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00:00their tails up south africa with tries
00:04from the toy colby and our answer thomas de toy
00:11and a conversion by cheslin colby tries for england by ellis genge and george martin both
00:19converted by finn smith half time at ellis park south africa 17 england 14.
00:38oh what a game we have on our hands here at ellis park in johannesburg half time
00:42and south africa only leading by three points what a great blitz start from them uh with those three
00:48quick tries but what a response it's been from the red roses in this game we're really really
00:53loving it hope you want to hashtag ssrugby with your questions as well as your thoughts i'm still
00:58upstairs with anthony watson and skulk berger skulk straight to you uh for that disallowed try jamie
01:04george it looks like he was in for a good measure great comeback by england but that try would have
01:08also helped yeah just a little technical infringement once you part of the ruck and the ball passes here
01:13the back let alone jack from portfield taking and touching the ball in an offside position
01:18up front it looks nice and sneak sneaky as you see the both hands of jack from portfield's on the
01:23on the ball jamie george take it in front in front of him that's offside position
01:28is it only me or you do we have that sinking feeling we've seen this movie before
01:33think wallaby's last year exact same start first half of two halves you'll see it clearly so jamie george
01:40was bound both arms in the rack steampadas the rack as soon as the ball runs through his legs
01:45from portfield the number nine touches it deemed offside disallowed try seemed a little sneaky in
01:50the beginning but tried disallowed the aerial game anthony is what you have picked out where how do you
01:55how well do you think england are doing where do you want them to improve no i think there's a
01:59there's
01:59a quite a stark contrast with the success that both teams have had out of the aerial contest i think
02:04you can talk about the length of the kicks but a kick is only as good as its chase and
02:08i think the
02:08south african wingers have gone after every ball like they're gonna they're gonna win it just have
02:12a look here at the speed that these guys are going after the ball getting up in the air and
02:16constantly
02:16making it a bit of a contest ultimately winning the ball and then i think when you contrast it with
02:21with england and the one time that they did win an aerial contest is when they finally got into
02:25south africa's half and unfortunately got a disallowed try but that's what really kick-started their
02:30impetus into this into this first half so i think going into the second half england will definitely
02:35have to be a lot more secure in this area the ringers will have to chase better and the kicks
02:38will have to be a better distance well at the moment it's the big man the big burly man and
02:42ellis ganja and george martin that have put them on the board but this aerial game that's what they'll
02:47have to clean up going into that second half we're going to go downstairs to the tactical corner in just
02:51a moment braeton pulsa as well as victor matfield standing by just some of their thoughts and some of the
02:57things that they've picked up in that first half as well great i mean a wonderful end to the uh
03:03england half because they certainly coming back you know with a vengeance what do you think was
03:08the difference when uh england got back now we've seen it the whole day today i mean that france game
03:13all blacks game island sailor these guys just don't go away unfortunately with that yellow card they got
03:19spacing behind us they put a ball in behind us they got the ball back and then we also lost
03:24two line
03:24out balls crucial line out balls that's really cost us it gave them opportunities to have ball in hand
03:30and we saw whenever the teams got the ball in hand they're very dangerous well let's dive into it
03:35the most beautiful team try you will see this here um it was absolutely amazing damien willem sir
03:42who's been outstanding in the first half in his first half to have kept you know he kicked the ball
03:46regained the ball and then victor patience on attack you know shoveling the ball left right and center
03:52basic stuff but so efficient yes what i did like in that first 20 minutes we dominated the aerial battle
03:58jasper visa has been outstanding every time he carries he gets that extra meters second meter what
04:04i do like about our attack here so we stay on top we don't go deep back in the pocket
04:09gives them
04:09opportunity to reset in defense oxygen fantastic carry there get through the middle right clean by one
04:16again on top we don't give them time to get set back uh in that offensive line and that brilliant
04:23prize by grant williams and then and who's going to stop this man right we can tell us magic man
04:27pocket
