wrote:Lions haven’t conceded one penalty in the second half, SA 8

Must be near a yellow. Could decide it.

Old Man wrote:Lions haven’t conceded one penalty in the second half, SA 8

Your worst fears coming true then?

We need to stay out of our half, this referee isn’t very competent

Complete role reversal in this half so far, is the game being played on a slope?

Lions hit the front.

Eek. That's close to bad by Watson.

Idiot.

Yellow I think.

Lucky.

I am surprised that isn’t a yellow.

Total stupidity. Lucky to avoid a yellow.

Lucky boy.