South Africa - Ireland 06.07.2024
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00:00:00boys
00:00:04the wait is over brace yourselves everybody we are in for an epic
00:00:17and jack crowley 24 years of age having taken over
00:00:21the number 10 jersey from johnny sexton he came off the bench
00:00:25in the world cup to kick a penalty that took ireland to their 13 points to eight lead
00:00:34after clark early kick over the top from him back in
00:00:44strong carry from island but the ball ripped off joe mccarthy
00:00:49and feeding off the scraps the clip goes for kirkly ironside
00:00:58in his first appearance against him in dublin in the end of year tour of 2022 prolific try
00:01:04scorer 13 and 15 tests carries in the midfield d'alindi peter steph to toy
00:01:13way ran hard at the tackle of dan sheehan and flicked on by a fafter clerk awkward
00:01:20one for irvin etzebeth who did so well
00:01:26in our first carry for quagga smith starting at number eight for the third time pollard
00:01:35oh
00:01:48popped inside for ty burn immense for munster in the united rugby championship
00:01:55and craig casey preferred to conor murray in the starting lineup
00:01:59and
00:02:07under a high ball that went just a fraction too deep second carry for france malharra
00:02:17pollard goes for d'alindi this time peter steph to toy with colby
00:02:21to his right looks to the inside for d'alindi once more james low in to make the tackle
00:02:29mbunambi and pollard from the rule up from fillback jesse creel polisi to his outside
00:02:36and kirkley aronson gets around
00:02:45a simply terrific start for the springbox and the try scoring machine that is kirkley aronson
00:02:56while the springboard starts fantastically coast to coast you can see the impact of
00:03:02peter safety toy in the wide channels trying to keep the ball alive but really a good try
00:03:08of some good slick handling once again the springbox maintaining the width
00:03:14cia colise again another loose forward in the wide channels as an extra pair of hands the
00:03:19edge forward off to the speedster currently are inside and the springbox open up at home
00:03:25but really a fantastic team try some great skills from the forwards
00:03:28the link passing the support play and the finish
00:03:35andre pollard needs two points for 700 in test rugby
00:03:41foreign
00:03:47and carly goes to 701 chasing down morning staying on 742
00:03:54as the second highest scorer in test history for the box
00:04:00now this was the end of it but you can see the least towards that wide
00:04:03peter step the one side quokka smith in the middle cia colise on the left hand side the
00:04:07extra pair of hands it's a two and one two and pass great start from the springbox
00:04:21jack crowley
00:04:24well it's deep onto quokka smith he was retreating
00:04:27trying to take the ball did he get a hand on it before he crossed the line i think he did
00:04:31oh
00:04:45what you want to do after scoring points this week he's going to be in the backfield not a
00:04:51great start technically never really under that one island of a great attacking platform
00:04:55no contest on the throw to tag bird and not surprisingly bandiaki
00:05:03an early carrier for ireland in the springbox 22 then
00:05:06shian casey has the quick ball he wants robbie henshaw
00:05:14and then osborne when he had the low work lurking out on his left relatively unmarked but went to
00:05:21the inside porter with the carry casey doris ireland looking to hit straight back
00:05:30shian just a meter short casey for porter penalty advantage to ireland
00:05:41then coming around the corner hard running at a former monster teammate in damien durlandy
00:05:47foreign
00:05:57doris pops it on for porter hold the back foot
00:06:03oh
00:06:18from this position with a separate girl but we are not getting pretty good returners the passing
00:06:24in between the forwards what they don't want is one man carrying it up like that that creates a
00:06:28double tackle so you can see them on you with a little tip crosses around the rack area
00:06:33to create one-on-one tackle situation so running to use arms here we go
00:06:37dan shian tap and go drives into bong yu manambi porter pops it up for doris
00:06:52just inches short of the line
00:06:54um
00:07:02wonderful defensive effort from the springboks and they've earned their first gram of the game
00:07:06now that's probably the one pass that shouldn't have gone here we go it is bound to happen
00:07:12cool heads needed but yeah this is the one pass here you can see
00:07:16the money trying to get that closer substitute defenders the ball goes
00:07:19but that's the one pass that shouldn't have gone
00:07:23tickets
00:07:45you see them go to the quick tap so many times this time was a change of direction
00:07:50box marked it up well first grandma no you're licking your lips for this one ship that's it
00:07:54now it's going to be a great contest to go back to the world cup island we're quick on the
00:07:59engagement quick on the hit and the court so this is a game within a game
00:08:06this is where the brain starts kicking let's get on with it
00:08:09foreign
00:08:16well when you look at the weights of the island pack there's certainly no advantage
00:08:20for south africa there i know it's the cliche
00:08:24but they have heightened weight to match the home side here this afternoon
00:08:28it's creaking on this near side
00:08:43not a lot of stability there picked up at the back by smith and then away by colby
00:08:51brilliant kick no angle to work with whatsoever
00:08:59it's a good net result considering that so ben's just going to make sure i haven't got
00:09:03a bit of a shove on the screen at the moment it's iron ball
00:09:12just give him a second
00:09:15not sure well did he touch that at all yeah it was at last before he got it
00:09:23it came off the hand of jamie osborne before it landed in touch
00:09:27and his foot was in the air so it will be a south african line up extraordinary kick from
00:09:32chasing colby could work from who's plus one smith of the back
00:09:38okay number seven is plus one
00:09:42he's in
00:09:45hunker must have the target away by colisee and jesse creel running hard and straight to jack
00:09:52quick ball for the clack pollard onto the left boot a little too much on that perhaps
00:10:00dotted down by james low goal line dropped out we can see one or two subtle differences with
00:10:05the spring box though using the forwards as an extra runner from safe place so peter step to
00:10:10try as an extra runner but not taking the bowling to contact passing it which means passing forwards
00:10:15gives you a lot of width on the tech just a 15th test appearance for jack crowley
00:10:35oh another mistake from that goal line drop out from quokka smith lost forward
00:10:41holding on here and then holding on in the ground this is a big really style for island
00:10:53yeah it's the hard part using a guy like dwayne vermilion who's so assured and sort of rules the
00:10:58backfield not only takes the easy ones take the difficult ones quokka smith playing a different
00:11:03role at number eight not as comfortable bit of a miscommunication in that instance i always want
00:11:10with the support to make the yards back set it up and you can run off his shoulder who's just one
00:11:14not a great start for quokka he's going to be found in the backfield quite a few times in this
00:11:19first half i feel into the midfield go island from the ensuing line out
00:11:32difficult ball for craig casey certainly not having it all his own way
00:11:37but number one's in the way in our key in henshaw but they've also got good little passing skills
00:11:51where you think the big man's going to take it up he slides that ball off nice and flat
00:11:56and that's where they make good meters then once they get over the advantage line they stay on top
00:12:00stay on top so that pressure ends up to penalty build up so discipline is crucial
00:12:07penalize this time but island upping the intensity and attack that's when the lights go on
00:12:12that's when they switch on super quick blow over the whistle no chance to really get out the way
00:12:19quokka smith trying to make up for the mistake he made earlier the double mistake the knock on and
00:12:23then the penalty conceded in on the ball so often that communication is key to spot that ox in that
00:12:30instance didn't roll away bucks will have to have a look at their discipline in this first half
00:12:3882 points in test rugby so far for jack crowley three of those
00:12:43against south africa at the rugby world cup
00:12:50from 40 meters out and straight in front it was never going to be that tough for him
00:12:54a perfect evening for the gold kickers in victoria and i think that the two opportunities
00:13:00that island have launched from has been yeah first of all springboard scored the kickback