04:28rocket jackson copy for another try and yeah the box certainly all the momentum victor but i mean you
04:34know visa turnover jasper visa works so hard every week every game for the springboks team um you know
04:41whenever he is uh part of the game you know he gets involved he steals balls just magnificent i mean
04:48look at it just fantastic yeah just a work rate of jasper visa i mean he's been outstanding that first
04:54arm he and um paul has been at that breakdown the whole time slowing down the ball and that's going
05:00to
05:00be so critical that's taken off i mean we talk about england they've got players henrik pola coming on
05:05that can put pace into the ball but if we can slow down those breakdowns yeah then our defense can
05:10get in
05:10in place we can get off the line we can put them under pressure but a box certainly need the
05:15bomb
05:15squad for the second half it's all too playful give kudos to england for coming back late in the first
05:20half bomb squad is going to have to make some magic for both of these teams anthony how do england
05:27topple south africa here they've got them against the rose yeah for sure i think the first thing we
05:31touched on was obviously the aerial battle that's massive for for england to play in the right areas
05:35they've got to win that contest i think secondly i think they've got to then play with momentum once
05:39they've got that they've got to stay on top whether it's through the forwards you know george martin we
05:42saw a brilliant carrier at the end of that first half george ollie chesom ellis skenge those guys on
05:47the front foot and then the boys out into the backs getting them space and time and then you know
05:52taking
05:52the opportunities that present themselves those are the two ways i see well they've scored two tries
05:56later on in this game it looks like england might be able to be get back into this but a
06:00big one for
06:01south africa on the card second half is going to be a thriller it's coming up all right so we
06:06are
06:07having a great time here at lone creek spur in mall of africa and there is a vibe but i
06:11just found
06:12these lovely ladies uh i just want to hear from you your thoughts on that first half um my thoughts
06:17on
06:17the first half out we are definitely winning this there is no way that you are losing go parkies
06:23go parkies you're also feeling the same way i'm also feeling the same way we are winning today
06:31listen this is how we rock the year at lone creek spur loving every moment of it
06:36not thinking knowing the box are going to do it
06:47do ellis park in johannesburg where a thrilling second 40 minutes awaits in this round one match
06:55in the 2026 nations championship south africa lead england by 17 to 14.
07:05felix great start to the game uh the the latter part of the first half not that great yeah but
07:11definitely uh two elements of the ill discipline cost us a penalty when we had them under pressure
07:15in the 22 and then unfortunately uh a yellow card pretty pretty hard one on currently and that gave
07:20them an into the game gave them a little bit of kick space in behind and gave them a little
07:24bit of
07:24momentum in the late later parts of that first half when you were down to 14 struggled to to get
07:29position again as well yeah i think yeah their willingness to kind of keep putting the ball in
07:33behind us was uh was was was tactically quite quite good by them uh with us down and man we
07:38handled it
07:38all the way uh but then just uh eventually uh couldn't couldn't couldn't hold on with that
07:43that much momentum but back to 15 now so hopefully that'll level out any personnel changes for the
07:48second half uh nothing straight away all the bits for the second off thanks john
07:56so felix jones just giving the south african coaches view on that first half england enjoying 61 percent of
08:05the possession in that first half and slight territorial dominance as well so that 17 point lead early on
08:14for south africa perhaps skewing the view of who was dominant
08:22and in the supersport halftime chat victor matfield a legendary south african lock referenced
08:29the effect of two crucial lineouts being lost with the withdrawal of even etzebeth worth noting that
08:37even franco mustard salman murat jean klein all unavailable as test match locks and riley norton who played
08:48against the barbarians a couple of weeks ago also injured during this test match week so some real
08:56reshuffling required behind the springbox in terms of their line out
09:03and a game hanging on a knife edge impossible not to think back and use the ball to the test
09:12match
09:12against australia in last year's rugby championship where the springbox ran out to a 22 points to nil lead
09:21and ended up not getting another point
09:26in the first half of the contestant australia streaking away to win that match comfortably
09:31they need to take the lessons from that experience another wonderful contribution from jasper visa who
