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00:00:02round one of the inaugural nations championship some fantastic rugby played already today across
00:00:10the championship and we welcome you to ellis park in johannesburg for south africa against
00:00:17england the 48th meeting between these two countries and what a way to close out round
00:00:24one of this championship south africa on a three match winning streak against the english the last
00:00:35time they met was at twickenham at the back end of 2024 the springbox victorious by 29 points to 20
00:00:43on that occasion the last time they met here at ellis park was back in 2018 the first time that
00:00:50siakolisi captains south africa and the springbox came back from a 21 point deficit
00:00:56to end that game victorious by 42 points to 39
00:01:08england's last win in south africa came in the last test of a three match series in 2018
00:01:14that match down at newlands in cape town their only win here at ellis park in johannesburg
00:01:22against the springbox came all the way back in 1972
00:01:33wonderful atmosphere despite some empty spaces in the stadium it is filling up as kickoff approaches
00:01:43and some big changes needing to be made to the springbox side also a late withdrawal from the
00:01:50england side george firbank originally named at fullback was taken to hospital yesterday with
00:01:59appendicitis and we wish him well he's been well looked after but his place in the starting lineup
00:02:04taken by marcus smith who will start in the number 15 jersey with henry slade moving on
00:02:11to the bench for steve forthwick's side but for south africa two massive losses siakolisi himself
00:02:22strained a hamstring during the captain's run here at ellis park yesterday and his place in the number
00:02:38second row his place in the number seven jersey taken by cameron honeycomb so honeycomb off the bench and his
00:02:49place there wearing jersey number 20 will be ben jason dixon so a lot for the springrock coaching staff to
00:02:58deal with at the last minute almost 250 test caps lost through it's a beth and kolisi and their
00:03:07replacements in the starting lineup one cap for cameron honeycomb and paul de villiers on debut massive
00:03:14opportunity for those two jamie george 35 years of age leads england on to ellis park for his 111th test
00:03:26first match his 14th as captain of england in the absence of maro etoche
00:03:39an astonishing 251 matches for his club side saracens an england debut all the way back in 2015
00:03:50and spoke with great pride during the week about this opportunity to lead his team
00:03:58onto ellis park and there's been a lot of talk about that young man during the build-up to this
00:04:04test
00:04:04match henry pollock squares up to the springbox for the first time on the bench the 21 year old
00:04:12in a 6-2 split in favor of the forwards preferred by head coach steve forthwick
00:04:24experienced back row in ben earl tom curry and ollie chesson and henry pollock and guy pepper will be
00:04:31looking to add impetus to their efforts during the second half it's time for the traditional springbok welcome
00:04:39the mpr here
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00:05:29Well, the English squad
00:05:31Looking fairly non-plussed by the antics of the MP, but what a moment for both Damien Willemser and
00:05:38Cheslin Colby
00:05:40Leading the Springboks out on to Ellis Park on the occasion of their 50th test caps
00:05:46Damien Willemser with a debut against Argentina back in 2018
00:05:51But his first start in test rugby against England at Twickenham in the same year and for Cheslin Colby the
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00:05:59So many said was too small to play test rugby a debut against Australia
00:06:04In Brisbane in 2018 got his first test try in Wellington against the All Blacks a week later
00:06:13Two tries against England the last time they met in 2024 and of course
00:06:18That magical try in the final of Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019
00:06:24Peter Steff to toy a change of Jersey and a change of role
00:06:30The third time that he is captaining his country
00:06:35In the injury-enforced absence of Sia Colisi the two-time World Rugby Player of the Year
00:06:44Winning his 96th cap this afternoon and Paul de Villiers of the Stormers such an influence
00:06:50During the United Rugby Championship on the side of the scrum
00:06:53From outside the originally named 23 to a test debut
00:07:05So time
00:07:07For the national anthems
00:07:11Ladies and gentlemen if you are willing and able
00:07:15Please be upstanding for the singing of the English national anthem
00:07:19Sung today by Tabiso Masamene
00:07:22Let's sing