00:13:06and then this time also a mistake at the back launch pressure penalty at the breakdown and
00:13:11points so south africa you're right we want to clean up the discipline a bit
00:13:15deep restarts on to who's playing his first test against south africa
00:13:2614 test matches prior to this one
00:13:35but the munster halfback combination
00:13:38who's preferred by andy farrell good state two
00:13:47first lineup win for urban etzebeth pollard lovely driftball for jesse creel
00:13:57it's a bit out of the back for pollard and a chase on here for chesdon colby
00:14:03osborne bracing himself for contact
00:14:12done really well there islands fullback to keep that in the field of play
00:14:17set up the opportunity for joe mccarthy to carry and use it please
00:14:23and crowley can clear he had james low next to him as a left boot option often used by ireland
00:14:30and the isolation play almost worked from the spring box bring the wings up isolate the
00:14:36fullback and that's what osborne was by himself but he did well they could
00:14:41sorry chasing colby all over him managed to brace take the hit did it get dark when
00:14:47they're drunk and then look to set up from them so same play again from the spring box
00:14:5215 towards the tail from bongio manambi and again sierra coliseum is out wide and collectors in
00:15:04to robbie henshaw who stays down immediately onto the whistle
00:15:10to stop the gang worried about his heads it's exactly the same setup four-man lineup
00:15:15with the just off south 10 with different options this time between to the captain
00:15:19circularly see all under the arm tucked and ran off
00:15:31well cia coliseum has received a fair amount of criticism agree thank you restart some of
00:15:37his performances for his french club but he has been well and truly backed by his coach
00:15:42in the build-up to this series and carrying strongly knocking robbie henshaw clean out of
00:15:49his path he's a strong man but you still need to go low
00:16:06mentioned that cia coliseum was captaining south africa for the 54th time also his
00:16:1070th start on the flank which extends his record you okay over
00:16:20today skulk burger with 66 starts on the flank yeah so you're all happy and skulk
00:16:28exactly what you want from your loose forwards in the wider channel same set of played different
00:16:33options so used to the box playing direct you think damon d'alia carrying it into the vacuum
00:16:39the tony brown blueprint looks a little bit different you see evan etzebeth pulling it
00:16:42out the back that time second man play isolating robbie henshaw what a carry by cia the bear calise
00:16:50and you can see the subtle differences the forwards passing a lot more
00:16:54which does give you with the spacing please looking for a bit more space okay as you are
00:17:00don't make me get fussy okay
00:17:02yeah
00:17:24i'm not sure you're too balanced lads come on from the first round
00:17:28irish is almost trying to close the spring box pace so you don't commentary get yourself on the
00:17:32hips so they're getting a lot closer to the first hit was incredibly passive and then i don't know
00:17:37looking for that second shot that second hit the spring box one is a big hit to get that momentum
00:17:41that speed on the engagement and hit island back so the pressure starts from the beginning
00:17:46supporter is going to get very close to my herb on the bind
00:17:58nine use it after claire called upon to use it andre pollard cuts up to lindy to find creole
00:18:07and james low got a hand in there thank you backwards
00:18:11off james low so play on is the call into the midfield for quokka smith
00:18:17okay
00:18:22playing with a huge amount of wits here you can see it's not good enough to lie in stock
00:18:28south africa's attack yeah and big jack mccarthy yet he had an opportunity to run away there
00:18:40you have an opportunity to run away you can see luke pierce it
00:18:44fuck to clerk all over him on the ground all you have to do is roll out the side
00:18:47and the pool would have been safe get it boats i thought
00:18:54so they just need to run away
00:18:59and also shouldn't just make the effort to get out of that line you know you've got to
00:19:02keep it clear for not only number nine on the first one also for the arriving racket
00:19:13setting sun on the high filter south africa just
00:19:17final light on the top of the east stand as pollard
00:19:24lines up his first penalty kick of the game he was without blemish from the kicking team
00:19:30in every appearance of rugby world cup
00:19:38after becoming the first fly half in history to replace a hooker in a squad
00:19:45and it worked brilliantly didn't it the ice man
00:19:51and they followed but it's important you build pressure you come back with points
00:19:56and island have had the opportunity they've had their chances
00:20:01but they wouldn't want the springboks to get too far away from them
00:20:06again quaker smith forced to retreat
00:20:10it's a little bit of an ironic chair from the the loftest crowd south africa use it please
00:20:20a number of kick chasers in their starting blocks
00:20:23as de klerk makes his clearance and opting for the safety of touch
00:20:30with the irish all is a bag of tricks especially from set piece launch the loose forwards in
00:20:43between the centers but the one i do easier is get momentum get quick pull and look to play from there
00:20:49he went twice
00:21:05option free kick okay
00:21:11free kick is the call for the dummy now okay wait till he moves forward
00:21:15andre pollard
00:21:22will hoist
00:21:25a massive hut on that free kick brilliantly out of the air by jamie osborne once more he
00:21:31has looked really assured so far in his first ever test match not having played fullback at all
00:21:40all legs no knock on this season for his club
00:21:42no care back at campus south africa billy larue
00:21:46no 50 22 looking for the cross kick and the bounce flavoring island jamie osborne had it covered so too
00:21:53james low well covered by island with the ability to get scraps from those contestable kicks
00:22:04here we have some forwards in front of him i thought he might have a goal
00:22:07but yeah that's certainly well covered from island probably want a bit more height on the kick
00:22:24just five in this island line out and manny again the target
00:22:30and retreat hoist from crowley over the wards calvin nash off his legs to me that's
00:22:37second knock on the kirtley iron set gathers the scraps but the first one taken into touch
00:22:42second one wasn't
00:22:46options here i also used to see james
00:22:52a bit of a change going for the kick across
00:22:59so the contestable kick across and that's where the numbers would have been
00:23:04what a beautiful sight it is from up above
00:23:09and this the 41st springbok test match i'm trying at loftus festival 31 victories nine losses
00:23:17island have only played here once before back in 1998 again they lost by 33 points to nil
00:23:24and guess who schooled one of south africa's five trials that evening head coach russia russians
00:23:44the cover the back is from quagga smithson
00:23:46attack finding pollard putting ironside into a half gap that quickly closed up on him
00:23:59carry from mustard wild pass out the back from de klerk
00:24:04and shian intercepting just losing his footing crucial perhaps to advance to the forward pass
00:24:10there is a scrum advantage being played to ireland their pass going forward before being
00:24:18intercepted by advantage over osborne support from bandiaki
00:24:27yes please casey finding ty burn who's caught right on the game line
00:24:35and support from damian daly who worked so hard off the ball to get back and offer himself as an
00:24:41option smith pollard larue had to juggle not too much harm done here's peter step to toy
00:24:51still going as crowley makes a desperate tackle
00:24:58while they scramble back to save the day
00:25:02to his right and jason golby steps james low
00:25:09still going as crowley makes a desperate tackle
00:25:17while they scramble back to save a desperate cause well there was a transcript scrambling
00:25:23defense from island but again the loose forwards out wide peter step to toy he just kept running
00:25:29because the defender wouldn't commit it was might have been on his outside it was
00:25:34playing the overlap both these forwards out wide has to commit somewhere the right thing but the
00:25:43pretty good then springboks just needed to clean this breakdown up here then they were in business
00:25:49that's gotta the loose forwards busy in the white channels and a subtle difference in the way we set
00:25:54it up we're so used to having our forwards work within the trams tony brown x all black also x
00:26:01storm has played with him loves having the big range you lose forwards parking in the 15 meters