09:38has been immense that's for england we saw that in the first half also of that contestable kick just
09:44not winning that breakdown especially when they're getting the ball back the cleaners need an urgency
09:50their cleaners or the supporting players to get around that ball as quickly as possible because
09:54you've got attacking players running towards the ball again matthew i think this game here you're going
09:59to have to look at the battle of the benches who makes the call who makes it early and which
10:04bench is going to have the most impact visa over the ball strong strong strong strong
10:15the ball that will drive the ball out of the ball skip back even after the ball former
10:16england have regularly put men in the air on south african line out ball
10:19now out white out get out always getting it on their terms and we've heard about
10:26the adjustment to the interpretation of the mall law james dolman being very clear that england had to
10:33get out of that position you cannot go past the ball and then effectively pull back towards your
10:43opponent's line four first and seven as well four and seven the double penalty look from that
10:51breakdown second penalty look where you end up as a result two negative outcomes for england
10:56in the spring box you want to make them pay for that two penalties you are in trouble
11:03changes momentum completely
11:09holding lens the gap is good
11:20cameron hanukum the target and jasper visa getting the ball at pace never held as he went to ground
11:27so allowed to get up and play it again momentum early on in the second half for south africa hanukum
11:36and then the captain peter steph to toy
11:43visa again he's out he's out
11:50popped on by de villiers for hanukum pick up from peter steph to toy
11:58put in clean made there herat sterna kump who came on early in the piece for an injured oxen chair
12:05de villiers
12:09in williams thomas de toy scorer of the first try in this test match
12:17met on the gain line stand up again this is excellent defending from england just not giving
12:25an inch nokia tips down towards contact sir again but this time from a standing start use
12:43hana com gets past tom carry who is pinned to the ground williams
12:53williams and de lindy
12:58another pick and go from jasper visa it is relentless but so too the defensive efforts
13:06from jamie george's team advantage to the springbox hana com couldn't get it down
13:19free play now
13:27out the back they come luboc and jesse creel can he get outside his man well are inside
13:37more brilliant committed defense from england
13:43james tolman still on that penalty advantage steen account into the 20 phases and eventually
13:51the wall breaks with grant williams
13:56who got a stunner at twickenham and now has his second try against england and eight in test
14:04rugby for south africa's scrum half imagine you go back to where it all started the steal
14:09from visa the wall penalty then england in trouble williams this time feeding the forwards feeding
14:16the forwards this time he goes by himself that's that arc you try to attack the second defender
14:23nowhere to be found the hole too big it opened up the defenders english defenders didn't come
14:28up connected so a little disconnect there around the track area williams says thank you very much
14:32over he goes jeslin colby converted his own try which was south africa's second but the other two
14:39two scored by thomas de toy and kirtley are and so were from way out wide on the left hand
14:44side of
14:45the field wasn't able to convert those but this one from in front gives him another two
14:51all right penalties and pressure from the spring box starting off strong in the second half
15:04yeah he looked up
15:07there was a chasm i think he went around went through but that hole too big defensive era being
15:14punished by williams
15:18finn smith's restart
15:22and a penalty i need you to clear the area five is against ruan nokia for obstruction
15:32for obstruction
15:32impeding the kicked chases
15:37the focus of starters was also snuck onto the field some-up
15:45bj dixon if i'm not mistaken man yeah ben jason dixon wearing jersey number twenty
15:50not in the match 23 as of yesterday
15:54Markov and Stardon wearing 19
15:57he was always part of the match day squad
16:00both on the field now
16:03Chesson
16:05back once
16:10I've got nothing here, anything your side
16:12ok
16:14no call from the assistant referee around South Africa
16:18taking that maul down
16:24Joe Hayes
16:29then George Martin
16:31brought England right back into the test match
16:33with his try on the stroke of half time
16:35Chesson
16:36spins away from Peter Steff to Toy
16:40Curry with the pick and go
16:45Chesson again
16:46third contribution in this movement
16:48and then Tommy Freeman
16:49coming back towards his forwards
16:55South Africans quick to bounce
16:58off the tackle
16:59and Finn Smith out the back of the hand
17:01has that gone forward?