00:07:31God save the precious king
00:07:37Longly honorable king
00:07:42God save the king
00:07:48God save the king
00:07:52Happy and glorious
00:07:59Long to reign over us
00:08:05Now I save the King
00:08:14Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing
00:08:17for the singing of the South African National Anthem
00:08:21which will be sung by every single one of you
00:08:24and Jodie Fredericks
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00:09:26Satsang with Mooji
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00:14:07making a challenge over the ball and winning the first penalty time to say
00:14:12good evening in commentary to former springbok hooker hanyany shimungi just
00:14:17behind good afternoon matthew great all is here pressure cooker at ellis park
00:14:22put england under the pump early penalty conceded
00:14:26and the english team with a public that demands answers
00:14:29and the springbok team in the winning circle going well
00:14:33a massive challenge here today as you see the early penalty hands on your
00:14:36front man guys
00:14:39because that poor de villas already spoke about in pre-game
00:14:43no breakdown is safe with him around
00:14:47malcolm marx over the back of the line out okay
00:14:52and penalty advantage man taken in the air is
00:14:59let her come jesmond colby was taken out in the air so
00:15:05they are on penalty advantage
00:15:10nice feet
00:15:16continue to pick and go and score
00:15:19what a start for the springboks
00:15:27thomas de toy prolific in the colors of bath with his try scoring exploits in the english premiership
00:15:36this season gets a second test try and this is where all his tries are scored even for bath
00:15:42around that rack area so strong he almost gets into that scrum position nice and low keeps the studs in
00:15:49but a little bit of help and the springboks open the country lead the villas
00:15:56with him as long as cameron hanukom isolated the ball care or the defender 20 seconds after we put a
00:16:02bag of tricks you
00:16:03saw the ball over the back of the boat they're both choosing colby's about to take this kick also
00:16:10eventually it was the two that got the track
00:16:12turn out and the other clubs play six inches
00:16:17jeslin colby took the kicking duties against
00:16:20the barbarians a couple of weeks ago
00:16:23nelson mandela bay stadium that one pushed wide
00:16:27but an emphatic start this is thomas to if you look at his bath footage most of his tries
00:16:33escort from this position nice and low wins a shoulder battle
00:16:37gets into that scrum driving position stud stuck in and over he goes
00:16:43valence are again approaching the ball with confidence with intent popped away to peter
00:16:50steph to toy by marnie livock he's thinking back to the 2024 season shim two tests away against
00:16:59australia peter steph to toy wore the number five jersey in one of those and the number four in the
00:17:05other incredible versatility to call upon a mini crisis moment as is unfolded for south africa
00:17:16not held in the 24 hours leading up to this game away by van torklit
00:17:25fin smith outstanding for northampton in the premiership a little too much distance on
00:17:31that kick and no trouble for willemsa there who's now giving chase to his own kick and a brilliant
00:17:37regather a number of superb contributions early on from damian willemsa in his 50th test williams goes
00:17:49short side for creel are inside jesse creel who would have been an option to captain the side
00:17:58lead south africa three times in test rugby last year and here is oxen jack getting away from the tacklers
00:18:08the pickup from hannacom and a cutout ball from williams to lindy and kobe skins them to the inside
00:18:21south africa with their second
00:18:25that's the line break oxen chair england at the moment just watching the spring box play gain line
00:18:32dominance fastball staying on top of the english getting the ball to work with the little magician
00:18:39cheslin colby finishes it off look at this oxen chair up the cut through the middle good leg drive
00:18:44he should have looked for the process inside he backed himself to go but this is where the magic
00:18:48happens you need to win that ball you need to get it into space and damian dayland it does well
00:18:52sucks in two defenders that's all cheslin colby needed with a little step on the inside beautiful
00:18:57work beautiful finish spring box running on twenty seconds a twenty second test try for cheslin colby
00:19:05and a fourth against england one in the world cup final in japan two at twickenham at the back end
00:19:12of 2024 and now to convert his own try over the center of the crossbar
00:19:23the spring box doing all the right things but also how good has williams have been back