00:26:07peter step how well did he do with a little show and co the double pump and then the go-go gadget
00:26:13the law float jamie allsport born as he looks so assured under the high ball
00:26:18so it is a perfect evening down here but the box is looking strong coming on strong
00:26:25what about the scrum shimmy now this is where the springboks what's happening is the springboks on
00:26:29getting the head so on the set up here watch for a small herba bong in monami they'll try
00:26:33create a little bit of headroom but then look to fly in on the engagement
00:26:37it's nice stability there too much movement you can see not square and straight
00:26:53at the springboks tribe they've actually got a little bit of a
00:26:59well shimmy you were talking about how much closer and reporter was getting to France
00:27:04interesting that he made his test debut in 2017 and reporter
00:27:08but it wasn't until 2021 that he moved from tight head to loose head
00:27:15well and Matthew's a strong guy put to look just look at his body shape he loves the gym
00:27:19session loves the squat rack but you know sometimes he's got a tendency to kick his hips
00:27:25out and that creates a channel for the tight head but he's been pretty strong you can see the setup
00:27:29his head right underneath his chest but the springboks as a collective we want to get more
00:27:33one of aggressive hit
00:27:40contest on the throw to Franco Mostert
00:27:45tidying up beautifully
00:27:52a number of strong carries already now Pollard
00:27:55good contest in the air there and Derlindy again on hand
00:28:07to secure the ball, Quakersmith and Pollard, LaRue loving his role coming up from fullback
00:28:16Colby bounces off James Lowe once again
00:28:25Mcheh driving the legs into the tackle from Dan Sheehan
00:28:33Mostert, awkward little juggle there but he did so well to regain some momentum but Dorris
00:28:40quickly over the ball and forcing the turnover for Ireland, McCarthy for Byrne, Byrne hit
00:28:48carried by JC Creel and carried back into the 22-meter area so it'll be a springbok
00:28:56lineup back in Ireland's 22 and just as you thought Ireland were going to break away
00:29:04he must have thought he had the safety of the 22-meter area because
00:29:07he probably did have time he had time and all he had to do was root for downfield
00:29:12there was no one behind him but Dorris here the ball not protected by the springbok cleaners
00:29:18and he just takes it here so I thought here comes the breakout but what a chance here for the box
00:29:26just Franco Mostert missing his man missing his target he had to take care of Caelan Dorris
00:29:32biggest difference in the springbok attack is Henry Pollard's movement outside the pot of man
00:29:36fighting hard in the tackle with Dan Sheehan once again
00:29:50Bunambi for Smith
00:29:59well penalties South Africa please it's against the floor you can't make a tackle
00:30:05number one off feet so he's not allowed to make a tackle if he doesn't start on his feet straight
00:30:12in front of the posts and Pollard will go again well the pre-match talk was all about the Ireland
00:30:18attack at the moment it's a springboks attack and Ireland defending get waves and waves of attack
00:30:25just and this is all just pressure if it's a pressure obviously they can crack here no need
00:30:30you back your defensive system from Porter all you have to do is get up back the defensive system
00:30:36it's not really quick ball there's defenders out wide but it's all springboks attack at the moment
00:30:42just running using width using loose forwards out wide crossing forwards getting with getting the
00:30:46ball out to the wider channels and looking to go from there so a good balance between attack
00:30:51and kicking from the springboks
00:30:56the second consecutive penalty for Andre Pollard straight in front of Ireland's posts
00:31:07as you'd expect the edge of his team further ahead 10 points the lead
00:31:2226th
00:31:3425th in the rugby world cup final took them past
00:31:38the previous record of 24
00:31:47in the backfield it's Dan Sheehan getting his knees strapped while we're having this
00:31:51water break he's getting some running repairs on the right on the edge of it but
00:31:58and what we have done when we've had these big entries with our short man line up is create
00:32:04width and we've bossed the ball so far against the Irish side who hasn't really had a foothold
00:32:09in the game bar the two mistakes by Guacha Smith in the backfield great start for the box but we
00:32:14all know the quality of this irish side
00:32:34you haven't seen much of that they really haven't gotten to their rhythm and flow
00:32:38in terms of attack and you're right it's the springboks playing the right side of the field
00:32:43position too i don't have to cry short here
00:32:48they've had one or two chances especially that one that five meter tap that could have gone
00:32:51for the points but one more score here i'll try from the spring blocks then
00:32:56it's a long runway yeah it's a beautiful sight isn't it early evening vibes at loftus
00:33:04fairsfield in victoria remember scott berger's 50th test match in this stadium the second test
00:33:10in a three test series against the british and irish lines in 2009 regarded by many who watched
00:33:17it and who played in it as the most physical they'd ever seen and that is a problem for
00:33:22ryan and dan sheehan he's been involved in a number of strong defensive efforts in the
00:33:28game but he has been rocked backwards by a couple of springbok carries
00:33:40the evanescence take one please bearing down on brian havana's 124 tests jack crowley
00:33:50quokka smith stepping through the first attempted tackle from calvin nash he'd made a good kick
00:33:57chase
00:34:04okay use it please carry from it's a bit start on the back foot not making
00:34:13the top of the rack back onto his own side
00:34:18the clerk mostert was up there to try and tap it back fell kindly forward type furlong
00:34:27nash good hands for shian and then doris strong in his feet caleb doris we saw that
00:34:35when links is lost here in the urc semi-final against the bulls
00:34:40one of their better players first real opportunity for josh van der veer in the game and osborne
00:34:48trying to cut through a half gap and counter-attack
00:34:51was good at first but then bongi monami lost his footing and carried on he's beyond your feet to
00:34:56work not crawling through number two i thought he grabbed the body there too honestly he's just
00:35:01driving it back probably one of the irish players back but island winning the scraps here
00:35:10but chipping away they needed this they needed some sort of result
00:35:13in terms of a pressure build-up so bongi monami goes in he's grabbed the body there he got hard
00:35:19done by their shim we saw it in real time he got his he got a hook on on the cleaner
00:35:26drove him back did well not to collapse straight over the ball got done for crawling
00:35:41so just a second attempt for jack crowley from the kicking tee the first one was from
00:35:46straight in front a little more angle on this one but some
00:35:53slightly concerned irish faces in the crowd and perhaps more so now as almost inexplicably
00:36:02jack crowley turns that one wide unheard of
00:36:08such a revival kicker but for the springbok supporters they say justice
00:36:13bongi monami i thought grabbed the body then you went over that rack but
00:36:17island needed that kick they needed it
00:36:21pollard and mccarthy
00:36:27trough to clerk staying really brave in that tackle out the back from doris through
00:36:30the hands of crowley for ty burr crowley back in position
00:36:36key
00:36:47but offside call against the springboks and perhaps a chance he had to check twice because
00:36:52you were in his way at retribution but you're off to check that's too quick right to pass down
00:36:58that's where island is strong if that rack speed goes up
00:37:02up there straight a lazy runner from the springboks but purely because this island
00:37:09managed to generate it wasn't in the way
00:37:14yeah it was jesse krill that was in casey's passing lane you'll see him now he gets up
00:37:17does well to get out of it and just delays the pass gets pinned for lazy runner interesting
00:37:22to see the box going for a short 22 kickoff something you don't often see
00:37:32he's plus one
00:37:36shian running a little bit more freely now
00:37:51and shian gets from front of here calvin nash
00:37:54huge attempt to clean from sierra colisee mccarthy
00:38:14henshaw not showing any after effects of that early knock the attempt to tackle on colisee porter
00:38:24not taking the ball with any real momentum doris
00:38:30so adept at getting over the gain line offload in contact shian
00:38:34trying to get it underneath the tackle for james low
00:38:42furlong look to his inside for a possible offload for doris took the contact
