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00:00:00and then as mentioned earlier in the South African team Adrian Richter did a
00:00:05big job on his shoulders but also for the two line out men Vissa and Otto and
00:00:10Russo throwing in in the line out
00:00:19Romania will concentrate greatly on the two men in the middle Koshikariu and
00:00:24Churasku the two lock forwards to bring them some sort of possession because the
00:00:29rest might be scant but they will play for the love of their nation today and
00:00:33they're a very very proud nation
00:00:45replacements today then Andre Juppe one of the heroes for South Africa last
00:00:50Thursday and on the Romanian side well they do have some injuries in the camp
00:00:55including the captain and some of them on on the bench as well
00:01:01but welcome back there to Newlands and Ken McCartney from Scotland will be
00:01:26looking after this game he's the referee today and with him Jim Fleming
00:01:31of Scotland and Felice Vito from Western Samoa will be in charge of this
00:01:36particular match South Africa are playing into the southeast a breeze and
00:01:41the match will be started by Ivan Juppe the fly half of Romania
00:01:49governor's you were saying there the Romanians are very proud rugby nation
00:01:53they've come here fielding a relatively young side they've chosen to go the
00:01:57youth first route in their furthering rugby back in Romania this afternoon
00:02:01they're fielding a number of students four of them in fact are physical
00:02:05education students so who knows they'll be fighting for the warm-up procedure
00:02:09amongst them well they've been known to be a very physical side
00:02:14even took him to the Sun choosing to go to his left
00:02:20what is the catcher well a penalty going immediately against South Africa from
00:02:27Ken McCartney catcher was Adrian Richter and the players came in from an offside
00:02:33position well I think they were in fact just indicating that there were a few
00:02:40blockers acting in the path of Adrian Richter just look how they spread around
00:02:43him Gary Pagel's there and quite rightly you're not allowed to do that
00:02:48according to the rugby laws well early opportunity then for Ivan Juppe in
00:02:58playing his third match for his country today and just a solitary penalty goal
00:03:03behind his name for his country
00:03:07some big men in the Romanian side
00:03:22lots of concentration as he struck this well enough is that gonna swing
00:03:31well that's the difficulty with the wind because that kick virtually started on
00:03:35the right hand upright and then swung away South Africa with the advantage of
00:03:42knowing this wind a little better than well certainly a lot better than their
00:03:46opponents LaRue with a restart well taken that was well cleared that by
00:03:52Romania Ivan Juppe looking towards the blind side a very good kick from him
00:04:06big role for a Brinza at the back number eight for Romania he's gone into this
00:04:14match with well he's had an injury leading up until today and it was a
00:04:19light decision that he would in fact play in this match as an injured
00:04:23shoulder
00:04:26can Rousseau get some accuracy which has been lacking before that's Visser in the
00:04:32front that's Johan Rousseau's kick from within his 22
00:04:41Goebbels Visser stamping his mark of authority quite early in the game he has
00:04:46always proved to be very very reliable front row jumper and in fact most people
00:04:52were quite surprised it is a mission from the springbok team last Thursday
00:04:55super way to start the lineouts he's always been a very explosive jumper in
00:05:00the front that's Nick Resch with a throw-in and then it's Quaino Otto who
00:05:05takes it away from them that's a really good start that for South Africa Ruus
00:05:12Hoist coming in from the back and beautifully taken by Brecci that's good
00:05:19driving by Romania they did well to take the catch and then get some
00:05:23momentum going with that rolling ball
00:05:27Ivan Csuk just peppering South Africa and pushing them back bearing in mind
00:05:32he's got the wind behind him that was Gavin Johnson South Africa's record
00:05:40holder in terms of individual points scored in a match 28 against Western
00:05:45Samoa
00:05:49Rous kick just drifting back a little bit Romania unable to take looking for
00:06:01the physical encounter there on that occasion with Delapu is the man who is
00:06:11penalized for holding on to that ball when he went down he didn't get close
00:06:16enough support from the rest of his Romanian back any LaRue taking the kick
00:06:27to touch and that's interesting because one would have expected Gavin Johnson to
00:06:31do it but good to see the flop getting himself involved early quite clearly
00:06:35South Africa will need to settle down a little bit they've been starved of
00:06:38possession and near we see that penalty that was earlier water to South Africa
00:06:44Jellipoo just comes in and goes over the top of that ball South Africa unable to
00:06:50control that ball Romania using their options well then spitting the ball down
00:06:57the line Johnson Johnson keeping it in field
00:07:02it's not enough on convert you went backwards well now since a little bit
00:07:08more urgency in the Romanian team that what we saw against Canada last week
00:07:12where they seem to be very lethargic and lacking somewhat in creativity and
00:07:17willingness to run and in contrast South Africa just seem to be taking it a
00:07:22little easier settling into what should be a very very complete game plan against
00:07:27the Romanians and as Gavin Johnson took that kick from deep in out inside his
00:07:32own half James small was well positioned and is 22 for a touch kick so maybe they
00:07:37need to play together a little bit well there's certainly no need to motivate
00:07:41the South African team there are many players today playing for positions in
00:07:46the so-called green team this is the gold team being led by Audrey and Richter
00:07:51Brendan Fenton trying to find space well tackled by a bunch of running into the
00:08:02wind is a lot easier for South Africa now this is Johnson on the switch there
00:08:06Hendricks would pick up from drinking his first match for South Africa on his
00:08:12home territory
00:08:17I'll bet they'll come for a penalty and this might well be kickable for Gavin
00:08:22Johnson well play with a lot more purpose coming from South Africa there
00:08:29they look to move the ball wide and certainly as we mentioned earlier
00:08:32perhaps we're going to see more work from James small and Peter Hendricks both
00:08:36fine wingers with very very strong running ability South Africa would want
00:08:44to concentrate on getting their game plan in motion settling the game but
00:08:51there must be some real desires to run the ball with a strong wind into them
00:08:56certainly when they get into the Romanian half of the field governor's
00:09:01you mentioned there are a lot of these players playing for positions in the
00:09:04green side and I think the good thing about today's makeup in the springbok
00:09:09lineup is that 11 of those players have yet to play in the World Cup and it will
00:09:13almost be like a new look-alike springbok side which shouldn't bring in
00:09:16too much of the overconfidence
00:09:23lovely camera angle from our cameras and he's struck that well as Johnson it's
00:09:27got the lead
00:09:32well you hungry applauds his goal kicker from this side of the touchline and into
00:09:38the wind that's an outstanding kick from Gavin Johnson should do well to settle
00:09:42him for further attempts always a very accurate kicker and today's not gonna
00:09:49it's going to be a real test of kicking skills one feels we were unable to take
00:09:55that ball as it goes through his legs South Africa have the advantage of the
00:09:58put-in so they'll come back
00:10:11South Africa a fair bit heavier than Romania Romania known for their strong