00:19:27been at the back of the aerial contest diffused all those bombs and cheslin colby one two there he
00:19:32goes no one can touch him excellent from cheslin colby brilliant skills team try from the spring box
00:19:42williams that okay use the ball and then timing their tackle on williams it perfectly
00:19:54use the ball got in there to make the tackle
00:19:59south africa's protection of the ball at the ruck outstanding
00:20:08regathered by paul the villiers
00:20:13oxen chair
00:20:16bustling forward boyd by that first carry
00:20:21use that one out
00:20:25now yasper visa they're used to him carrying strongly in england
00:20:30last feet white 79 caps in the colors of the leicester tigers before making his way to japan
00:20:39ground williams is hoist backwards by white pressure on fay waboso
00:20:46springbox compiling through the attempted counter rack that ball out the back not going to hand
00:20:52pressure on finn smith yeah
00:20:58yes but this is that clean use it off the potential steel now nine
00:21:09yes
00:21:09use the ball
00:21:18and van portvliet
00:21:23favorite in this game for his superior kicking skill clearing down to his own 10 meter line
00:21:30what's been impressive with the spring box if you look at the ball carries the post contact
00:21:35meters after that so every time there's contact spring box are going forward going forward which
00:21:40means the england defensive line is under pressure we haven't seen anything of the English attack so
00:21:45far no territory no penalties conceded from the spring box so at the moment England under the
00:21:51pump they need an answer they need a reply they need a spark they need something for spring box
00:21:56are running hot now box and chair needing some medical attention looks like a right knee worrying
00:22:13sign they're making a sign to the knee against Japan in the first test of the November tour last year
00:22:20at
00:22:23Wembley let's bring him on now just a good chunk of the Sharks you RC campaign it might have been
00:22:31in
00:22:32one of those carries is that a couple of good ones maybe when he landed crowds out there in the
00:22:37numbers
00:22:38it was cold in Joburg this time of the year but it would have been in one of these carries
00:22:45here Matthew
00:22:45as you went to guys gotta look at the lower leg to go now that's the one that you're for
00:22:50the subs
00:22:51one after that this was now we got exceptional from Oxen chair play on so let's go you see so
00:22:56much of
00:22:56this let's go for the cheaters if you remember man if they're not making us up we'll play
00:23:02no he's not he's getting strapped so let's go guys bring him in yep come in Oxen chair receiving
00:23:10some strapping but James Dolman wants play to continue but he's he's up and trotting
00:23:16there's two usage on the field here it's dinner come I think Ox has gone off he's gone off
00:23:25okay subs done time on England on the line it's gonna come on to win cap number 17
00:23:33second line out for Malcolm Marks beautiful take from Nokia
00:23:39Deft touch from Creole and then to Lindy for Lubbock
00:23:47Emi Feuweboso trying to run his way out of trouble leave it six leave it
00:23:55pulled the bullies went in to try and affect the steal lost his footing
00:24:00called off by the referee use the ball
00:24:06last feet green
00:24:09Van Portfield
00:24:12Willemso waits
00:24:18freezes arms beautifully in the tackle for quality ball presentation
00:24:23De Lindy now
00:24:27no your tackle is still there
00:24:32Thomas de Toi
00:24:35tucks the ball for a carry
00:24:36use it
00:24:39this is where South Africa just giving that control the game management
00:24:42England getting no ball whatsoever and this is transferring the pressure back onto them
00:24:48Colby gives chase to the kick from Williams
00:24:51Caden Merliet 14 minutes
00:24:55and another penalty to the spring box for holding on they're just getting
00:25:00outnumbered out muscled at the breakdown or England
00:25:02holding on but also just getting the right outcomes also
00:25:05thing
00:25:05what happens is I think
00:25:09Caden Merliet did well to get that ball but the players around and need to react to win that breakdown
00:25:13because the South African players the spring ball players are running onto it
00:25:16because you're too long
00:25:17so if someone's slow there
00:25:18the guy like us for visas over that and it's impossible to take him off
00:25:22so South Africa just getting positive outcome of the positive outcome
00:25:33and this is a chair he does well to get this ball this is great work
00:25:36now the players around him need to get there quickly shoulder back to lost visa over the
00:25:40ball penalty conceded advantage South Africa