17:02it has
17:04picked up by Creel
17:09and Ben Jason Dixon
17:10and Ben Jason Dixon
17:12and Ben Jason Dixon
17:13on for his eighth test cap
17:14and now I have a knock on
17:16use it
17:23Peter Steff to Toy
17:24Peter Steff to Toy carries low
17:26just looking to create a better angle for the clearance kick here
17:33and Williams
17:37with time and space relieves some pressure
17:39okay
17:43so again so so close for England
17:46Smith for that little half break
17:48somehow I didn't get that offload away
17:49there's nothing clear
17:51so the opportunities is out there from England
17:53Jamie George is having a chat
17:54there was nothing clear
18:09the dancing has started again
18:11it was a little bit muted around half time with back-to-back England tries
18:19a little knock on there
18:25two little handling errors costing England dearly in quick succession
18:30and another change this time in the front row
18:32Zach Porthin
18:33former South African under 20 captain
18:39he's winning a fourth test cap
18:43this will certainly be his biggest test also
18:45for Zach Porthin
18:47the complete package scrums well runs well
18:49maintain our weight
18:50incredibly mobile prop
18:51the next generation prop
18:53let's go
18:57got his debut against Japan at Wembley in November
19:00Zach Porthin
19:01and then another start against Italy
19:04came off the bench against Wales in Cardiff
19:06in the last test match of 2025
19:09interesting shim that Ben Jason Dixon
19:11is packing down in the second row
19:13Peter Steff to Toy
19:16moving to his more conventional side of the scrum
19:21come up
19:24I want to see your break foot stay out
19:26I agree there's one thing
19:30break foot and maintain your weight
19:36let's go
19:38Ben Earl with a
19:42a check to Andrew Brice
19:44the assistant referee
19:45let's go
19:48what he's seeing on the side of the scrum
19:52away from James Dolman who is
19:57on South Africa's tight head side
20:00coach
20:15Williams told to play away
20:17Dirlendi runs hard at Finn Smith
20:21and then Peter Steff to Toy
20:22met on the gain line by Ellis Genge
20:25and Ben Earl
20:25loving
20:28that hit on South Africa's captain
20:34pressure on the kick from Williams
20:36was there
20:40contest in the air between Fay
20:41with Boswell and Kirtley
20:43Orensa
20:43one back by England
20:45Smith up from full back
20:46and Merle
20:49falling
20:52early chased down by Jesse Creel
20:54after initially
20:54slipping the tackle of Damien Dirlendi
20:57tackle
20:59not from there
21:01well done
21:05use it
21:07and Portfield
21:13well I think Cheslin Colby was taken
21:16in the air
21:17well done
21:31anything more for you?
21:40contact in the air from Caden Merle
21:45his first test match against the Springboks
21:48capped over 150 times by Harlequins
21:54just a seventh test cap for him
22:00Noah Cagliari also on this tour
22:03just 19 years of age a sensation
22:04from Saracens
22:06many in the English media thought he
22:09might get a look into this test match
22:11thank you
22:13oh indeed Tommy Freeman playing on the
22:15wing with Henry Slade at 13
22:18England are gonna have to add some fish
22:20I need you to take control
22:21you're on the line
22:22look at the big Slade
22:23on the line
22:23Mitchell Follock
22:24Pepper
22:25those guys need to come on now
22:27to change some sort of momentum
22:29start asking questions on attack
22:35Malcolm Marks
22:37for Morkia
22:41Markofen started
22:43carries hard and straight
22:47wonderful touch
22:48from Marnie Libok
22:50and the grabber from Cheslin Colby
22:52would not have wanted that to drift
22:54into touch
22:58it's a sweep down the blind side
23:00it's usually with a passing forward
23:02you can isolate the sort of the slow
23:04forwards and there it is gone to the
23:07beach
23:08thumbs off
23:10so 23 year old guy pepper of bath
23:15who debuted against Argentina
23:19in 2025 wins the 13th test cap
23:24yep
23:24time on
23:26and so on
23:27Alex Mitchell
23:28at scrum half
23:35and Henry Slade
23:36and Henry Slade wearing jersey 23
23:38inside
23:39use the ball
23:40the man added to the bench after
23:43the untimely withdrawal of George
23:45Furbank
23:47backwards by England
23:51backwards by England
23:52backwards by England
23:53the real contest
23:54the accuracy of the kicks from both sides
23:57has created that contest
23:59yeah
24:02it's just a stop start at the moment
24:03from said piece to said piece sir
24:06lacking a little bit of rhythm
24:09five
24:12England aren't going to kick their way to victory
24:13I can guarantee you that
24:16advantage in the air
24:20Springbok player taken out in the air
24:22so penalty advantage again
24:24little dink over the top
24:25Jesse Creel gives chase to the kick from Derlinde
24:33in the air
24:38in the air
24:39it's an eighth penalty conceded
24:42by England
24:46losses the conference