00:10:18skills in the line out and physical encounters in the scrums that's a good
00:10:22kick that for James small the bounce is not that I've kind to him excellent
00:10:30tactical kicker is your hungry that certainly is a strength of his game we
00:10:36saw in the match against England last year you hungry with those peppering
00:10:39high kicks really was outstanding look at it she's got churashku in the front
00:10:46just behind him in the front to churashku lots of experience from the
00:10:52two line up men for Romania they've got over 60 caps between them well that was
00:11:01good defensive pressure from South Africa and that's what they showed so
00:11:05well in that opening encounter in terms of pressuring their opponents good quick
00:11:10tackling the referees bought the line out all the way back to the 22 and has
00:11:17ruled that Russian you was in fact outside of his 22 so we're going to see
00:11:26the South Africans putting the ball in just on the Romanian 22 any LaRue switch
00:11:32back there to Robbie Brink Robbie Brink is big and strong and so is Ruben clear
00:11:36this is a chance for South Africa there's a long pass to the outside James
00:11:40small is across an outstanding move can they get over the line Corbis Visser is
00:11:47usually is in the middle of that mall now turned rock
00:11:55but what a great start for Robbie Brink and in tandem with these fellow flanker
00:12:00just saw that move right up to the Romanian try line what do we have in
00:12:08store now will it be a big shot from South Africa in goes your hundred to
00:12:12lend a little bit of support and Hendricks to take the scum off birth
00:12:18will it be needed South Africa have scored
00:12:24oh we're waiting to see who the trial be credited to and it certainly looks
00:12:32like Mario's hurt or Audrey and Richter has scored that try what a fine try for
00:12:40South Africa started by some super intermingling play between the loose trio
00:12:44there Robbie Brink involved and Ruben Kruger we've already seen action from
00:12:48him let's have a look at that scrum they're very solid scrum of South Africa
00:12:52prove themselves to be a very very strong scrummaging nation in the past
00:12:56and Peter Hendricks prepares himself and Audrey and Richter just makes the last
00:13:01effort
00:13:08Israel today is not just a prize scorer but it's manning the post of captaincy
00:13:14and marshalling those troops of South Africa
00:13:19your hand Roo has taken an awful knock on his on his nose and he's a tough man
00:13:26he'll be back what he might be saying to himself Gavin that's the last time I get
00:13:30involved in a scrum
00:13:35Johnson's angle is a little bit more acute on this occasion
00:13:41I like points to know South Africa lead than 11 minutes of play gone
00:14:00even shook with the restart it's a lovely dropout from him Craner Otto's
00:14:05the man going up but he's knocked on will there be advantage for Romania and
00:14:10Russia new can't take that and they'll come back for the scrum
00:14:20Ken McCartney in a broad Scottish accent just giving a little warning to the
00:14:25players that the whistle is gone and back you come please I'm in control
00:14:30a strong French influence on Romanian rugby and that is manifested in their
00:14:44desire to move the ball around well that was good pressure from South Africa
00:14:48knock on coming from Romania
00:14:53you once again finding some space for James small to well taken by brecci he's
00:15:03a tall man is brecci
00:15:10well the men from the Balkans have certainly not stood back in this game in
00:15:15these opening encounters they've been prepared to take South Africa on
00:15:23the numbers are shouted by a hundred that'll indicate where that ball is
00:15:32going to be sir in the front then Craner Otto that's above him but Richter
00:15:37takes well
00:15:41Romanians going over the top of them preventing the ball coming out on South
00:15:46Africa's side because Richter done well he turned himself to face his post and
00:15:51over the top winter blood from Romania that was indeed a fine take by Richter
00:15:58at the back of the line out so often the back of the line out jumper tends to
00:16:03feel that the number four jumper has taken the ball and looks to the attack
00:16:06and he was wide awake to catch that one as it came over Craner Otto's head we
00:16:15see Richter goes to ground and the referee indicates that it was the number
00:16:19three and that's a great chance for South Africa this is Peter Hendricks
00:16:25South Africa took a short line out they made a bit of a hash of it but Rue
00:16:29cleaned up well good work there by Ruben Creer now Henny Larue little chip kick
00:16:37through he's gonna try and take it himself but there's a knock on from
00:16:40South Africa
00:16:50South African flop not too sure whether that option was the correct one for him
00:16:56but in the heat of the moment decision is taken quickly
00:17:02Flutur back it goes to the fullback Bresci
00:17:12Casey Pinar, Casey Pinar in the middle and Kitsch Christie and Mornay
00:17:17Duplicy on either sides the brains trust of the South African team this was
00:17:29so found found these men in this match that's Kwebis Visser a good jump by him
00:17:41South Africa get this ball turning and or otherwise get a quick release to the
00:17:46backs there's men of plenty in the background Johnson coming down the
00:17:50middle well this is good ball for South Africa but they were not properly
00:17:57regrouped as Otto goes wide and then comes back again once again a flurry of
00:18:04players this is Brink again Ruben Creer right on his tail
00:18:10well obstruction from South Africa they'll be disappointed by the fact that
00:18:20Ruben Kruger and Robbie Brink got a little bit mixed up there
00:18:29well sadly for South Africa they're not converting an attacking opportunity into
00:18:33points and it's nice to see Robbie Brink settling into a very very fine game so
00:18:39far he one player that just seems to make the ball available before contact
00:18:43and we've seen him throw out two or three vital passes and that's where the
00:18:48referee indicates that there was a little bit of obstruction from the South
00:18:51Africans and awards the penalty to Romania
00:18:57the magic spray comes out and that's the Scaramouf Flute
00:19:09well important for Romania's cause that he stays on his feet taking the place
00:19:21from of Niago who played in the first match against Canada
00:19:30that clearance not possibly making full use of the wind it is a strong wind down
00:19:35and I'm sure that South Africa will relish the opportunity in the second
00:19:40half to make full use of it well throwing in the lineouts is not that
00:19:46easy either that's Robbie Brink the dredge he looking for to rescue in the
00:19:51front he finds him
00:19:55it was a better punt that from Ivan Chouk
00:20:06well the distance that they're not able to find Tony is probably largely got to
00:20:11do with the good and quick defensive work of South Africa we had South Africa
00:20:16has the territory territorial and position advantages which was to be
00:20:19expected important for their cause that they actually playing well at the back
00:20:32it's Brick and Richter that jump and coming up cleanly to South Africa that's
00:20:37Hendricks on the far side he's here to take his man on and then just stop short
00:20:41of him well that was a good tackle that on
00:20:48Creno Ato
00:20:50back on his feet again good ball for Ivan Chouk looking to take South Africa
00:21:13on there's a very strong South African midfield presence
00:21:21chip kick from Fluteur. Johnson's made sure that he's back far enough in case
00:21:27the ball travels some distance with that wind and that's a lovely reply from the
00:21:31fullback
00:21:42Gavin Johnson certainly striking the ball sweetly today he hit that one with
00:21:46an enormous amount of interest way deep into Romanian territory into the wind
00:21:53and all well five tries in five internationals also says a lot for the