00:25:45stay out
00:25:46stay out
00:25:47three white
00:25:49okay
00:25:52it's too early
00:25:53numbers
00:25:54well a let off for South Africa
00:25:56number three joins too early
00:25:59James Dolman awarding the free kick and visa
00:26:04off a quick tap from Grant Williams
00:26:07come again through Hannah Komp
00:26:09okay advantage offside
00:26:11offside advantage now Williams with a free play
00:26:14goes wide Lubbock
00:26:16and Willemser
00:26:19just had to halt his run
00:26:20did Aronser but is he in
00:26:22the try is given
00:26:26it's a wonderful finish from Kirtley Aronser
00:26:29had to check his run
00:26:31to receive the pass
00:26:34but in
00:26:36for a 24th test drive
00:26:40now Matthew we said it's a pressure cooker and this is it
00:26:43playing itself out live
00:26:44look at this Kirtley Aronser's top start he goes
00:26:48around Marcus Smith he should make this tackle yeah he needs to make this tackle
00:26:52Kirtley Aronser too strong he gets into the action
00:26:55but it's also the accurate passing the pass from Manny Laboc
00:26:59out wide straight in front of the receiver
00:27:02the timing of the run the accuracy of the run all on penalty advantage
00:27:06I have one
00:27:13Kirtley Aronser joins JP Pedersen on 24 tries ninth on the all-time list
00:27:19and one shy of Percy Montgomery
00:27:27get a penalty advantage just the accuracy of the passing
00:27:31that's why it's one of the best finishes in the world Kirtley Aronser
00:27:34a little gap and that's all he needed that's all he needed
00:27:37does Springboks over again
00:27:48changing the direction of the kickoff that time Finn Smith going away to his left
00:27:54OK clear it it's your own man use the ball
00:27:57control from Peter Steff to toy slightly longer rack created for grant Williams
00:28:05that goes by white smith gathers the rebound and finds some space
00:28:13the toy was flying in with the cover tackle just managed to
00:28:16get something on finn smith to halt his run smith marcus smith that time
00:28:26almost a quarter of an hour into the game first real opportunity for england with ball in hand
00:28:31van portfleet finn smith and genge
00:28:38van portfleet and jesse creel latching on
00:28:48alex coles of northampton to the short side now they've got a couple of pods of forwards
00:28:58open sign again seb atkinson just his fifth test cap
00:29:03van portfleet arms beautifully through the tackle for finn smith
00:29:07pressure on the spring box here curry with the offload for joe hayes
00:29:13step
00:29:17no
00:29:21smith for marcus smith stepping twisting but not quite
00:29:27no hands extraordinary defensive effort there but still on for england martin and coles wait for a
00:29:34carry george martin last the receiver then jamie george vantage
00:29:40temper from england finally they've managed to get a little bit of position and they look good
00:29:49start off with finn smith with that little half break but you can see the energy of the runners
00:29:55the energy of the clean the energy of the breakdown work this is what england are going to have to
00:30:00bring
00:30:01they're asking questions and they're asking some good questions on attack
00:30:07are you tapping okay just make sure it's visible
00:30:14ellis genge the ball at his feet with the tap penalty hands away last feet
00:30:28jamie george the captain with a pick and go then coles
00:30:34just unable to get the ball to the line
00:30:36and ruan nokia don't come in green steady on defense
00:30:46holding their position behind the try line another carry for ben earl fun fort fleet for genge
00:31:02and port fleet goes open side don't come over the top will it come
00:31:10massive defensive effort here from the spring box with their line under siege
00:31:17charl hayes
00:31:19hands up
00:31:23carry supporting the ball carrier towards the line
00:31:30coles held up but short of the line try
00:31:34sneaky sneaky but jamie george
00:31:39yeah the timing was there i think it was the springbok players were looking up to see that port
00:31:43to go wide jamie george right on the line sneaky little trap but it all counts
00:31:5217th test try for england's captain on the night of first against the spring box
00:31:58extended period of pressure on south africa's try line
00:32:09showing a good picture of what they can offer on attack
00:32:16okay
00:32:25well maybe it's going to get chalked off obviously on field decision is try
00:32:32we just want to confirm whether he's entitled to play the ball from the position that he's in correct
00:32:37i think he's probably the ruck that's correct we need to check to see if he's bound to the ruck
00:32:41and
00:32:41whether he can play that ball