24:47it ru con di key about a common
24:50penalty in the air Z of impact
24:54tony was fine but that's well
24:56for
24:56the content was in the air
25:14almost all of Marnie Livock's penalty kicks out of the hand have been up the right side of the
25:18field so he's gone with the left boot and there's going to be a change at hooker Luke
25:23Kahn Dickey wins test cap number 59 154 matches in the colors of the Exeter Chiefs come on
25:36three against South Africa for the British and Irish Lions in 2021 Luke Kahn Dickey including
25:42two starts in their three test match series Williams away from an advancing mall in Damien
25:50Derlinde wonderful ball presentation Malcolm marks visa coming around the corner good rock speed here
26:05South Africa poison William sir finds marks and then Creel in for number five the 21st test drive for
26:21Jesse Creel after sustained pressure on England's defense because Malcolm marks coming around the
26:30corner the system see the forwards eventually England running out of numbers we mentioned
26:34the big fish legs you need to reload look at marks coming around the corner films are coming around
26:39the corner eventually marks gets it again and he plays it this time Jesse Creel goes over
26:52Jesse Creel gets it at the end in the corner 20 seconds bring both tack working hard around the corner
26:58and England
27:02he plays it this time he plays otrokh tusk pondium thecape set against belly and I call him balancing against
27:03corr 가
27:03the crunchệnts for the front chaser again to early tries in
27:11square Amen Dan Kim Monk 말씀이 lifestyle hook for the spring box and Shaen Lim Colby from the left-hand
27:15touchline adds another
27:25up to jessica the pack working hard extremely hard malcolm marx he started with one of the
27:30big carries visa again involved jesse creel in the corner spring box clinical in the second half
27:38change in the front row for england ellis gange is replaced by beno urbano also a bath just
27:46the fifth test capper first against the spring box but a veteran of almost 200 appearances
27:54for his club bath okay use it henry pollock also on for a first appearance against the spring box
28:04play on backwards backwards off the spring box good response from alex coles first carry for
28:12pollock but quickly out the back it's a knock on there
28:21again england it's a rush defense i think just jesse creel in the passing lane
28:25so trying to get it over the top wide we have two hands in the passing lane yeah you've got
28:29to try
28:30get that bridge pass over the top almost catches the ball two hands went up with two hands so he's
28:36safe there you can even see we could see orange was also up in the line okay can you can
28:41you do me
28:42a favor you need to punch through the take through the rush get them to get narrow then look for
28:47width
28:49let's go guys knew i had a word to them on the hidden chase but i need you to keep
28:55it up okay
28:56all right keep it up don't come back
29:14let's go locks
29:19exactly a quarter of the game to go as england packed down for a midfield scrum
29:34penalty going the way
29:38of the spring box and that call has come from the assistant referee
29:42to hear your take on this one shim
29:46shoutout steenekamp on this near side for south africa
29:52and what's happening the spring box are coming with a massive hit
29:56but england are managing to handle them you need a match that that power coming through
30:00so england crumbling
30:04ball kept in play by tommy freeman mitchell
30:11the brilliant kick from alex mitchell well dealt with by marnie libak who indicates to damian
30:16williams so he's going to the air and williams are chasing down marcus smith chesham back in support
30:26fei waboso england get going quickly again finn smith in behind south africa's defensive line creel
30:38use
30:39use
30:43zach porthen
30:47another two tight head options available for selection this week
30:50Marco Lowe and Carl Usadi who was brought into the mix
30:54ahead of the Barbarians game
30:58the athleticism and the mobility of Porthin
31:02getting him the nod
31:08Pollock away for Ben Earle
31:14use the ball
31:21Mitchell Willemser position tight to that touchline
31:33Jasper Visser
31:35Ben Jason Dixon's got to be careful there
31:45a lot of this aerial battle
31:48but the accuracy continues to be good the contest
31:55has endured throughout
31:59anything early on in the test match England were a little deep with their kicks giving
32:03villains Willemser some time
32:10a little more time for him on this occasion
32:15relishes that extra space Williams Dixon
32:21back to his feet and plays the ball
32:27Leboq
32:32and Peter Steff de Troy had made his way over
32:34and the field has aumented his way over to that wing
32:36Leboq
32:37England게ung
32:38England
32:39England
32:39England
32:41England
32:46Use it!
