South Africa wins World Cup Rugby
- Posted on Sunday 21 October 2007 - 09:24SArugby.netSouth Africa defeated England 15-6 in the world cup final at Stade de France last Saturday night .After an exciting match the Springboks made all SouthAfricans proud again. SA dominated the line-outs and kicked five penalties.
Reigning champions England came into the match on the back of four impressive victories after a poor start to the tournament but were unable to find a way through a disciplined Springboks outfit who were miserly in defence, dominated the line-outs and kicked five penalties.
England fly half Jonny Wilkinson, the hero of their 2003 triumph in Sydney, was unable to turn on the magic this time, missing two drop goal attempts and given little chance to impose himself on the match.
South Africa led England 9-3 at the break after an even first half marked by tactical high kicking and little open play.
Both sides sought to flex their muscle and apply pressure with a series of up-and-unders, though to little avail.
Percy Montgomery opened the scoring with a three-pointer on seven minutes after centre Mathew Tait had slipped and become isolated in the ruck and England were penalised for failing to release.
Wilkinson squared the ledger on 13 minutes after South Africa wing Bryan Habana was called for lying on the tackled player, counterpart Paul Sackey.
Repelled on line
But Montgomery regained the advantage for South Africa three minutes later after team-mate Butch James was adjudged to have been impeded on a kick and chase.
Wilkinson tried a quick riposte but pushed his drop goal attempt wide.
South Africa twice attacked late in the half but were repelled on the line on both occasions.
However, they were awarded a penalty for the second drive and Montgomery kicked truly to push the margin out to six points.
England began the second half in sensational style as Tait cut a swathe through the middle of the South Africa defence with a series of steps and swerves to set Mark Cueto up for a try. But after a long deliberation by the TV match official, the wing was ruled to have been in touch when he crossed over in the corner.
A Wilkinson penalty kick for an infringement earlier in the movement was some consolation, though.
England's hopes were hit on 48 minutes when full back Jason Robinson, playing his last match before retirement, left the field with a shoulder injury.
Montogmery squeezed home his fourth penalty from as many kicks on 51 minutes to restore his side's six-point lead (12-6) after England conceded for handling in a ruck.
Francois Steyn took over the kicking duties on 62 minutes when England were penalised for obstruction and the impressive young centre didn't let his side down, piercing the uprights from 46 metres.
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- Posted on Sunday 21 October 2007 10:26There is one thing that marred the evenings entertainement for me.
After the game, there were four people on the podium to congratulate the players (winners and losers). One of whom I did not know. The others were President Sarkosy, Prime Minister Brown and President Thabo Mbeki.
A few of the England players, Jonny WIlkinson amongst them, simply ignored Mbeki and walked off the podium after shaking hands with the others. I understand they must have been distraught and just wanted to get into the dressing room as quickly as possible, but I could not help but feel the snub might have been because he was black and therefore less important than the others on the podium. - Posted on Monday 22 October 2007 09:58I think not all players recognised Mbeki - Besides, he is quite small, maybe that's why they missed him?
I do think these politicians, next to Mbeki, Brown and Sarkozy, were on the field just for their own image. - Posted on Monday 22 October 2007 23:37Bernie's remark is pertinent though I did not notice it. Even TV commentators did not mention it. What I found strange was the protocole that placed Mbeki far from personalities of his rank (Sarkozy and Brown). So Wilkinson might have seen Sarkozy, then Brown, then an 'unkown figure' logically followed by another unkown figure. Added to disappointment, I thing the Briton can be excused as the blame goes to the French protocole services.Et in terra pax hominubus...
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