00:32:51so we need to see if his shoulder is continuously bound he's got both feet and yeah nine puts his
00:32:55hands on the ball as well
00:32:56yeah so he's offside so it's going to be no try yeah we don't have any advantages in the sequence
00:33:02so it's going to be no try penalty here yeah okay okay so you can um come back to me
00:33:09we're going to
00:33:09disallow this try because he's actually offside nine touches the ball and then he plays it in front of
00:33:20so it's going to be a penalty here i'll let you get back 10 and then i'll blow time back
00:33:40on
00:33:40okay so just back touches the ball and he's then you're in front of him okay so you can't play
00:33:48the ball
00:33:52well disappointment for england's captain but the explanation crystal clear from james dolman that
00:33:58jack van portfeet had touched the ball and jamie george was in front of him so technically in an
00:34:05offside position
00:34:09and england needed something incredibly fast start from south africa
00:34:16came out the tunnel firing relentless pressure that scoreboard ticking over england well it was a
00:34:22good report they had a good attacking seat no this is the last stage but it's positive signs from
00:34:27england but they need position i could see in that replay the hands on the ball from jack van portfleet
00:34:35hold on the point that's good now come in
00:34:44no contest from england on the throw to ruanokia paul de villiers
00:34:51bouncing off the attempted tackle of tom curry
00:35:00hoist onto murley and gathered by detoy
00:35:04malcolm marx couldn't hang on that could have got interesting at that right touch line scrum advantage
00:35:12okay to england there's yet to be a scrum in this game okay as we approach the end of the
00:35:18first quarter
00:35:18go use the ball last feet
00:35:25carried back into the 22 meter area by van portfleet more brilliance out of the air from damian willemse
00:35:36visa
00:35:39now lubbock goes high in crossfield jesse creel positioned out there putting the pressure on faye
00:35:47waboso it's excellent work from marcus smith what's happening with the england kicking game is they're
00:35:56kicking too long to willemse and he's got all the time it's almost giving the spring box a platform to
00:36:02attack from manila bob just sits in the pocket transfers the pressure of the cross kick so from
00:36:08portfleet's kicks need to be a little bit short to make them contestable at least you've got a
00:36:11chance of getting it back at the moment damon willems is dominating the sky from the back
00:36:26four man line out from south africa another take for ruan nokia
00:36:33you were mentioning pre-game shemi that
00:36:37with the disruption to south africa's pack with the withdrawal of etzebeth and
00:36:43polisi they would probably make liberal use of the full man line up
00:36:58ball lost forward by the springbox okay let's go guys and we will have the first scrum
00:37:07okay i said probably just looked up a bit but running on momentum again springbox managed to get
00:37:13frankfurt pulled because they won the aerial battle
00:37:17so england i'm not getting any return on in terms of the air just shoulders square from here okay
00:37:24shoulders square at the time i think round up let's go
00:37:34let's go locks england spoke during the week about the scrummaging power of george martin
00:37:42in the number five jersey no maro etoje in this match alex coles alongside martin
00:37:52boys i we can i can't move forward with the calls when there's that much engine
00:37:56Thomas tutorial know each other from the prem obviously they've tacked down against each other
00:38:01plenty of times okay so england scrum that will back themselves here traditionally very good scrummers
00:38:06then i'll call to see all right so far too much movement
00:38:32now too early on the engage before the call from james dolman so importantly quick to go
00:38:38with the free kick and away to ben earl
00:38:44and ollie chesson no no left
00:38:50finn smith for marcus smith space closing down very quickly damien delendi working hard
00:38:56good at the counter ruck out the back from hayes then atkinson for tommy freeman
00:39:04will pop inside for atkinson oh okay play
00:39:09it was ripped it was ripped so no knock on says the referee tackle on genge from malcolm marks a
00:39:18little
00:39:18juggle there costing england play no impact
00:39:22come out damien delendi cleaned off the steel martin
00:39:32jamie george dipping low into contact
00:39:37earl
00:39:41then van portfleet off the left boot a little bit of territory one but
00:39:48the ball handed back to south africa they're getting off the line quickly the spring box
00:39:54that's a good that's a good defensive set from the spring box