32:57Use it!
33:03Again, the pressure on the kick from Williams.
33:07Make sure he has to go higher.
33:09Backwards it goes off an England player.
33:11Pressure on Marcus Smith, as Finsmith couldn't control.
33:18Goals there. Use it!
33:24Pollock wants. Pollock gets.
33:26And gets taken down by Zach Poelston.
33:30Yeah, I know. That's right.
33:32Use it!
33:34Keep going! Keep going! Keep going! Keep going! Let's go!
33:38This is lung-busting stuff.
33:40All this kick chasing for both sides.
33:43Williams.
33:49Let it come. No lift on the ball.
33:52You need to lift.
33:54williams thought he had the the turnover penalty finn smith and henry slade marcus smith
34:02goes to the boot a lot of ground for williams to cover we saw him execute a magnificent
34:1050 22 in the first half up the right touchline
34:16again williams is strong from backfield it sees the battle of the box kicks who's going to make
34:21the mistake who's going to make the error another two changes young hendrik vessels
34:35he's on and this is a really interesting move so gerard stiernekamp who came on at loose head for
34:41an injured oxen chair early in the first half he's been replaced by young hendrik vessels which means
34:47making subs guys malcolm marx will be expected to go the full 80 and andre esterhaisen has come off the
34:54bench as a forward so we can say in the 66 minute of the test match it was a 16.
35:00certainly was
35:08contest from look here on the throw to chess and a little pop from pollock ben earl
35:16cowan dicky
35:19england goes short side a little fumble but regather from fei waboso
35:25some good momentum here for england but that pass at the back not going to hand
35:35okay goes there use it
35:40mitchell pollock in with the clean pepper
35:44pops it up for earl he just dips into contact
35:48use it
35:57andre esterhaisen just losing his feet as he went for
36:01an attempted steal working the short side finn smith for pollock
36:11asher poko for jaw who won a under 20 world championship for england here in south africa in 2024
36:1824 on a tight end just a seventh test cap for him
36:24mitchell
36:26and here is a poker for jaw
36:32tackle off the ball just time so england have done it because of the rash defense not managing to get
36:38with they keep coming down the short side the short line and they get given momentum good numbers
36:42they couldn't talk to rush down that side tackle off the ball yeah because of my cons tackle off the
36:48ball
36:51number 22 tackle off the ball time on
36:57kubus reiner what are we doing yep making a welcome return from injury got his 50th test
37:07cap in the last test match of 2025 against wales in cardiff
37:13picked up a nasty injury shortly thereafter
37:17and now replaces grant williams
37:24scored the first try of the second half and canaan moody also on
37:29to win his 24th test cap
37:32drop
37:37a little early into alex coles there
37:43young henry vessels and peter steph to toy had to get out
37:47yep no advantage to england collapse cynical
37:51no pollock
37:56dixon went low it's a strong run from slade
38:00let it come
38:04england go again and score
38:09alex coles
38:11over for a second test try
38:14with 12 minutes to go england pool five back with a kick to come
38:19yeah we'll still need two more scores after this one if they're to prevail thank you
38:25yeah in england i mentioned earlier they've done some good things on attack
38:28yeah great lines running at weak shoulders straight up the gut
38:32okay thank you so they found good meters
38:35just haven't had that conversion rate
38:37good enough there but trade fighter the english team
38:40can they finish strong
38:42good can they finish strong the short fight at the end of the first half
38:48this time skipping pollock running into weak shoulders alex coles gets the try
38:56big george martin got the other one at the end of the first half
39:02just penalties you know england go through this run where they concede two three penalties then they
39:05concede points all three england tries scored by tight forwards george martin ellis genge and
39:14now alex coles
39:21moody giving chase to a wonderful restart from live
39:37and mitchell
39:42huge hit from tommy freeman on damian willemser now let it go no left
39:50they've done really well to recycle that england will
39:52will come in charging into that breakdown area after the initial tackle had been made
39:58on willemser important recycle
40:03use it
40:05look who was rhino
40:08okay we'll go to the edge high tackle
40:12moody giving chase