00:21:58fullback that's not a bad strike rate either that's big Corvus Vissar
00:22:03sporting a little beard
00:22:07Nick Rich once again going for Churashkou in the front barging against the
00:22:14Romanians in the front by South Africa
00:22:21that man Corvus Vissar in picture was the culprit according to the referee
00:22:28this is Brecci the advantage of having the strong left foot
00:22:35let's see if we can pick Corvus Vissar up and he does just step across the line
00:22:45and well nudges his opposite man Churashkou the benefit of the throwing
00:22:54goes the way of Romania of course from the resultant line out line out from the
00:22:59penalty strike rate for South Africa much improved from last week but this
00:23:04time it's a Romania's ball looking to play it wide this is good running by
00:23:09Brecci at the from the fullback position he's really looked a very useful player
00:23:15Tony yes he certainly has and as we saw those line out statistics there Gavin I
00:23:21my memory served me correct this time on Thursday South Africa had a strike rate
00:23:26of almost 30% as opposed to 88% this afternoon so there's been a big
00:23:30turnaround and they're playing against some very good jumpers in Romanian locks
00:23:36just the four South Africans in but that's good enough for them
00:23:41this is securing position in the front South Africa looking to run it from their
00:23:46goal line this is dangerous James small looking for recovery and finds it well
00:23:53those games of experience that James small has racked up certainly showing
00:23:57and you may just need to settle things a little bit they've got time on their
00:24:00hands settle into a pattern South Africa would want some sort of percentage
00:24:07statistics in terms of the way that they're going to approach this match
00:24:10there are bigger ones coming their way
00:24:15the grits to the back taken on by blood
00:24:24the tour this is a huge punch from Ivan Chuck Johnson's first real test that's
00:24:31very well taken by him James small is in there to help him
00:24:38can South Africa make the recovery they want that inside their goal area well
00:24:45that was really good play by them and good recovery from your hungry well
00:24:49composed with the South African pack and Johnson did well to secure the position
00:24:53well Johnson in taking that high up and under must thank his teammate Henry
00:24:58LaRue is quick in for the rip and that subsequently set up the platform for
00:25:02your hungry to clear
00:25:11eight points to know them 18 minutes left 17 in fact
00:25:22the grid she's had a lot of throwing in on the line out in this game in the
00:25:28minutes that we've had in this first half well accidental offsides there
00:25:36against the fire off Ivan Chuck well Gavin that little kick by flutter he does
00:25:43indicate that he enjoys soccer and he used his foot as a pass instead of the
00:25:47customary scrum off pass well a lot of their players are football fans which is
00:25:53perfectly understandable for teams coming from mainland Europe some of the
00:26:03many supporters turning out today to support their local team South Africa
00:26:10Oh
00:26:19the bridge who's done a lot more throwing in than Chris Russo has in this
00:26:23match who comes away well keeps gets his hands through the tackle and then no
00:26:29scruff but any LaRue had sensed that and then came up to get himself into the
00:26:35right position it's an awful kick that from brecci drink can't take properly
00:26:44Richter goes back inside South Africa would want to regroup here the Romanians
00:26:50are seemingly playing the ball on the ground but it's gone the other way
00:26:58well the referee has decided the penalty will go South Africa's way there were
00:27:02too many Romanians off their feet playing that ball well the quick ones
00:27:08nominated via by a hungry as he dodged through a gap there that's Peter Hendricks
00:27:14looking to try and push off culture news against him today and has his work cut
00:27:20out well there's been an awful amount of penalties in this match Tony and once
00:27:28again with South Africa they're not not keeping the or not playing the ball off
00:27:33their feet well indeed you said earlier that Audrey and Richter had to fill some
00:27:39big shoes in France while Pino but you'll be looking to discipline his
00:27:42players a little bit more they put in a very disciplined performance on Thursday
00:27:46conceding very few penalties by comparison to the most recent test
00:27:51matches and that'll be going through the mind of the players now well young
00:27:57brecci that was a good kick from him right up against the touchline the
00:28:03pressure has been coming from South Africa is evident from those statistics
00:28:06with the fly half of Romania having to kick on more occasions than South Africa
00:28:11and that's because the defense is getting up really quickly onto the fly
00:28:15half from the Balkans South Africa come away with it
00:28:27you go drink on pick up wasn't a particularly good pass from Kruger
00:28:35what good was Vista they're just showing how vital he is to South Africa's drive
00:28:39he's probably the best driver amongst the top five and very very strong once
00:28:44he gets going
00:28:48game struggling to come to life once again a big kick from brecci
00:29:0014 minutes left in this half the try from Audrey and Richter and that super
00:29:05penalty goal from Gavin Johnson is the difference
00:29:18Oh
00:29:20Christopher so has some choices which is taken well at the back and that's quite
00:29:26no Otto's tap this is good ball for South Africa LaRue's hoist I didn't
00:29:33exactly go I think where any living wanted it to be it was an up-and-under
00:29:37but it drifted across beautifully and important ground one for South Africa
00:29:44the left-hand corners are always good probing ground for any team well out of
00:29:52picture flank and Jalop who has gone down quite heavily
00:30:03game will continue that's a Reuben career coming out sensing that he's
00:30:07marker is not in the line out that's a good jump from to rush to in that big
00:30:16left boot of brecci again he's really been called into action quite a bit
00:30:20because of so much of the play being on that side of the field and then using
00:30:23him with that strong left foot of his well Jalop who's up on his feet making
00:30:30his way back to the line out and as you said earlier the game struggling to
00:30:34really get going we have a great deal of excited fans here at Newlands today
00:30:39they're just hoping that their side South Africa can put together a string
00:30:43of tries Chris Rousseau good work with Visser it was the tap down and running
00:30:47off the ball beautifully as Christian Schultz he's such a lovely runner
00:30:51straight runner with with a ball South Africa a little bit disorganized there
00:30:58but Chris Rousseau recovers well now quick releases what South Africa want
00:31:04but it goes the way of Romania from an offside position
00:31:13that's the big man to rush who came in from the side of that ruck now the big
00:31:19choice is charge or kick well here we see to rescue he's almost acting like
00:31:26Scrum off for South Africa and yet he's wearing the yellow jersey the referee
00:31:30just picks up that there's a penalty
00:31:35yeah Andrew has told his forwards to go back a bit further there's going to be a
00:31:38huge belt at the line from them can I get over well that was disappointing but
00:31:47they didn't have a lot of room to move in they were right up against the
00:31:49touchline well South Africa have already shown that they're a scrummaging side
00:31:54they've pushed the Romanians around the park today and perhaps a five-meter
00:31:59scrum may be the right option in the end
00:32:03well will they look for momentum from the scrum or the release to La Rue he's
00:32:10got power and pace in the back line there's a misunderstanding but he does
00:32:15well to recover as well to get across the advantage line this is Robbie Brink