00:39:57from unfortunately forced to kick it because the defense is so good you can see
00:40:02the ball focus from a lot of the south african players in the defensive breakdown malcolm
00:40:05marks over the board the village over the ball we saw thomas tutoy trying to go over the ball but
00:40:10the english breakdown work has been good in terms of shifting bodies but again south africans recycling
00:40:15while all he's presenting numbers in front of the ball so england forced to kick
00:40:21to toy the target at the front under pressure from england but grant williams
00:40:26finding a little bit of space and that's all he needs to villiers
00:40:31to toy
00:40:35holds it up just long enough for support to arrive it comes through cameron hanecom who's
00:40:41lost it forward in contact moved away by marcus smith into an empty backfield
00:40:52williamsak tight to that right touch line getting good distance himself and that's extraordinary
00:40:58magic absolute magic 50 22 from damian williamsak the half centurion what a game he's having
00:41:08again the ability to cover that backfield thought marcus smith might it was the 50 22 was close damon
00:41:15williamsak returns it with interest williamsak pull to fill is on the inside of him he's looking
00:41:21there almost we're trying to be moving one on one year but again england scrambling
00:41:27williamsak look at this hugged up against the touchline the banana kick
00:41:30the perfect bounce the perfect outcome springbox on the march seven
00:41:35a lob towards the tail it is always going to be tough for ruin no care it was
00:41:46drifting away from him in the air
00:41:53the option was on just the throat it's a long throw over the back generally quite well they
00:41:59don't get contested but
00:42:02well you can scan that qr code on your screen to play fantasy rugby and find out more about this
00:42:09inaugural nations championship round one today some stunning rugby played down under earlier today
00:42:16narrow wins for new zealand over france and for ireland over australia
00:42:25and then japan winners over italy in round one and wales comfortable winners in the end against
00:42:34fiji
00:42:53find out guys let's go
00:43:02scotland and argentina the the final match of this opening round and we have another scrum the
00:43:07first one resulted in a free kick there's been a bit of talk about the feed to the scrum in
00:43:13the build
00:43:14up to this championship scrum half required to have his left shoulder aligned with the middle of the
00:43:20front row and stand square we can play the ball stay up nine out gone down but james dolman saying
00:43:29it's available to play so ben earl with the pickup at the back on port fleet martin
00:43:39it's available
00:43:42not out
00:43:50fair content will upset for the first time in the game losing the contest in the air
00:43:56to cayden murley finn smith and atkinson marcus smith looking for fair with boso
00:44:12advantage to england not clear if it's penalty for deliberate or just a knock-on
00:44:24it's a knock-on call against kurt lee or inside because the spring box become trash up the wide
00:44:33options on the bridge fast as all is open as he's actually trying to catch the ball but it has
00:44:37to
00:44:37be accurate and they know it's pretty much will back the scramble defense to get there but there
00:44:45he's in the passing lane there that's well done from kurt lee or answer
00:44:49it's very what boso can go if you get him into space he's electric
00:44:54so far the scrums are non-event to be honest with you
00:44:58the party continues the beat goes on in joeberg
00:45:03guys for me right now it's a pass that he's actually tried to go to catch it
00:45:07but okay let me know
00:45:12yeah okay so then do we have it
00:45:15okay so time off let's just go and check this thing well maybe this is going to be more
00:45:21better than a scrum so we have some issues right now it was knock-on but we want to make
00:45:26sure
00:45:28we're going to look at it okay just can we put that on the screen for me please i just
00:45:33want to
00:45:33check whether or not it's a deliberate knock-on and then whether or not there's a overlap
00:45:40okay here's your angle james
00:45:51up into the air james dolman's view was that it was okay so we're we're at penalty an attempt
00:45:58it's not a genuine attempt but on review he's there's a clear overlap
00:46:03yes agree there is a clear overlap okay so we're at yellow card
00:46:09yeah yellow you're talking yellow okay you can come back to me
00:46:15okay it's uh it's not a genuine attempt to go for the ball
00:46:19it's lost forward deliberate knock-on overlap
00:46:25i'm not sure i agree with that right he's in the passing lane i mean that process you can see
00:46:30marcus