00:38:48please crowley now henshaw the first receiver
00:39:06thanks
00:39:09doris again this time flung to the floor by ibanezabeth and now dan shian waiting up wide and
00:39:16low gets it inside well that is a brilliant score on debut for jamie osborne some trickery from
00:39:28james low to keep his feet in the field of play clever offload from dan shian in the build-up
00:39:39and matthew's tall side there's a long bridge pass over the top
00:39:42i think it was jack crowley this is the class here
00:39:47and it's magic here the hooker with the back pass so close inches in it
00:39:52james low just take the shot clock of a second please
00:40:02he has to commit there but he needs to brace in contact yeah and does he let it go early enough
00:40:09yes he does i think that's a full track thank you
00:40:15are you happy with the shot clock back on from osborne yeah okay time on the cross of crowley
00:40:20over the top the springbok defense obviously has to stick a little bit wider out because
00:40:28he has to watch that kick but all that island needed was that little bit of space
00:40:34shian with a little bit of magic a little pass around the back
00:40:49pulled his previous kick and attempted penalty from about 20 meters in from touch this is tight
00:40:55tight as you can be to the left touch line
00:41:02and another slight pull from jack crowley but island in touch and that's the ball the bridge
00:41:11pass face ball called we won for jack crowley and then we've seen dan shian with a little bit
00:41:16of magic around the back james low is doing what he does so well for lenster and for his country
00:41:23great attacking set okay no width on it which is unusual a lot of one pass
00:41:30but great patience showed by island great bounce back
00:41:36craig casey with the clearance of a very deep restart from hungary pollard
00:41:42and what the springboks are doing they're trying to kick deep so
00:41:45you must but you want to get there in time because that's where james lowers so if he
00:41:48gets into the rack then you can't kick then you force the irish island to burn a couple of racks
00:41:55before james low can get into that kicking shape so they got casey this time and the result that
00:42:00the springboks wanted 15 more great athleticism from franco mostert to okay one stop take that
00:42:12line out nine almost going past him stay bound damien delindy first receiver that time
00:42:25and crowley and doris and aki getting in around the ball hands away now to create a more
00:42:33the ball's here and the ball is available
00:42:37not often you see that with damien delindy carrying it into contact
00:42:43she and again out wide and again looking
00:42:47for a magical offload it wasn't on that time okay
00:42:54standing out wide he does want to be in the middle they're taking too much contact
00:42:57is
00:43:13just assessing the options and larue decides on a run running at the space
00:43:19oh
00:43:36i don't agree with that
00:43:50plays at nine he's been close a couple of times but he definitely does that time
00:43:55that's more play from offside and plays the nine springboks that's one of the first opportunities
00:43:59james has been allowed to exit and but really the roots that there is actually engaged island
00:44:05because you can see a kick of 60 and that's when they strike so we're going to definitely restart
00:44:10to play i don't probably expecting the kick to come backwards but that's that's a soft penalty
00:44:15soft penalty second one for quarter at the breakdown
00:44:29but i like the fact that the long kick return from billy larue put the pressure back on island
00:44:3520 seconds to go in the half pollard well finally he's missed one as bucky's bruta looks on
00:44:58the enforcer mini a clean
00:45:01tent it can't go directly in okay he's got to bounce first
00:45:07luke pierce did confirm that regardless of the outcome of that penalty kick
00:45:10there would be a restart so hooter sounding for half time
00:45:15um
00:45:21crowley goes deep
00:45:25marcus smith sets up for a run of the pass from pollard
00:45:31so
00:45:47here's colby
00:45:50good defensive read from ronnie henshaw but jesse creel extracting it from contact
00:45:56but doris is in there to affect the steal a vital one it was as well
00:46:08because the springbox was stacked away to their left
00:46:12and luke pierce blows the whistle for half time
00:46:17and try a piece one for kirkley orrin sir for the springbox one by jamie osborne on debut for island
00:46:27and jack crowley added a penalty a conversion and two penalties
00:46:31from andre pollard half time at lofters fairsfeld south africa 13 island
00:46:3840 minutes of pulsating test match rugby played here at lofters fairsfeld in pretoria 40 to go
00:46:46the springbox lead island by 13 points to eight one try a piece island after the first score of
00:46:52the game from kirkley orrin had an opportunity close to the springbox line but spilled it
00:46:57forward but then a piece of utter brilliance from dan sheehan with an offload for james lowe
00:47:03who also did really well to hold the ball up long enough for debutant jamie osborne to get over
00:47:12for south africa orrin's try a thing of beauty his 14th try in his 16th test match converted
00:47:20who added a further two penalties to south africa's score
00:47:30we spoke about the brilliance of dan sheehan we saw him having a knee heavily strapped
00:47:36towards the back end of that first half and he has not emerged from the tunnel
00:47:41so he will be replaced at hooker for ireland by ronan keller her
00:47:49also of lenster who started against the springbox at rugby world cup
00:47:58also seeing that gary ringrose has come out in jersey number 23 for ireland
00:48:05that's the ox
00:48:09the tough old battle at scrum time in that first half bandiaki with precious few opportunities
00:48:18to play his carrying role in midfield in the first half
00:48:24here we go south africa looking for their first win against ireland in over eight years
00:48:34foreign
00:48:39and strong carry from ireland's captain peter mahoney from the restart and villy
00:48:49does brilliantly under the high ball out the back from mostert pollard
00:48:52happy to take contact and kill her
00:49:04carrying strongly and emerges again for the rue it's a bath for the toy backwards
00:49:13back inside but off an irish hand for a springbok lineup
00:49:18the springboks have a lot of had a lot of numbers down that short side
00:49:23it's the mitten pass but billy larue committed to that highball that contestable
00:49:29and it's up in the sky very composed and that's where the launch started from
00:49:39it's a bit down for colisi and jesse creel going hard at jack crowley once again
00:49:59no no
00:50:04mostert again tipping it out the back this time for der lindy larue colisi
00:50:11another strong run from south africa's captain
00:50:18already iraq and what's happening though this is springboks every time they go wide wide
00:50:23already disappointed a rock from two players over the ball no hands allowed but island are
00:50:30turning their shoulders and the springboks are just running straight and direct in the
00:50:33wide channels two bodies over the ball right form you can't play it i thought he disappointed
00:50:47you make me choose the whole time
00:50:53oh
00:51:08any meters from them all
00:51:14so quaker smith called on to carry driven back towards
00:51:17his fellow forwards a little dummy run from a hundred pollard then
00:51:25mostert who peter stepped to toy to carry to clack creel
00:51:35and then mostert again after yet another dummy run from hundred pollard not yet
00:51:40not yet he's back to fill in at scrum half colise
00:51:48do toy mash with the tackle
00:51:52and it's a bit so a possible opening on the short side and a expensive pass
00:52:00easily read and intercepted by island back from a mahoney
00:52:09and a good clearance from crowley i don't want to have a fun time screaming printed up defensively
00:52:14i'll survive that one and emanates a bit one two three four irish players and look how strong he is
00:52:20that was the pass i think fuck the clerk just wanted to get this
00:52:23the ball into one of the other forwards but was that a was that a scramble pass
00:52:27from the loose forward the money or a dive pass let me say
00:52:36great pickup at crawley it was one of those came to him like a dead duck picked it up off his
00:52:41shoelaces
00:53:00to try and hold him up foot in there from ronan keller and illegally you can't kick it out of
00:53:06his hands
00:53:21refusal to go down to the competitions will find that the hooker can't use his leg and kick it all
00:53:25out of the box would like to improve their breakdown accuracy such a great carry by seattle
00:53:30same setup here we go gets inside by the aki this time stays on his feet doris gets on the