00:32:21he's been really evident in these early exchanges
00:32:25Vissa to speed thrust South Africa needs somebody running off the ball at pace
00:32:31that's inside there little dummy from Brendan Fenton but Romania were off sides and
00:32:36there'll be a penalty under the post
00:32:43Tony one feels that South Africa really must regroup themselves but this is an
00:32:47interesting situation take the kick well the Romanians unsuspectingly
00:32:54thought that South Africa were going to in fact kick for goal this was so it
00:32:58cleverly moved towards the touchline the cross kick that came he couldn't take it
00:33:02and Romania very quick to counter with their quick throw in at the line out and
00:33:08this is the recovery that they've got yes indeed Gavin but one of the point is
00:33:14I think for South Africa right now is that there's a little bit of a lack of
00:33:17communication we seem Henny Leroux go for a move and have no support Brendan
00:33:21Fenton again was caught in a situation where he didn't know where he was and
00:33:25with that final kick attempting a penalty well perhaps South Africa need
00:33:30to as you say tighten it up stick to the basics and let the tries come for
00:33:34themselves well that's a big lay on tie with his 53 caps under his belt and out
00:33:43of picture Brendan Fenton has left the field with a little bit of blood on his
00:33:47neck there's a requirement that he does leave the field and Joel Stransky has
00:33:54been summonsed off the stand it's possibly the last thing that Joel
00:33:58Stransky wants to do right now is is go on to the field in the center position
00:34:03but if he needs to go on one feels fairly sure that Henny Leroux would move
00:34:06to send and Stransky to fly hop that remains to be seen
00:34:16nine minutes left South Africa lead eight points to no
00:34:27so looking for this
00:34:37that's Joel Stransky with a number 17 on his back
00:34:44governor's Joel Stransky prepares to make his way onto the field one just
00:34:48hopes that he is sufficiently stretched and warmed up we know that in the past
00:34:52he's had the odd problem with hamstring injuries and one would hate to see a
00:34:56player of his caliber the South Africa's fortunes that still lie ahead risking
00:35:02any injury pick up by Richter and the little reverse pass doesn't find its man
00:35:16well that's Stransky onto the field then he'll just have a word of the referee
00:35:20and we'll see where he positions himself well he's going into the center berth and
00:35:25I cannot understand why he's gone there he's such an important factor for South
00:35:30Africa and being pushed into the midfield doesn't seem to be logical
00:35:36well Gavin as you ask the same question that I'm asking I think possibly what he
00:35:42might be doing is using a few moments to get a bit of running down around the park
00:35:46get himself warmed up we may well see him slot in just ahead of any Leroux
00:35:50there would certainly be logic in that South Africa will be a little concerned
00:35:56that they're not able to get across this Romanian goal line I've spent a
00:36:02bit of time in the 22 without converting it into points over the back and neither
00:36:08Otto nor Brink were able to take
00:36:16many of getting themselves into all sorts of trouble to get decides to take
00:36:20the short route that was good play by him to set up the next phase of movement
00:36:27now can South Africa stretch it quickly enough he's not good passing by them and
00:36:33then Johnson
00:36:36counter-attack coming from the Romanian team in the form of solemnly a while
00:36:44South Africa making all sorts of unforced errors in their back line and
00:36:48perhaps they do well to just play with a loose forwards acting as auxiliaries or
00:36:53tighten up suck in the Romanian opposition and then use their strong
00:36:58wings and James small and Peter Hendricks those statistics bear out what
00:37:02Tony Watson has just said and South Africa have been losing possession that
00:37:06they don't wish to lose and the wind might well be a factor but there needs
00:37:11to be greater concentration and more close in support once again a great jump
00:37:17from VISA that's your hundreds punt but it's gone a little too short good
00:37:25regrouping from the Romanians they've done well in the lineouts in this game
00:37:29and when they've needed to regroup despite the pressure that's been on them
00:37:32they've actually done it rather well big kickdown field Johnson has time at his
00:37:40disposal well that to me seems a far better option shown by the Romanians
00:37:47they kick the ball deep up for a 22 dropout the wind is certainly a big
00:37:52factor and it'll just keep them in the South African half of the field
00:38:02any Leroux well taken by the Romanians they've done well from the catches and
00:38:11in terms of catching that ball from the kick ins not that there's been that many
00:38:15of them but they've been secure but it comes out South Africa's way
00:38:31well a big booming kick comes from the right wing their culture ooh and what an
00:38:37outstanding kick that was Peter Hendricks not able to retain the ball
00:38:40and we're going to see the South Africans throwing the ball in deep in
00:38:45their own territory
00:38:51Joel Stransky after a brief period on the field and Brendan Fenta is back on
00:38:56the field he would have known the extent of his damage on leaving it he's a
00:39:00medical doctor by profession
00:39:05you
00:39:09well we heard the words words mouth there it's cold out there and that's
00:39:14because of the Southeaster wind that's blowing the one good thing about the
00:39:19Southeaster down here at Newlands is it blows the rain away
00:39:23so looking for Otto and finding him
00:39:38once again a big kick from Leroux
00:39:44chasing up was Christian Schultz and South Africa make something of this
00:39:48Fenta Fenta is quickly turned by the Romanians that was good play by them
00:39:55they took that away from South Africa this is Leon so let me a then the
00:40:01Gretchen salami I again good play by the Romanians coming through there was good
00:40:06on this queue now this is they've got men up plenty on the outside and going
00:40:10in is to rush to just can't find the options of getting through there and
00:40:17then that was Russian who unable to take the pass well just showing that those
00:40:24handling errors are contagious in the center as we saw that move start with
00:40:29Brendan Fenton knocking on a little past the end ending in the same way with a
00:40:34Romanian center dropping an equally easy pass
00:40:38oh
00:40:45rue that's to Johnson he didn't seem to be that well positioned at Gavin Johnson
00:40:51but such a skills that he was able to get some distance with a kick
00:40:59you are caught a little bit by surprise
00:41:0839 minutes of ordinary playing time gone the background there the touch
00:41:20judge Felicia Vita Vita from Western Samoa
00:41:27Churashka as he's been a dominant figure in the Romanian lineouts in this match
00:41:33that's the long kick that from Russian who beautiful positioning from Johnson
00:41:40that's not a bad punt into the wind back for his British he of course will also
00:41:45have to run
00:41:50but an aerial ping-pong from both teams this is James small
00:41:55the rude long pass on the outside to Peter Hendricks South Africa playing
00:42:01dangerously in their own 22 this is your hungry
00:42:07well not too much progress made by South Africa from their Leroux takes the
00:42:11Scrum off position and James small the fly-off one
00:42:18James small was the man that initiated that counter-attack and certainly South
00:42:22Africa had men back in support but when you look to throw those long passes
00:42:27you've got to be committed to running straight and I think South Africa at the
00:42:30moment look to be drifting they're not running straight at their man there's no
00:42:34one straightening up the back line outside of the centers and that's part