00:46:30with trying to get the ball over him he's obviously going to try jump up and play it
00:46:36penalty if we are probably yellow a bit harsh i think
00:46:45so kirtley irons are off until just prior to the end of this first half
00:46:53no ball okay open up
00:46:57yep come in
00:47:04ollie chessam at the front of england's line out and away by martin finn smith cuts out
00:47:10one to find marcus smith chase from cayden murley
00:47:16missed the attempted hack through and jesse creel was there in cover
00:47:23use
00:47:27jasper visa taking two defenders to ground with him okay use it
00:47:37i'm not surprising that grant williams is not looking for a contestable in these circumstances but
00:47:43rather a kick to touch that eats up a bit of time
00:47:48this is an important stage of the game for them
00:47:51try to draw something back especially south afghan a yellow card
00:47:55quick ball off the top from england
00:47:59all the way three for atkinson in midfield
00:48:05against the dummy runner earl the recipient little dink over the top and cheslin colby in cover oh my
00:48:12goodness no but he touched the line
00:48:17cheslin colby has dodged one there he was expecting that to bounce into touch
00:48:22but there's some good players here
00:48:26isolating the backfield
00:48:31nice out
00:48:34right now green ball
00:48:36yeah there is it three make sure any inserts come in get your timing right three
00:48:49just a three-man line-up peter steve to toy with the tank pull the belliers that looked high
00:48:56immediate hands up in apology from ellis games and that's a
00:49:02a really soft exit offered to the springbox
00:49:11to his hand up straight away it's a step that got him he over tracked
00:49:19it's a high tackle it's around here first and slips up it's a penalty only
00:49:24so that's that's the thing matthew we can get out the orange to get to yellow card earlier on
00:49:28let's go in the passing lane now high shot here and it's a penalty only
00:49:50we have to admire the kicking of marnie lebok out of hand depending on the side of the field
00:49:57and the pressure cooker of test rugby just very calmly just lines up with the left boot
00:50:04on the right side of the field
00:50:08time's off guys
00:50:12sorry sorry hang on outstanding performance so far from damian villamsa from the occasion of his 50th
00:50:18test match been superb in the air good sorry guys i was the only one that i kept them i
00:50:25didn't hear
00:50:25any of that are you all right okay come on just so i mean it's only the one up and
00:50:31under which
00:50:31england got right or the one contestable but so confident so brave in the air so assertive
00:50:36and look at the space he's got also even there he's got the opportunity to get that off right away
00:50:42but damon villamsa solid today
00:50:47it's a steal against the throw from chesom quickly shifted into the midfield
00:50:54save atkinson
00:50:58and putting the ball in behind south africa's defensive line but
00:51:05off a turnover at the line out they had wanted more
00:51:10what he wanted though it's a good kick but not too long just for somebody for fear
00:51:14with bursa to chase three blocks are played on you pulled out
00:51:20he's pulled out and hanukom
00:51:24spotting space on the fringe of the ruck okay hands away don't use it
00:51:32jasper visa desperate to carry but not making headway that time let it come
00:51:39it's inside grant williams just asking the question is this inside the 22 so
00:51:45can mani live our kick directly into touch the answer is yes
00:51:52what's happening is also england they're playing the game on the right side of the field
00:51:58to getting attacking seats but no benefit to no return from it when south africa had the same
00:52:03opportunity hence the 17-0 they got returned from in england getting some good attacking sets but not
00:52:10finishing it off
00:52:14alex coles and again they move the ball away from the line out quickly into the
00:52:19wider channels fair we're both so and merly for the space for him with fair we're both so up to
00:52:25is outside williams a crucial tackle
00:52:33front foot momentum ball it was ripped by green for england no knock on jeslin colby went in with
00:52:40atkinson atkinson no sex don't come in pressure on south africa's try line once again martin
00:52:53and haze in with the clean quick ball for van portfleet finn smith
00:53:05then fair we're both so with a penalty advantage being shown to england
00:53:24back they come for the penalty we've seen england go with tap penalties from these positions and getting
00:53:30out of the way to get out of the way to get out of the way to get out of
00:53:35the way to get out of the way
00:53:35oh that's power from genge that is power from genge stadium quiet here but england had been asking