40:17i think there's a high shot in willemser
40:21could be problems here
40:24so okay obviously you just want to check the high contact on uh 15 here yeah so you're going to
40:31look
40:31at the actions of 13 white the shoulder to head contact okay
40:36tommy freeman the man singled out by richard kelly the tmo
40:45that right shoulder onto the chin of willemser
40:55you're going to get the slow mo it's going full test it looks like a lot of the contact is
41:02through the body for me
41:04right now just saying full first and then you know james a shoulder to head contact but it's still shoulder
41:11to head
41:11yeah just watch it just just show me one more time at full speed please
41:16i just needed to slow steps down because he was going i mean he was going full tilt there okay
41:27clear yellow card threshold off field review okay you can come back to me now
41:37okay it is foul play that reaches our yellow card threshold off field review
41:45so that is the game done for tommy freeman inside the final 10 minutes and his yellow card will be
41:53reviewed
42:03if you want you can just move to the side or or here or behind the mark
42:21so both sides having to deal with some late changes to their lineups
42:29in a test match that loomed large when the fixtures were announced for this inaugural nations championship
42:37south africa england along with france new zealand ireland australia
42:46there was a lot of anticipation for this one
42:52no hands not over the top
42:54no hands but again
43:19you guys will agree
43:23beautiful ball
43:26from corbus reiner come back for the penalty
43:31another card number 20 early tackle that's pulling apart for england now
43:37discipline leading them down
43:40you can go from being a brave loss to being in hiding
43:44and this could potentially happen to england now two men down
43:49and south africa with fresh legs on watching forward
43:52guy pepper to the sin bin for that early tackle england
43:58play out the balance of this game with 13.
44:11happy
44:12what an entry to test rugby for zach tortham
44:20making his presence felt with that
44:24last carry
44:32south africa's mall continues to advance
44:35malcolm marx in control
44:40the defense crumbling in front of him and south africa over
44:44for a sixth malcolm marx
44:49the highest try scorer
44:52by a south african forward 27 now in total
44:59world rugby's player of the year for 2025
45:0125 who got third 11 starts for the springbox last year
45:08caps a fine performance in johannesburg with a try that's the ford power once
45:13that base is set and it's comfortable and they march forward you can see the
45:16players at the front of that more they stay connected they keep working all
45:20malcolm marx has to do is a good get in a good pushing position
45:24stay patient stay patient because you can see the line there the temptation is to
45:28break and go early wait for the big man up front to do the
45:31hard work and you get the reward team try from the spring box
45:34finish finishing strong
45:39cheslin colby
45:43three out of three in the second half
45:47okay
45:56again keep marching through stay connected no binds broken good position
46:03working as one yellow card's going to remain a yellow card because the
46:06majority of the force goes to the body okay
46:10off field review has happened on the yellow card
46:15shown to tommy freeman and it remains yellow
46:19use it
46:22and then return back to england to take on fiji
46:27in round two
46:30south africa could get just a short trip up the road to pretoria to take on
46:36scotland in their second match of the nation's championship
46:44mitchell goes short side kowen dickey
46:49and grace to hazen not looking happy looks like he got a real stinger
46:59there
46:59green is pulled to that position going forward
47:05someone's still down mr hazen still down because they're going to
47:09good defensive work and you know i've got some good ball carries you look at
47:11kowen dickey james it was on prolog carries well being all carries well carry carries well chisholm george
47:26he took a big blow look at the the blood flowing from his ear
47:37he took a big blow look at the blood flowing from his ear
47:46the body as we confirm the attendance of just a shade under 53 000
47:52at ellis park and they have been royally entertained
47:58springbox running into a 17 point lead early
48:03but england showing tremendous fight just before half time tries by ellis genge and
48:10george martin converted by finn smith made the halftime score 17 to 14.