00:42:38of the problem so far the Romanian team obviously well geared towards defense in
00:42:45expectation of not getting the quality ball that South Africa are getting or
00:42:53bobbing around in the line out once again Romania getting their fair share
00:42:58of the ball from that those phases of play
00:43:02even chooks hoist that was well taken that by Mario's her to
00:43:15any Leroux there's lots of spaces behind the back line and then bridge use well
00:43:20positioned little chip kick coming from him this could be a good contest with
00:43:26this against past one
00:43:33it's a lovely running off the ball but he couldn't take the pass back foot is
00:43:39Russian who on the ball seems to be popping out on the Romanian side with
00:43:47great regularity and that gives him and shook the options of kicking way down
00:43:52field Johnson looking for the counter this is good running by the fullback
00:43:59but he doesn't have men in support back foot again bridge he kicking into the
00:44:08gap area there but Peter Hendricks eventually positioned himself well and
00:44:13that ball will drift into touch so that was a very poor period of play from both
00:44:18well indeed it was and I think the referee himself will be quite happy it
00:44:22ended that way he indicated there was a penalty to the Romanians in their own
00:44:27half of the field and it resulted in some pretty poor counterattacking from
00:44:32South Africa well that's the halftime whistle then with South Africa leading
00:44:38Romania by eight points to know the solitary try from Adrian Richter and the
00:44:43penalty from Gavin Johnson
00:44:51as we look at that field the wind is blowing down towards us
00:44:59that wind has in fact been known to swing around strangely enough on
00:45:04occasions but at this time of the year well we don't want to make too much of
00:45:09the fact that the wind is a factor yet today but it it has impeded a lot of the
00:45:13progress and good passing in South Africa and Romania but would probably
00:45:18want to keep their passing to as short as possible the players closer in so
00:45:24that the ball doesn't drift all over the place
00:45:29well Gavin as you mentioned the wind there I must tell you that Joel
00:45:33Stransky indicated it was cold it's terribly cold up here amongst the
00:45:36commentary area and we are hoping that it'll die down because it's not easy
00:45:43sitting in these chairs with the cold wind blowing through your bones we're
00:45:47hoping that the game of rugby ahead of us is going to liven things up
00:45:51sufficiently
00:45:59there was a lot of talk there from Irene Richter to his men at halftime and the
00:46:03message is probably very very clear to the South African team with just what is
00:46:09required from them in the second half
00:46:20the excitement of Rugby World Cup continues referee Ken McCartney from
00:46:25Scotland on the left of picture and Brendan Fenton attendance for Henny
00:46:29Leroux that's an indication of the southeaster breeze that's blowing here
00:46:38at Newlands Richter's asked for a short kick from Henny Leroux to start this
00:46:45match in fact it's not going to go his way it goes Gavin Johnson's way it was a
00:46:53good option from South Africa to immediately get them down into the
00:46:57Romanian half of the field force the line out and the line outs particularly
00:47:01with Corvus Vissa in the front have been successful well absolutely and no one
00:47:06knows the wind strength better than Gavin Johnson as he was kicking into it
00:47:10all the first half so the man who started off has put South Africa deep
00:47:14into the attack South Africa has its two biggest men in the line out the two lock
00:47:20forwards the tap coming from Crano Otto that was good recovery work by Chris
00:47:26Rousseau James small looks to open up
00:47:31back foot was against Peter Hendricks now this could be an interesting race
00:47:42and in fact it was James small who chasing up his own little chip kick was
00:47:48able to charge that one down and unlucky not to make it to the touchline James
00:47:55small it was and Ritchie at the back for Romania who had a very good first
00:48:00half will have his work cut out in the second the start coming from Ivan Chuk
00:48:12that little tussle in picture of James small and Ritchie they've had a few
00:48:17words to say to each other so far this afternoon and James small always a very
00:48:22competitive player always looks to get the best of his opposition and no doubt
00:48:27he'll have a few more words to say to him in the course of the game
00:48:30or one does what language they speak each other and how they're understanding
00:48:34each other but there's rugby has a very clear message that's that's shown in the
00:48:38facial expressions of the players be so once again in the center of the driving
00:48:45ball coming away with it is Ruben career
00:48:52South Africa this is good play by them they're looking to just suck in the
00:48:55Romanian side now the opportunity to stretch it there lots of players out
00:49:04there scolds on the inside to Brendan Fenta
00:49:08whoever's visu is having an absolute storm it seems to be wherever the ball
00:49:12is this is any LaRue Christian Schultz coming back inside good play by him and
00:49:18then Robbie Brink good momentum from South Africa in bridging the advantage
00:49:24line well the Romanians all over the place they're offsides playing the ball
00:49:30on the ground we saw South Africa retained possession on three or four
00:49:37phases there but one thing that is evident is that they're very slow to the
00:49:40breakdown the man tackled placing the ball back has sometimes got a second or
00:49:45two before anyone drives off the Romanian attackers so I think South
00:49:50African forwards need to regroup a little bit as we see the penalty awarded
00:49:54against the Romanians just for that big man
00:49:58Chorasku going in over the top
00:50:05Christian Schultz just prior to that helped to straighten up the South
00:50:09African back line so important for South Africa to have one man running off
00:50:15the ball carrier at pace and running as straight as possible
00:50:24it's a short delay for attention to one of the Romanian players and then Johnson
00:50:32will look to try and expand on on a successful test goal-kicking record up
00:50:38until now
00:50:46some people have important matters to contend with away from the Newden
00:50:50Stadium nothing like killing two birds with one stone
00:50:58well these are never nice kicks to take Johnson a very accurate kicker but often
00:51:03up close like this with swirling winds it's not an easy kick just want to keep
00:51:08his head down he's done that well enough as Johnson
00:51:16well a similar start in the second half for South Africa made in the first half
00:51:20Johnson going a very good penalty let's hope that we can see more of the action
00:51:27from a more attacking back line than we did see in the first half
00:51:33if I'm triple we start for Romania
00:51:41jalapu running wide along with his fellow partner good running you're gonna
00:51:47miss you but this is
00:51:51link up with these players we went some distance there without being touched and
00:51:59then this pass goes back but well picked up by Kruger South Africa getting a
00:52:05surfeit of position long pass on the outside just small he goes in infield
00:52:12and well-teched tackled by culture you
00:52:19the roof big up and under from him but that hasn't gone far enough that was
00:52:26well taken by Prinsa back to the left foot of Richie again and that swings off
00:52:37his boot well Gavin that very poor bit of play from the South African back line
00:52:43how often this afternoon haven't we seen them throw those long passes and you
00:52:47yourself said we really need to see a man straighten them up possibly at first
00:52:52or second center and South Africa really throwing away aimless possession the
00:52:57statistics show it there seven scrums 18 lineouts and yet we've only seen one try