00:53:36ball damon's out there you want that's such a good target for every single player to hit that
00:53:42ruck ronan keller gets around puts the boot and boot down he's a close quarter lucky to catch the
00:53:48ball and not to clip from the cap on the hand or the forearm but it's the breakdown the breakdown
00:53:54got messy in that 22 attack we asked for a bit more patience
00:53:58of the box i think something you have to target get it early island very effective
00:54:04it's taking the adjusting arriving player out cleaning him out they've been so combative at
00:54:11the breakdown a rare miss from andre pollard just before halftime he's only one of the evening
00:54:22but this for the first points of the second half well that one's wide
00:54:31well you must think that's a formality reduced to this man being as cool common the pressure
00:54:39slotting them the whole time
00:54:42it's still still an arm wrestle
00:54:52and a couple of missed kicks from each of the tens two penalties from pollard a
00:54:56conversion and a penalty from jack crowley
00:55:03goal kicking one of the things that south africa bemoaned after
00:55:07their defeat by the school line taking 13 points to eight in the rugby world cup pool game
00:55:13here
00:55:32and that's where the hole comes then you play heads up rugby
00:55:36and almost a great chance for the springboks to break away
00:55:43and it's been the reason why we've had so many so many territory
00:55:47entries into the such so many attacking platforms is not over playing in your
00:55:51own house two three phases put it up and win the scraps
00:56:04full man lineup for ronan kennedy but over the top of mccarthy
00:56:08and quarter smith quick to dance and secure for the springboks to toy from the fear went low
00:56:16the clerk pollard saw the defensive line up very quickly away to his left opting for the contact
00:56:27jack crowley has had a torrid time there with springboks running at him
00:56:31oh
00:56:41it was promising
00:56:43and that was jessica almost thought yeah he busted through committed three defenders but
00:56:50osborne did well even if curtsy had caught that osborne as the last man was right on top of him
00:57:02so
00:57:16and that's one of the reasons why andy farrell went for jamie osborne on debut at fullback
00:57:21despite him playing all of his rugby for length of the season at 12 and 13 that left boot along
00:57:28with that of james lowe real assets on the exit and plenty of changes lining up on the bench
00:57:49all ready to pass not their time yet though
00:57:51it time is on please
00:58:01down from it to beth one last set piece for the starting pack and two knock-ons
00:58:08unforced error in the midfield a bit rushed a little bit rushed timeout please
00:58:16but jesse quayle he's been pretty solid up till now yeah it turns off uh one two three
00:58:30that man will be a beast on the ground the front row must just go
00:58:33multi-marks
00:58:38we had in fact in the rucks
00:58:41but this is up to the bronze squad now from the south african
00:58:43or springboard point of view
00:59:02and simultaneously
00:59:05peter and joe mccarthy for james ryan and ryan baird
00:59:22that's exactly it you want the box to be patient so many entries three of them
00:59:26into the irish 22 every single time coming up with the error great defense by this irish side
00:59:32but i feel this scrum the bomb squad would have been waiting for this the whole entire week
00:59:44the island medics asking for some time to assess kaylen dorris
00:59:5150th test cap in london
00:59:53in two weeks ago for vincent kopp
01:00:00against wales and getting a second test cap on his home ground
01:00:06having made a test debut against argentina
01:00:14just before the rugby world cup in 2023 he's had a fantastic season for
01:00:19the vodacom bulls in the urc and he packs down alongside malcolm marx who made his return from
01:00:24the injuries sustained at rugby world cup in that test of tricking him a fourth night ago
01:00:30and he's good to go a new lock tearing behind him at his name and
01:00:35formerly of munster and about to be of length
01:00:38winning a 35th test cap with salman murat earning a fifth alongside him
01:00:49bind
01:00:57second occasion
01:01:00you can hit hard but don't keep walking second time
01:01:04that well it's a first one of the first half is a free kick penalty and now it's a penalty
01:01:10luke pierce saying regardless of the fact that it's a brand new front row it's the
01:01:14second time the team have done it so it goes to you can hit as hard as you want
01:01:19but it must settle very quickly as we discussed all weekend ahead of the game
01:01:24so that's that's fair and i've got to be good enough to see that but if it continues to move
01:01:28on the floor you bring me into the game the thing is there there will be some sort of
01:01:34movement on the engagement winning the hit is a skill no position sometimes up to try and manage
01:01:40it
01:01:45kill her in the first lineup waiting for ryan baird of length to kc
01:01:57out of the hands and the turnover ball that the springboks can play with here jesse field
01:02:01running at the space
01:02:03to the left of the box
01:02:11then peter step to toy der lindy away from malcolm marx
01:02:18to clack der lindy once again pollard and larue
01:02:25looking way to his right for cheslin colby
01:02:28thanks well good work
01:02:33no look pass out the back and quickly through pollard for marx
01:02:44when michael from started another one who had an outstanding
01:02:47urc season for the bulls someone with that
01:02:51and then can start in again
01:03:05at this name i'm lining up for a carry and then puts steinicke the way to his right marx
01:03:12is
01:03:29putting it away off the left boot and all the way down towards south africa's 22 so there's
01:03:34plenty of promising build-up and the finishing at the moment lacking a bit now that's the one
01:03:41what you want to do you run a lot on your back because then the ball is exposed you lie on your
01:03:45side and try to play as long at least it buys time for you that's everything arrival but just
01:03:51going to be a great play i must say that on the initial turnover it must have been
01:03:59the springbox and he managed to slow it down that meant that allowed out into the defensive
01:04:05structure and come back that's been put to actually reach his hand i'm not sure where he's
01:04:09making pick a little finger dislocation maybe yeah it looked like it looked like almost a cut
01:04:15on the finger showing there you can see it almost like one of those where you might dislocate and
01:04:21shear the skin off or maybe you got stood on
01:04:26big impact by both sets of benches some proper hits by james ryan and beard respectively and
01:04:32our permanent was out of his snap and just on the last occasion laying on his back exposing the ball
01:04:37everyone okay you're allowed to make it difficult for joshua to still be active on the ground don't
01:04:43delay they look for the offload sort of do a half a twist and put the ball back but
01:04:47it's an amazing turn of a great defensive set by island they wondered the pump
01:04:51130 a test cap for kian healy
01:04:58another mistake from the springbox going forward off air his name on way back burn fundafear
01:05:08no advantage first game at the line out you think of kian healy's 130 test appearances as well as
01:05:17over 270 in the lengthster jersey
01:05:24you reach that stage of the game now
01:05:28do the basics well have world-class basics
01:05:33take that and deliver obviously the hole was there for the line out
01:05:37knock on strong but it's pressure now it's pressure with the game on the line
01:05:47me especially if you think on the balance of the second half it's been all the springbox
01:05:54without converting henrik puller missed the penalty of course you can hit as hard as you
01:05:59must settle quickly all of a sudden you have a great attacking platform you know how effective
01:06:07settle quickly south africa
01:06:17so
01:06:30quick heel from ireland and doris picking up at the base
01:06:41he takes it to the line
01:06:43back it comes for doris once again
01:06:59don't make me go 10 that's now three times next time we go 10 meters
01:07:08you're an island that's such a big steal i'll come and find you
01:07:12i'll come to you
01:07:16now luke pierce having a massive conversation with the irish team i think a lot of complaints
01:07:21coming around that breakdown but that's kind of the window of opportunity is so smooth but
01:07:25malcolm marx grabs it it's the body position and it's the timing gets him push himself back up onto
01:07:32the ball and once he's set he's almost impossible to move playing in south africa now quokka smith
01:07:40marco van staden malcolm marx our three best
01:07:43pull for is on the field so it will be hard for island to get continuity in this last 20.