48:20two tries in the third quarter scored by grant williams and jesse creel both converted by
48:26cheslin colby took the lead out to 17 and they responded to the try by alex coles with
48:38a sixth of their own through hooker malcolm marx andre esterhaisen leaving for a head injury
48:45assessment i think diaspora visa's gone back on because it's an hia esterhaisen off but
48:54what a game visa's had also what a game he's had in terms of carrying good at the breakdown
48:59forcing turnovers but he's muscled up he's fronted up close carry meters impressive
49:06spin box will go for the penalty here steady ball in
49:12punish massive effort from south africa's scrum mitchell trying to kick the ball out of the hands
49:17on penalty advantage colby england go chasing back faiwa bossa isolated
49:32and the energy on this chase pays off for canaan moody and cheslin colby
49:37it's just the spring box just winning the energy battle especially the last 20
49:44more enthusiastic more energetic in terms of the carry at the breakdown more aggressive
49:50keeping the momentum going and i mentioned that matt those two yellow cards it goes from
49:58you know if there's such thing as a good loss or a brave loss to be in a hiding and
50:02england are
50:03reaching that stage now you mentioned the incredible performance of jasper visa so too
50:09cameron hanecom and paul de villiers drafted into the starting lineup late one with a single test cap
50:15the other on debut they really have stood up now they delivered peter stiff to try again just mr
50:25consistent an extraordinary rugby player just shifting into that number four jersey
50:30collapsing collapse caused and is over the line but held up
50:38guys there's a penalty back here for 16 collection
50:45on the line
50:49luke karen dickey penalized for pulling them all down
50:58this ball will not leave this one until there's a penalty
51:08they've got two replacement props here with a total of 10 caps in test rugby
51:15let's go guys and the messages to the back line players is just watch us play let us do our
51:22thing
51:22until we get the penalty then you guys can strike don't pull back don't go early but again
51:29don't go early for England
51:32they've been in the ropes for about 20 20 minutes in the second half
51:38in the spring box
51:49play advantage loose head collapsing
51:53England collapsing visa picking up at the back
52:00not quite there for the try but then ben jason dixon has it down
52:14a second test drive for ben jason dixon not originally named in the match 23 but
52:22drafted onto the bench
52:24okay well look but i've got it on the line
52:28clearly on the line with the late withdrawal of both sia colisi
52:32and he ever nets of it
52:36thank you mean to complete reshuffle of south africa's back row
52:44please listen to me for 20 seconds and the addition of ben jason dixon
52:51to the bench 20 seconds now it's now correct
53:08he's now correct
53:27we've got one of the dubious
53:28uh
53:29is
53:30uh
53:30lately
53:31my
53:32beautiful take from Jesse Creel and Jan Hendrik Vessels finding Derlinde Moody takes on Henry
53:42Pollock who stays true to the effort out the back from Nokia and Libok for Willemsa Colby
53:54just magical stepping from Cheslin Colby and saw it in the scoring of the first try
54:02of the game Vissa offload for Jan Hendrik Vessels they are not done Dixon finds Moody
54:15never held as he went to ground Reinhard and Creel
54:24it was knocked on by England so South Africa want to continue to play from Staden
54:32and Reinhardt for Vissa and then Jesse Creel took the offload from Malcolm Marks
54:48England saying there may have been a forward transfer there this has not just not yet been awarded
55:00was there a forward transfer between Malcolm Marks and Jesse Creel
55:04okay thank you very much guys no try lost Ford no try lost Ford that's game
55:17so that final try is chalked off
55:25but an emphatic start to the nation's championship for
55:31Russia Erasmus and his spring box Cheslin Colby and Damien Willemsa
55:37have cause to celebrate on the evening of their 50th test caps Damien Derlinde in picture they're
55:44bearing down on 100 it was his 98th this evening
55:50and four tries to one in the second half
55:54after England had fought back valiantly
55:59surrendering a 17 point deficit early in the game but fighting back
56:04to be just three points adrift at half time but South Africa stretching into a 17 point lead
56:14inside the third quarter before Alex Coles
56:17brought England back in with a try converted by Finn Smith but South Africa just had too much in the
56:25final
56:2610 minutes England finishing the game with 13 men after yellow cards shown to Tommy Freeman
56:33and Guy Pepper
56:37the tries from Malcolm Marks and Ben Jason Dixon
56:47taking the spring box to a try tally of seven
56:52huge responsibility on the shoulders of Ruan Nokia
56:58as the spring box reshuffled their second and back rows but
57:03in the end their power was too much and full time at Ellis Park in Johannesburg
57:08South Africa 45 England 21
57:12Ivory Jackson Dixon
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