00:53:03from the home side well domination from all phases of play was obviously mission
00:53:09number one for South Africa that's been accomplished thus far in the game the
00:53:14conversion to points has been lacking Brinza at the back well taken by him in
00:53:18fact it was Jalapu aided by his captain Brinza little chip kick coming from
00:53:25Churashkew that was good running by Colcerio but he's tackled by Johnson
00:53:31well Johnson just held back a little bit there
00:53:35well Colcerio showing a very very nifty pair of heels there he's a man that's
00:53:40played 17 times for Romania and in fact has scored 16 tries so he knows where
00:53:45the trial line is the Romanians relishing the opportunity of playing
00:53:53today here at Newlands they were out earlier with their cameras taking
00:53:57photographs of each other in the center of Newlands on this luscious turf the
00:54:04ground staff at all the stadia in South Africa have done a magnificent job in
00:54:07preparing the surfaces
00:54:16Churashkew with his 34th cap today just having a word with Ken McCartney can
00:54:23speak a sprinkling of English man down there was the hooker Negresh
00:54:36South Africa choosing to have just four men in the line out the locks and the
00:54:42props that they were and they've secured that well through Vissa this is
00:54:48a big kick there from Peter Hendrix back for it was Brecci and off the ball
00:54:55there was a little bit of a flutter with the South African lock forwards and the
00:55:00two prop forwards from Romania let's see if we can pick up their cry now Otto is
00:55:07the man that's held up and as the rest of his teammates make their way across
00:55:13the field he's left on his own and Corvus Vissa says well I'm here to lend a
00:55:17helping hand
00:55:25the Gritches throwing in continues Brinza's in the middle he can't take the
00:55:32Roux helps to clean up that was good play by your Honru
00:55:38Ruben Kruger he and Robbie Brink had very good first halves for South Africa
00:55:44Larue with a run around the long pass Johnson can he get find space Johnson
00:55:49this is Hendrix South Africa there's too much lateral movement amongst the backs
00:55:56well again South Africa showing that they really don't have the kind of
00:56:04penetrative penetrative attacking ability that the backs have made and
00:56:10play took place way over in the far side of the field and in fact South Africa
00:56:14have gone back 10 or 15 meters so any Lou will just be saying to his forwards
00:56:20perhaps we need to stick with you and you hungry may well do well to kick some
00:56:25of those high up and under is deep into the Romanian 22 that's the big man
00:56:29Churashka down on the ground he's been the hero of the Romanian lineouts lots
00:56:36of experience
00:56:49well that's interesting because Ken McCartney has just had a word with
00:56:52Adrian Richter and Creno Otto on the South African side and said the penalty
00:56:56is being given against you for taking a man out without the ball and that might
00:57:01be a by-product of that earlier charge from Leontay on Creno Otto important for
00:57:06the South Africans to concentrate on the ball and not the man
00:57:14one shook it's a big torpedo from him
00:57:22oh
00:57:36well it's quite incredible how many balls and the grid she has thrown in for
00:57:40Romania in comparison to South Africa today
00:57:46Princes tap down that was well taken
00:57:51good running here by the Romanians how can they find the close-in support
00:58:00well that was a very short blast of the whistle all the backs were offside says
00:58:07Ken McCartney well a little bit of a poor but a discipline again coming in
00:58:16from South Africa and how often this afternoon haven't we seen them penalized
00:58:20in their own 22 this kick should be relatively easy for fly half event shook
00:58:26and even though he's kicking into the wind he only has 20 or so meters to the
00:58:33uprights just the one opportunity in the match this is the second
00:58:46and he opened the account of the Romanians he certainly struck it very
00:58:51high as if I'm Chuck that's over
00:58:5511 points to three then South Africa lead against Romania and a fair bit of
00:59:04disappointment one would imagine from the South African team and supporters
00:59:08that that scoreline has not been greater than what it is but there's still plenty
00:59:12of time and that's Chester Williams in the middle unfortunately the young man
00:59:16who was was injured prior to the World Cup he was chosen in the South African
00:59:21team and has had to sit out the Gritchy finds Ivan Chuck Johnson
00:59:35that's a big punch downfield by Johnson
00:59:43well Johnson didn't hit that as sweet as he hit the few in the first half and the
00:59:48wind behind him he possibly looked to hit it a little bit hard and didn't
00:59:52quite strike a torpedo
00:59:58possession this half tells the story South Africa with 75 odd percent and yet
01:00:03still not able to convert it into points Otto's tap down to visa that was good
01:00:08clean ball for South Africa can they make something of this now Christian
01:00:11Scholes has passed to Hendrix well let's take nothing away from the
01:00:18Romanian defense they've tackled well but they've been aided to a certain
01:00:23extent by South Africa running across the field on many occasions and with not
01:00:28somebody straightening it
01:00:32down on the ground at the moment for Romania is the right wing culture you
01:00:46that statistic that just shows how many times Peter Hendrix has had the ball and
01:00:50we see him in picture again seven times the balls come to the winger and really
01:00:55that tells that the either the cover defense is very good or else the ball is
01:00:59just being spread wide across the field by the three-quarters inside him maybe
01:01:04they're more kicking options for any Leroux and your Honru to get the
01:01:10forwards going going towards the Romanian try line Richie he's in all
01:01:15sorts of trouble taken there by the South African loose forwards this is
01:01:21good play by South Africa are they in possession
01:01:30well that's a good try for South Africa that will be credited to Adrian Richter
01:01:35the ball was taken away from Richie the man who took the catch and then good
01:01:41work by the South African loose forwards resulted in the captain's second try
01:01:45well Adrian Richter really has been supreme this afternoon he's leading all
01:01:51facets of the game and that was suitably way to reward him just look how these
01:01:57South African forwards get in low they drive they've got their Romanians on the
01:02:02back foot and who comes out with it but the blonde-headed Adrian Richter
01:02:15we're governed very good placing by the referee he was in the right position to
01:02:19spot that and had he have been on the other side of that loose more we may
01:02:24well have missed that try scoring opportunity
01:02:33Johnson with his usual excellent goal-kicking record you'll aim this at
01:02:39the right and up right and swing it in beautifully through the middle
01:02:4418 points the three then South Africa lead and could this be the start of a
01:02:58momentous thrust towards the Romanian line in these last 24 minutes of the
01:03:02second half the South African team owed to themselves and their supporters to
01:03:08get their game together now great take there by quivers Vissa well a penalty
01:03:23will go South Africa's way because Leonte of Romania came in from the side
01:03:27of that mall and not from behind the feet of the last man and wisely your
01:03:33handrew passes the ball to Henny Leroux and ops for the long kick and in fact he
01:03:37hasn't found touch he finds the Ritchie and Ritchie's the ball screaming off his
01:03:44boot
01:03:47Ritchie has the benefit of having Solimi on the left wing who in fact is also a
01:03:52fullback so the organization at the back should be pretty secure
01:04:00Ruxin balls have belonged to South Africa in this match as indeed have the
01:04:05line arts and the scrums have been solid