01:08:01okay there is no advantage ball was backwards
01:08:05oh luke pierce perhaps getting the call from the tmi
01:08:08it hadn't gone forward off casey don't block originally called it forward
01:08:15and then cancelled the advantage beautifully out of the air from
01:08:19kirkley ironside but smashed in the tackle by calvin nash but quickly recycled naru looks for
01:08:26looks for colby almost went under james low
01:08:43if i have to click with a little run and then
01:08:47putting salman murat into the half gap lulu holds it up with quokka smith running
01:08:53at pace at a gap between two irish players
01:08:58offload from slayman from stardom
01:09:05stena camp again and doris cleaned off
01:09:08the attempted steal popped up by the clerk not going to hand murat away for larue
01:09:14larue
01:09:19jesse creel isolated
01:09:26huge contest at the ruck and casey goes to the short side for james low
01:09:30who gets away from malcolm marx can't get him and james low goes in
01:09:37foreign
01:09:50they've asked questions at the break time this time getting the turnover
01:09:53transition attack casey went down the short side james low with the gasp
01:09:59yeah and this is where it happened bandiaki he goes over there's a counter counter rock
01:10:04and it's kind of he manages to hook the ball hits it backwards casey down the blind no one home
01:10:10for the spring box it's wing against back line the cool step up against the touch line and over
01:10:16goes james low crucial score for ireland as they strike back a 17th test try for james lower first
01:10:27against south africa
01:10:33take on jesse creole then time time off on the shot clock
01:10:39is there going to be an intervention just making sure there's no knock on or anything but the shot
01:10:43clock's off so you know he said well no because i'll give you make sure you're settled and okay
01:10:48to pick it up they're still they're still with 40 seconds right i think you'll be okay
01:10:52okay
01:10:57yeah i'll make sure it is a try you'll get plenty of time to kick it okay so we got a check check
01:11:03yeah i'm just going to explain what i'm seeing on screen and then i'll put it up on field okay
01:11:08so when 16 does hook the ball backwards but for me he's lying on the ground when he does so
01:11:14okay pop the images up please yeah here's your images coming up now so 16 counter rocks then
01:11:19goes to deck and scrub kicks the ball back
01:11:26first over the ball and at that point luke pierce said hands off ruck is formed so with the red
01:11:34boots okay this killer that could also be called as a as a neck roll he's on a knee there
01:11:49and then raking the ball back yeah the point they're trying to prove when you are for a chat
01:11:55mikey yeah go on luke um you're right it is hooked backwards but a player can't play the
01:12:01ball on the floor and he's on the floor and then hooks the ball backwards so that's illegal it's
01:12:05not a try isn't it yes agreed okay can we just get the i'll explain to you fellas and just give
01:12:10me let me do my bit um can we get the restart mark and i'll explain to the two captains yeah
01:12:14no try
01:12:30please don't come running okay
01:12:33i won't say anything thanks
01:12:37this is a big turnaround also look at how this way the way this game was going
01:12:43i'll make sure you're okay this is a big turnaround
01:12:46so keller penalized for playing the ball on the ground on the floor out of the game
01:12:57and another change for the springbox grant williams
01:13:02of only two backs selected on the bench wins a 10th test cap replacing factor turkish come off
01:13:12so james lowe's try choked off and from the ensuing penalty andre poddard
01:13:20says he'll have a go at the posts to try and extend the lead to eight and miss just before half
01:13:27time and another one just after
01:13:39well that one's nowhere near from pollard
01:13:44three in a row he called a conversion in two penalties but now three misses in a row
01:13:49and it's decision time in terms of the kicking out pollard
01:13:56just needs to go one
01:13:59to get the island out of reach not having his best day with the boot well a let off in both directions
01:14:07he's got to get the ball out of his hands
01:14:12crowley
01:14:14up your slam and rises high and gets his arms over the mall for crocker smith who then loses it
01:14:22in contact to ty burd retreat first retreat retreat and kieran
01:14:29to
01:14:34kick going straight up in the air and not back on the island side and a boot in there from south
01:14:40africa type furlong driven hard to ground by malcolm marx
01:14:49and fully
01:14:59on
01:15:06nine
01:15:09you too basic
01:15:13um
01:15:26taking on james ryan making his way back from injury he came into the lenster side late in the
01:15:33season
01:15:52this time it's pollard in the backyard takes on his opposite number
01:15:57jack crowley as well williams away for vincent
01:16:04so
01:16:09now jason colby gives chase and james low
01:16:15as well to block the attempt from colby in a clever little kick here from craig casey
01:16:21and that's a 50 22 brilliant from the diminutive irish scrum half yeah and you realize
01:16:28thank you that no one is on billy larue isolated at the back as porter comes back on
01:16:32changes it's gonna you can see the tension in the crowd
01:16:38big time shim and it's game management no one wants to be caught in their own half play over
01:16:43play the game resorting to a lot of contestable kicking how good is the skill set out of the air
01:16:50been on both sides whether it was fully osborne very solid underneath the tassel and eventually
01:16:58running out of numbers gets caught happy to listen to the backfield not being covered time
01:17:02he's off the left foot of craig casey exceptional kick 50 22 great attacking platform changes and
01:17:08this is stuff that i'm feeds off and it's a moment night where there's micro battles now
01:17:14that are going to turn the momentum of this game who can double up on positives
01:17:19yes killer has strike and he regains and the bounce from ryan but uh luke pierce playing advantage
01:17:34tipped on by ty burn okay for killer advantage now over vantage over is the call
01:17:41and lost forward it's scrappy it's untidy it's morbid and it's understandable in some respects
01:17:50so much on the line between number one and number two in the world and
01:17:55it's a knock on the risk of stating yeah the bleeding obvious it's uh no i need a winner here
01:18:01tonight who can win the series in durban next week let's make it very very clear now you can
01:18:06ask me by all means ask me a question asking the same question again after i give you an answer
01:18:11talking about game management three times really is pushing it is a certain let me explain now
01:18:15that's now three times conversation i spoke to you the same you're both captains you work with
01:18:20your teams and that means you might work with my team
01:18:25and you over there enough tackled oh he hits the referee's knee oh he just gets whiplashed
01:18:32on the turf which is super firm
01:18:35yes please but game management shimmy to your question connor murray no one's better when it
01:18:41comes to a kicking contest game we saw him doing it for monster against the bulls he's gonna ease
01:18:47them in to close this game out for them get their wingers up in the air kick it marching short
01:18:51for the distance when you do have that opportunity okay and then the restart will be a knock on from
01:18:57the back of his head
01:19:01thank you so the restart will be a scrum to south africa for the knock-on
01:19:05okay and then the restart will be a knock-on from arden so scrum of south africa
01:19:11no i'm paying advice as he was going down
01:19:15the ground williams hit the back of his head
01:19:21thank you so the restart will be a scrum to south africa for the knock-on
01:19:28yeah jesse keels being strong powerful the dependable one in the springboard midfield
01:19:34marshall's the defense and a lot of
01:19:39now we're utilizing a bit more with looking for space he has been in the mix
01:19:45doing a lot of caring doing the power work and as usual dependable strong stable
01:19:52not now asking a lot of questions and being paid into space well three world cups for jesse creel
01:19:592015 his first thing just one match in 2019 before injury saw him replaced by damian villum sir
01:20:06and then one of the really valuable players in that win in france and tonight starting
01:20:16for a 29th occasion with damian to lindy in the midfield which puts them equal
01:20:23john de villiers and jacques ferre de lindy and lucania one also on 28 strong for the knock-on
01:20:30so that's a good one yeah advantage was over he won his 100th test cap against
01:20:37south africa in dublin at the end of 2022 do i need to make my point any clearer
01:20:45and a british and irish lions tourist on three occasions 2013 17 and here
01:20:50in front of no crowds in 2021 peter step to toy who captained his country
01:20:56against wales two weeks ago at twickenham
01:21:00has often been found out in the wider channel so too was siakwalisi before he left the field
01:21:08but as you'd expect strong on the carry and south africa's top tackler with 13.