00:53:42some good questions eventually they get returned the strong man the pitbull ellis genge gets it over
00:53:50this time no one around him he says give it to me i'll do this by myself drops the shoulder
00:53:54over he
00:53:56goes ellis genge powerful work from him he is the man that's there to drive the toughness and there
00:54:02he did it perfectly for england an eighth test try for ellis genge in his 81st test match a first
00:54:10against the spring box just his body position his ability to drop there i think it was thomas
00:54:17to toy the try to make the tackle games drop shoulder hammers it up
00:54:27never been on the winning side in an english shirt against south africa
00:54:32three previous attempts look you guys still got water off and then i can put pressure on them
00:54:38conversion now quickly added by finn smith
00:54:45south africa's lead reduced to seven okay astonishing start with three tries inside the first quarter
00:55:02mani levoc again not surprisingly goes deep with the restart trying to pin england down in their 22 meter
00:55:11area with just about a user a minute and a half remaining on the yellow card clock for curtly iron
00:55:16sir
00:55:21from port fleet's kick
00:55:24brilliant again from willem sir but the counteract coming in from england
00:55:29outstanding from malcolm marx
00:55:32pick up the loose ball stay on his feet
00:55:37waiting for support now it's williams's turn to hoist
00:55:45fair waboso couldn't control marcus smith
00:55:52eventually brought down by ruan nokia
00:55:58i've been fighting hard at the breakdown looking for that steel
00:56:07but really wanna he's usually a fantastic decision maker when it comes to the breakdown
00:56:12reads the refs interpretations but just desperation from the village to get that steel
00:56:17isolated runner smith did well here
00:56:24did well danced himself out of trouble
00:56:28over the 15 goes jamie george for pen earl
00:56:34in front port fleet with the ball over the top and wow grant williams
00:56:41going with two hands a genuine attempt at an interception and then he caught it
00:56:48it was just green grass in front of him curtly iron sir is back
00:56:52that's good work also england knowing that quickly orange is off so there is space there
00:56:56that's all where they went down that side with the bridge pass over the top
00:57:00front williams does well to cover that space actually does excellently to cover that space
00:57:05so that's england realizing there's no wing at home so get it over into space there
00:57:09williams rescues rescues the dead
00:57:26scrams have been a rarity in this test match coach i think stiernikov knocked that ball on him just
00:57:33so he could get a scrum
00:57:44fin smith takes it flat
00:57:50get out get out atkinson with the carry south africa thought they'd
00:57:58run a turn over now an excellent kick from fin smith
00:58:03but from just inside south africa's half so a line out to the spring box in their own 22.
00:58:12by england showing some fight now they had a good scrum they've sort of going forward
00:58:1650 22 on the england side forced to use it but little attacking kicks behind the south african
00:58:21defense are working well for the english the spring box here we just want to get this in
00:58:25and out and grab some oranges 50-22 well it's been changed it's been changed to an england throw
00:58:32for a 50-22
00:58:36important set here important set for england
00:58:43six plus one important set for both teams one score of any description for england gets them
00:58:50stay out within a converted try of the spring box going into halftime from portfleet and tommy freeman
00:59:01recycle the ball quickly number four and chess and with some soft hands for martin george martin
00:59:09gets over for the try that is a big moment in the game
00:59:16england closing the gap to five with a kick to come after surrendering a 17-point deficit
00:59:23they are right back in this at halftime yeah well executed the ball behind the back
00:59:28but you can see the forwards lurking down the blind side big george gorgeous george at the moment goes
00:59:34over for england drops the shoulder look at that power from him the big man thank you reckon six
00:59:42foot 120 something kilograms down the wing just before halftime at altitude brings england back 20
00:59:49seconds and it's a first test try for george martin one that he will save a finn smith
01:00:00to reduce south africa's lead to just three points which he has done stunning finish to the first 40 minutes
01:00:09from england they go into the changing rooms with their tails up south africa with tries
01:00:19from detoy colby
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