01:04:11point-scoring has been the weakness but South Africa coming back into their own
01:04:21well that was Audrey and Rector who was impeded from making his progress onto
01:04:25the ball there held back at the back of the line out by jalapu and this should
01:04:31give Gavin Johnson a relatively easy attempt at goal just watch here
01:04:37Audrey and Richter looks to make an attempt and jalapu just holds on to the
01:04:41jersey and I must say referee McCartney has picked up those little things that
01:04:46normally the referee doesn't quite spot
01:04:51there's been some solid refereeing in Rugby World Cup 95
01:05:00referee Ken McCartney just adding to that illustrious list
01:05:09eight points for Johnson in this match the two tries to Audrey and Richter
01:05:16so I think they're wisely choosing the option of the goal kick it's important
01:05:24that they clone any of their big games against the more inexperienced opponents
01:05:31and that's through for Johnson
01:05:35well Johnston again just proving how valuable he is to the South African team
01:05:40and were it not for the outstanding kicking ability of Joel Stransky we may
01:05:45well see him playing for the green side as you said earlier Gavin
01:05:58Ivanchuk with his his fifth restart for Romania from the middle good play by
01:06:06Chris Rousseau for South Africa that's Johan Ruz kicked down into plenty of
01:06:12space Richie is James small herring down on to him
01:06:18clever play there by your hungry just to change the options that South Africa
01:06:23have been using and look to to kick down the open touchline
01:06:29South Africa might want to try on securing possession bring Johnson into
01:06:44the back line good jump once again by Visso that's in the front it's Ruben
01:06:49Kruger this is
01:06:52good defensive work and Robbie Brink might well have scored
01:06:57well that ball was held off the ground and they'll come back for the scrum
01:07:04well just as you were singing the praises of your Johan Ruz he almost
01:07:09proved that indeed he's such a very very fine players he makes a fine break down
01:07:14the right-hand touchline look at the pace and as he attempts to make the goal
01:07:19or not from his arm so often that happens when you're holding the ball in
01:07:23one hand and unfortunate credit to the Romanians for the defensive strategy in
01:07:31terms of going for the ball
01:07:42once again a hold up for injury to one of the South Africans it looked like
01:07:46Chris Rousseau and also Negreci for Romania he's been battling along through
01:07:53the middle part of this match seemingly with an injury
01:08:03well he's important to the cause of Romania of course being in the middle of
01:08:08the scrum
01:08:17that's Brinza just having a word with Ken McCartney
01:08:26well the message from Ken McCartney of course is that he needs a front row
01:08:31forward to come onto the field as a replacement for Negreci if he's not
01:08:36going to continue the game
01:08:40and there seems to be a little bit of confusion in the Romanian camp at the
01:08:44moment
01:08:50quite rightly the referee has indicated that a front row forward is necessary on
01:08:54the field and in terms of the scrumming laws that's one law they say you must
01:08:59play with three capable front row forwards up front well Tufu is the man
01:09:06Tufu is the man that's come on to the field in place of Negreci
01:09:12and he's straight into action with South Africa push them back
01:09:24well they'll come back for a scrum now and that's interesting decision there
01:09:28from Ken McCartney
01:09:36well Gavin in the World Cup tournament so far we've seen the referees
01:09:40penalizing the front rows for standing up and interesting that he should
01:09:44penalize almost South Africa then in fact it was Romania who stood up
01:09:52well he requires both teams of course to be scrumming above their hips
01:10:01those statistics show the pressure that South Africa has been able to exert
01:10:06without converting it into points in their opponents 22
01:10:10Roo puts his head in that's nine of them in the scrum and then he comes out
01:10:15Richter back to Roo now can they spread it widely enough this is Johnson
01:10:22Roo is heavily dumped by Rashanu and South Africa penalized for playing the
01:10:30ball on the ground well Tony that unfortunately has happened on so many
01:10:33occasions where South Africa have come close they thrusted and then they've
01:10:37given away the option yes indeed and Henny Leroux staggers to his feet and
01:10:42that was an outstanding tackle by Rashanu let's see if we can pick it up
01:10:46again just look at that seals man and ball and Henny Leroux can do little but
01:10:51to hold on to it until his supporters get there
01:10:55Richie with his left foot coming to the near touchline once again not a good
01:11:04kick from him but he's made sure of every single kick to touch as the young
01:11:08fullback
01:11:14well a regroup now for the Romanians with two for having to do the throwing
01:11:19in he will be looking to get the message from his scrum our flute or will
01:11:34it be to the front at your ashku they were moving and closing that gap this is
01:11:41good play by your hand Roo
01:11:49well the referee confused all the players on the field they indicated with
01:11:59his right arm that it was South Africa's free kick and when you hungry took the
01:12:04quick one he said no in fact it's Romania's free kick so we're a little
01:12:08confused up here too well you need to move very quickly with you hungry because
01:12:11believe me he's darn quick at taking those little tap kicks and belting down
01:12:17field
01:12:21well the defensive role for Romania continues although their line out
01:12:27statistics have have proved to be rather useful so finds Crano Otto with a big
01:12:34tap Rui swamped there by Tufa
01:12:40Rector with a pickup South Africa not don't have been up close in support on
01:12:48the ball carrier but they still come away with it
01:12:51Christian skull seemingly was impeded as as bridge he brings some sanity back to
01:12:56the defense of Romania that wasn't a bad option from Henny LaRue we've seen the
01:13:02Romanian three-quarter line come up very flat on South Africa and the little
01:13:06holes do exist possibly for those little grabbers little chips but as you
01:13:11said I think he was impeded Christian Scott's in making an attempt to feel
01:13:15that ball one or two big up-and-unders might be options for South Africa
01:13:23through comes Brinza with it he's a big strong man is the captain with support
01:13:30as well from jalapoo and then jalapoo just stands off that mall can they make
01:13:40something of this flute or and then even took with a huge up-and-under Johnson
01:13:46can't take and then good play by your hand Rue counter-attack from South
01:13:49Africa was that a dangerous tackle on Christian Scott's very physical
01:13:57confrontation this event shook again little flip pass to him and then on the
01:14:01outside that's so lemme a
01:14:13well that's the second time this afternoon we've seen churrasco caught
01:14:17out in the center position and as a lock forward he gets around the field very
01:14:22well but in that situation possibly not making the best of that opportunity
01:14:37South Africa more successful than the line out and full credit to young
01:14:41Christmas so that man in picture he's thrown in with accuracy as he does again
01:14:47for quibbles Vissa
01:14:57Christian so is it's just worn by the referee to keep his mouth shut all that's
01:15:02the ball is gone South Africa's way for the Romanians being offside in the line
01:15:07out well this is James small now taking the kick
01:15:13govern not to be outdone James small proves that he too can kick the ball as
01:15:22Campo has shown us David Campisi is certainly a fine punter of the ball and
01:15:26has been compared to the best in the world we must remember that James small
01:15:31started his rugby playing career at fullback not for South Africa but