01:21:16as the game's gone on he's grown into a bit more in the beginning prominent in those white channels
01:21:21where he's kept the ball alive what i've liked about the box when they did get onto that 15 into
01:21:26that trans how decisive we've been whether it's been through jesse quill or whether it's been
01:21:30peter steph second half we've seen him feature prominently coming around the corner carrying
01:21:36a lot of meters made a lot of carries exactly where he wants from a blindside
01:21:42jumper
01:21:49plenty of signs here this evening of more evolution certainly on the attack side of things
01:21:58for south africa you think back to 2018 when rasia rasmussen shot me in albert kempak took a while for
01:22:05the defensive system to bed in and see a coliseum a strong performance before his substitution
01:22:25that's where he's been solid the one area where the springbox will be concerned it's
01:22:29come they probably haven't had the dominance they've wanted but island had been good at
01:22:34we were talking about it saying this irish team you go back to the world cup you go back to the
01:22:39game in ireland they've been good against the springbox scrum that managed to slow down the
01:22:44impact of the hit almost made it a pre-engage or a soft hit and they managed to operate from
01:22:51then on but i think there's still a lot going to happen in terms of the scrum battle and that
01:22:56you know that might cause the momentum to
01:23:06spectators lighting up lofters while every possible care is taken
01:23:12to get craig casey casey safely off the playing surface munster's smallest player being tackled
01:23:19by munster's biggest before he makes his move to lenston early try in the game came from the
01:23:28springbox with jesse creel making good ground lovely offload from the circle you see and you
01:23:33look at the step to beat the debutant jamie osborne brilliant from curtly or is that
01:23:42an equally brilliant from this man dan sheeran look at the little reverse pass behind the back
01:23:48equal brilliance from james lowe to keep those toes inside the touchline
01:23:54and create the opportunity for young jamie osborne to score on debut hugo keenan who played
01:24:01against the springbox of rugby world cup having linked up with ireland's sevens team ahead of the
01:24:06olympics many thought that jimmy o'brien or jordan lama would wear the 15 jersey but handy farrell
01:24:15backing the 22 year old to make an impression and he duly has well a hand up from craig casey
01:24:23always good to see just acknowledging the applause and the well wishes which come from us as well
01:24:38just let him get off let's get two more seconds
01:24:40okay so connor murray i was saying won his hundredth cap against south africa in dublin
01:24:49now wins cap number 117 his ninth against south africa got a try against them in cape town
01:24:57in 2016 the first of the three test series won by ireland and cj slender was showing a red card
01:25:05and ireland playing a good portion of that game with 14 men but coming away victorious
01:25:23and the penalty comes eventually just waiting for the call of play it away for a moment there
01:25:30is
01:25:36the temptation is to play that island not connected in the front row
01:25:41eventually the box managing the springbox always want to scrum battle
01:25:47tom island advantage to survive well it's kicked in by james low but chasen colby is quick to
01:25:56that is extraordinary
01:26:18but the opportunism the awareness from chasen colby to get his second try against ireland
01:26:26and he's 15th in test rugby and james will try to keep that ball alive
01:26:31he told at a young age chase every single kick and that's what chasen colby did no one around him
01:26:38calm composed controlled and convincing james low
01:26:48he's trying to keep it alive here doesn't want the springboks to get the lineup
01:26:52what he needed was another player
01:26:55i think i might have a look at that to see did he step on when he had the ball
01:27:00then the ball's dead just have to bear with me sorry
01:27:05shot clock off please just hold that for a second
01:27:08you've got 30 seconds you'll have the 30 seconds ben's just clearing that's right
01:27:13so
01:27:25so it needs to be clear and compelling that we can't award it if he's in touch
01:27:30yes agree luke reason for check and obviously it's really tight so we'll
01:27:33go through the angles again
01:27:51it is
01:28:04yeah so at that point uh luke i haven't got anything to say he's definitely
01:28:09in touch so at the moment i'm just going to wait for one more angle but at the moment we're going
01:28:13to stick with the on-field decision of try because he looks like he releases it before the foot in
01:28:18touch okay so he's fine he's way too tight yeah of course of course still alive still alive
01:28:25off the left hand there but you can't really see the right you have to see this with his
01:28:30right hand is on it or not just ask for an angle down the line luke okay
01:28:36that's still alive now when you let's go if it's still alive here
01:28:44whoa you need to see the right hand side
01:28:51i'm just asking for the corner luke sorry no problem no rush let's get the right decision
01:28:56yeah
01:29:06okay the corner angle doesn't look like it's showing anything luke so
01:29:10you can stick with your on-field decision okay i have got nothing clear to overturn it
01:29:15okay so we can all try then yeah yes we've checked the other corner angle
01:29:19more possible
01:29:23it's an on-field decision which try it's tight it's really tight but it's not clear
01:29:27so we can't unwrap the trial okay it's still tied in the ground it's not clear
01:29:35well what a massive moment in this game yeah
01:29:41understandably trying to keep 28 seconds after what looked like a mis-touch from the penalty
01:29:47100 odd jason colby turns it into points
01:30:00back on strong from the kicking team and there's going to be some debate matthew
01:30:05there's going to be some debate around that one because you can't see that so many questions
01:30:11should be whether he's crossed the plane where he lands outside the field of play whether he
01:30:15was still in touch while he released while his foot touched where he released the ball
01:30:20one thing that's not in doubt though is chasen colby's work rate never give up a lost cause
01:30:26we saw it in the world cup last year with the charge done on ramos we just witnessed it again
01:30:34a short contestable restart from the option island following the try and there's a hand in
01:30:42yeah which then went into touch it's a knock into touch you have an option of a lineup or scrub
01:30:50it's kind of two big moments in that game where we had to go upstairs so that james though tried
01:30:56disallowed this time almost in touch or keeping the ball alive sorry okay then played from there
01:31:04it yeah the good old 14 point swing
01:31:18ronan kelleher towards the tail for ryan baird and island have made a bit of a mess of their
01:31:24own throne retreat first out of the field colby skewing the kick off the side of his boot
01:31:33turnover ball kicked away and directly into touch
01:31:49and reporter having come back on to the field
01:31:52having had that hand attended to in five better from baird that time
01:32:01jack crowley looks to his inside for james low off his left wing keller
01:32:07promising line close to the ruck drawing in a couple of extra defenders james low
01:32:22tackle coming in from grant williams diving on to the player as opposed to
01:32:27tackling him so conceding the penalty come out come out come out
01:32:36well we saw a scuffle similar to this in the first half it was always going to be high tension
01:32:43thank you
01:32:56there we go
01:33:12um
01:33:30don't let island get back into this game by having ill discipline they've got to chase
01:33:36the game spring much will be well served if they keep their side king here we go
01:33:40was clumsy way better if you just held his feet that's the push down back and try to
01:33:47steal the ball that back down and more importantly for for island they have to convert
01:33:54they have to come up with something
01:33:58gets up to tap back the steel and colby bravely onto the ball
01:34:03so just the potter forwards
01:34:12vincent cox supported by marco from starting and then
01:34:18south africa use it please
01:34:20now pollard is back
01:34:28in a very similar position for the next lineup
01:34:32you have this good work the initial one from peter step to toy
01:34:38going with the late
01:34:38effort
01:34:51down by ryan baird low
01:34:53oh
01:35:13jack crowley for the corner
01:35:22nine minutes of this test match to play
01:35:29yeah
01:35:37so rodan keller should he said that they've got to come away with something here okay so
01:35:42advantage of numbers advantage of numbers receiver enter before ball thrown free kick
01:35:50kick advantage for ireland so we want to make more of this burn aki and crowley
01:36:00numbers so just a free kick no no
01:36:08thank you so free kick on the 15 receiver entered you had one more number than island
01:36:14numbers receiver entered
01:36:15it's only it's a free kick lads it's a free kick it's a free kick it's numbers in the lineup
01:36:34plenty of debate around what to do with it yep where you are we saw a tap and go
01:36:39in the first half with dan sheehan
01:36:43the man to take it now ryan moves away to get the pass from connor murray and fundaflare
01:36:51from starting with a tackle
01:36:54decent enough counter from the springboks but murray did well so to ryan baird finley village
01:37:00still penalty advantage see if anything comes
01:37:16lupius allowing this to evolve island desperately want to try doris
01:37:25and fundaflare goes towards james low to his left
01:37:31velan
01:37:37james ryan
01:37:42and then peter
01:37:45malcolm marx trying to latch on over the top cleaned off it bandiaki strong in the tackle of
01:37:53yeah good defensive read from kirkley irons on crowley
01:38:00and then murray's kick charge down but vital time used up but this is going to be a card
01:38:06yep lots of penalties down here two advantages and made the tackle offside
01:38:13number 11
01:38:27and then one back about 10 meters out there
01:38:34coming out of the line early
01:38:35okay
01:38:49at a very special moment here in south africa for sasha
01:38:56a former south african under 20 captain who made his debut off the bench
01:39:00as well as a ticket of a fortnight ago and promptly landed
01:39:04a monster penalty kick time he gets a second test cap replacing hungray pollard
01:39:11kelleher with the tap and go for island
01:39:16and the stretch from doris lupius
01:39:22has a good look and that's right on his knees
01:39:25can we track it is a vital piece of defense
01:39:32ben but on the field is no try i have it on the leg of the south africa player i just want to
01:39:38make sure it's not dabbed on the white dust beforehand please okay on the decision so
01:39:43unless it's clearly a try it is not and it's a goal line drop out yeah no worries
01:39:47yeah and kellen doris
01:39:58is there a point to the ball on the chalk there eventually on the leg
01:40:04short there
01:40:19whoa that is so close it's it's another one that's so so hard to judge okay look at the
01:40:26decision okay stick with your own field decision no try no try held up go on the margins of this
01:40:32game has been
01:40:38okay time off please make sure everyone's ready to play
01:40:43where's the ball okay time is on 13 carries in the game for islands number eight kaelin doris
01:40:52and very seldom as he stopped dead in a tackle
01:40:56james low in the end of the goal line drop out doris this time he's effectively cut down away
01:41:08by murray for belan back inside brilliant pass and it's going to be a run-in for connor murray
01:41:16brilliant score we are not done here yet at loftus seven points in it with a kick to come
01:41:23south africa down to 14 what a strike back to my clinical
01:41:29absolutely clinical the inside pass no one awake in the springbok defense just so easy
01:41:38thank you thomas the springboks entire tuesday defensively there was an inside pass here
01:41:44inside pass and kelleher he's got one two three options around him
01:41:52and off he gives it no ball please but this this was the inside ball yeah
01:41:57it was almost a it was a little drift you could see it was a little drift
01:42:02actually great move a little drift ken healy went slipped out and okay and ronan kelleher came down
01:42:09the middle that's what created the whole great play from ireland really smart attack and play
01:42:15using the big men show me and it's a set play they do of 22 kick proceeds
01:42:22that's gone off the hands of james low and then what happened
01:42:28that is a big mistake big mistake of the restart
01:42:39one two three let's go let's go let's go team yeah again they targeted james though because
01:42:46they want him at the bottom of the rack he touches that ball now it's survival time he
01:42:50needs to rescue it too late another big turnaround you don't often see james low
01:42:57make errors and judgments at the house that ball with that trajectory you let it go it
01:43:02will be bounding into touch they'll be scrumming on the halfway line
01:43:06a big scrum here from the spring box it's going to be a massive effort they've got a
01:43:09penalty the last one so the big men are going to dig in and they're going to dig deep
01:43:21it's a shorter player out on the left wing
01:43:35time off
01:43:43yeah you chose to stand up so let's go there oh not time off says lucius they
01:43:48chose to stand up so didn't call the clock off so this is
01:43:54valuable time being eaten up connor murray with his second try against the spring box
01:44:01crutch on the 17th contest rugby
01:44:12huge effort from the springbok out there marching towards ireland's line it's a penalty drive
01:44:17south africa's new minister of sports arts and culture in the 60s very happy with that
01:44:35i mean
01:45:01to close it off that shuts the game down
01:45:06he said before the start of the game thank you that only four of the last 12 matches
01:45:13between these two sides before tonight had been won by south africa and all of them by six points
01:45:17or less but ireland staying in the fight doris camped out wide
01:45:28side
01:45:38almost through a gap low offloading contact is good and bad
01:45:52seven points in it with a kick to come and certainly a restart to come
01:45:59well island certainly keep asking questions of the springboks defense and really good
01:46:07play ball behind the back kick before he's made some errors but this time he gets it right
01:46:16and island are right back in it again but little time left and the kick under enormous pressure
01:46:24that has gone right understandably jack crowley trying to get it done as quickly as he could
01:46:35so nearly got charged again but the magic of james though
01:46:38keeps the ball up in those white channels we saw him in the first half keep it alive
01:46:44and the combination of james ryan and brian bed has been exceptional coming off the back with the
01:46:49impact kickoff to come i think the fans have sent me the idea for the box
01:46:57jason colby getting attention for an injury
01:47:02apparently
01:47:08recurring during the kick chase
01:47:10kicks again not as deep this time
01:47:26a converted try required to draw the game
01:47:29oh
01:47:44the knock on court haven't heard the siren is that time up yes it is south africa
01:47:50have done it after eight years they have a victory against island
01:48:00there were times in the game where it looked as though they might get comfortably ahead
01:48:06but the six nations champions held on grimly they scored
01:48:14a try towards the back end of the first half but tries from connor murray and ryan baird
01:48:24inside the final 10 minutes of the game kept him well and truly in the fight
01:48:28and it took a powerful south african scrum to produce a penalty try that gave them
01:48:37the breathing space that they needed certainly not always perfect from either side
01:48:44but a compelling contest in front of an appreciative crowd the first time
01:48:52that the springboks got to play in front of their home fans as back-to-back world cup champions
01:49:00relief now for peter steph to joy
01:49:06who kept him the side when sia colisi left the field
01:49:09and james low with two pieces of individual brilliance to create two tri assists
01:49:20one for jamie osborne on debut just prior to halftime and then another to put ryan baird in
01:49:29so three tries a piece south africa victorious in the first test but
01:49:35there is still going to be plenty of spice when they go to durban for the second test in a week's time
01:49:51south africa take their tally to 19 wins in the 29th test match between the countries
01:49:59having captained his country for the 15th time this evening
01:50:08he leaves without the spoilers