01:15:35certainly at school so kicking is not unfamiliar to him
01:15:40Cranor Otto does well this time to take for South Africa
01:15:49your honoree with a kick downfield that's a pinpoint kick from him
01:16:00South Africa will really want to try and turn the Romanian team going back
01:16:06towards their own posts and your honoree is one of the men that can
01:16:11exercise that option with some big kicking
01:16:20replacement to her with a ball
01:16:24now that's the message there from to rush to and he's captain Brinza
01:16:4421 points for three then South Africa lead with 11 minutes left in the second
01:16:48half that score 21 points to three although it doesn't indicate some very
01:16:57high scoring from South Africa it has shown us that the lineouts have been a
01:17:01suitable improvement over Thursday's match against Australia and really the
01:17:05jumping of Cranor Otto and Kubus visa has been outstanding as as the throwing
01:17:10in of Chris Rousseau and South Africa always going to be up against good
01:17:17lineout exponents today so take nothing away from the opposition
01:17:22even shook his role has really been reduced to defensive kicking throughout
01:17:29this match not too many options except early on in the first half to really
01:17:34move the ball down the line those statistics are not great for South
01:17:39Africa of course they're over eagerness to drive against the Romanians
01:17:48but regrouping from Romania now can leave unchecked make something of this
01:17:55slip it down the line then the pass on the inside to Brinza there was great
01:18:03play there by Audrey and Richter and then they come away with it again do
01:18:08Romania so let me a so let me a that was a good kick from him a good catch and
01:18:13then a good kick
01:18:18well the referee is now asking whether that's a 22 or 5 meters
01:18:31that was some excellent play from the little winger down the left-hand side
01:18:35let's see if we can just pick up what happens here yes Gavin Johnson does in
01:18:41fact get a foot to it and in my opinion that should may well have been a lineout
01:18:46half a meter from the line the action replay shows that but Romania still have
01:18:53some options except that they've lost the tight end
01:18:57well they now have their chance in the line out because James Smalls reply was
01:19:02not with interest that was a rarity in the scrumming these days as we saw was
01:19:09it Chris Russo with a heel against the head there so often the scrum off is
01:19:14able to put the ball under the hookers foot that's ruling out that heel against
01:19:19the head opportunity can Romania make something of this five meters from the
01:19:24South African goal line they'll need a clean catch to start with but it comes
01:19:28Richter's way
01:19:33and then away Romania come with it there can they get this out driving coming
01:19:40from Leon Tate even shook little chip kick from him that's well taken there by
01:19:49Brendan Fenta calls for the mark and gets it
01:19:54well South Africa right inside the own 22 looking to try and take on Romania
01:19:59the Romanians I don't think we're 10 meters back
01:20:04or Brendan Fenta does so well to hold on to this and with all sorts of problems
01:20:11looming up in the shape of three Romanians
01:20:18what is the best option for South Africa Rue decides it's to run and what was it
01:20:23the captain's decision this is Chris good running there from Christian
01:20:29Schultz and then South Africa make an awful hash of it once again James small
01:20:37picks on the biggest man on the field to have words with and possibly South
01:20:44Africa will right now need to firm up a little bit on their game plan try and
01:20:48get some really good runs out of the last few minutes
01:20:53if I'm shook Roshan well that's really been there the options that they've
01:21:01utilized have the Romanians of not really moving the ball down the backline
01:21:05Roshan with 35 caps is a very experienced man and they're comfortable
01:21:11our Romania with the fact that they've won a fair amount of lineout ball
01:21:15particularly on their own throw-in and that's what they want to do is stay in
01:21:20the South African half of the field
01:21:31South Africa's throw-in South Africa's call once again the short man line out
01:21:36but too many men in the line out for Romania
01:21:50James smalls punt downfield very useful exercise for South Africa to have more
01:21:55than than two people able to kick to touch no left footer today in the form
01:22:02of Andre Joubert
01:22:12Gavin Johnson at the back for South Africa has had a relatively quiet game
01:22:21you've unchecked running across the field and then the pass on the inside
01:22:27there to Gonti neck there's enough ball coming the way of Romania can they make
01:22:36something of this that was the kick there from Roshan and once again
01:22:40Johanru was the man coming across he has a very important defensive role to play
01:22:45for South Africa does Johanru well I'm saying that it is worth complementing
01:22:50Romania this afternoon they've able to steal wrestle suitable position from
01:22:56South Africa and really the ball retention skills of the spring box need
01:23:00to be questioned brings it with a pickup and then support from jalapu big and
01:23:06physical other is the Romanian pack
01:23:11South Africa's defense has been equal to the task on the inside is Richard
01:23:16he has a chance for Romania can they get through yeah this could well be a try to
01:23:20them yes it is
01:23:23well that's great reward for the men from the Balkans they've come to Newlands
01:23:30today and being able to cross the line of the spring box was vital to their
01:23:36cause well it's that man who scores that vital try and just look how well
01:23:43we've been saying all afternoon how the South Africans need to straighten up and
01:23:47bridge he just shows how it's done super pick up there by the flanker well there's
01:23:53joy and jubilation in the Romanian camp they came here expecting to get a
01:23:59threshing from a South African team after Thursday's match against Australia
01:24:03and yet they've shown us that they really have a lot of guts and a lot of
01:24:08courage well there was a terrific cheer from the South African crowd or largely
01:24:16South African cloud
01:24:23can he want to make something of this bring a respectable margin to the
01:24:31Romanian team that's not going to go over 21 points to to eight do South
01:24:37Africa lead just three minutes of ordinary playing time left
01:24:47South Africa will also want to finish this game with a flourish can they
01:24:52bridge that Romanian line not with churash school and good catching that by
01:24:57the lock forward lots of aggression from the Romanian team once again they
01:25:07get good position from that ruck would kick that from Ivan Chuck back foot is
01:25:12Peter Hendricks deciding to kick himself was that the right option he had Gavin
01:25:19Johnson alongside him well taken by brecci he's looked a really good players
01:25:24brecci and he was the man that really set up that last try but yes Gavin
01:25:28Johnson the massive punt downfield from Johnson and a pretty kind bounce for him
01:25:36too that was a beautiful kick by Gavin Johnson he almost ran right onto the far
01:25:43touchline and with barely a meter of angle that ball bouncing to perfection
01:25:54well churashku and gush of curry who in the Romanian line out have their work
01:26:05cut out they have to throw in at this line out they desperately need this ball
01:26:13that comes in the form of churashku in the front of the line out well South
01:26:18Africa were offsides the penalty going against Chris Russo in fact I think it
01:26:25was Gary Pagel that was just ambling back to the front of that we see Chris
01:26:32Russo the man in picture
01:26:39Oh if I'm Chuck just settling for the touchline let's see if we can pick up
01:26:46here as we see this penalty awarded against South Africa in fact it is Gary
01:26:52Pagel who just