| SOUTH AFRICA 30 | V | TONGA 25 | |||||
| COMPETITION: RWC 2007 FINALS POOL A Updated 29.09.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stade Felix Bollaert, Lens | DATE: 22 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 40 069 | |||||
| REFEREE: Wayne Barnes (Eng) | HALFTIME: 7 - 3 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Pienaar (2), Smith, Skinstad | TRIES: Pulu, Hufanga, Vaki | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Pretorius, Montgomery | CONVERSIONS: Hola (2) | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Steyn, Montgomery | PENALTY GOALS: Hola | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Ruan Pienaar | Sharks | 15 | Vungakoto Filimone Lilo | Tautahi Gold | ||
| 14 | Ashwin Willemse (20) | Lions | 14 | Tevita Tu'ifua | Counties Manukau, NZ | ||
| 13 | Wynand Olivier | Bulls | 13 | Sukanaivalu Hufanga | CA Brive, France | ||
| 12 | Wayne Julies (21) | Bulls | 12 | Epeli Taione (21) | Sanyo, Japan | ||
| 11 | JP Pietersen | Sharks | 11 | Joseph Wilson Vaka (22) | World, Japan | ||
| 10 | André Pretorius | Lions | 10 | Raymond Pierre Hola | Kobe, Japan | ||
| 9 | Ricky Januarie | Lions | 9 | Sione Mone Tu'ipulotu (20) | Yokogawa, Japan | ||
| 8 | Bobby Skinstad (Capt) | Sharks | 8 | Finau Maka | Toulouse, France | ||
| 7 | Danie Rossouw (19) | Bulls | 7 | Otenili Langilangi (Capt) (19) | NEC, Japan | ||
| 6 | Wikus van Heerden | Bulls | 6 | Viliami Laukau Vaki | Perpignan, France | ||
| 5 | Albert van den Berg (18) | Sharks | 5 | Emosi Kauhenga (18) (4) | Daito, Japan | ||
| 4 | Bakkies Botha | Bulls | 4 | Paino Hehea (5) | Metro-Racing, France | ||
| 3 | CJ van der Linde | Cheetahs | 3 | Kisi Pulu | Albi, France | ||
| 2 | Gary Botha (16) | Bulls | 2 | Aleki 'Aho Lutui (16) | Worcester, England | ||
| 1 | Gurthro Steenkamp (1) | Bulls | 1 | Soane Tonga'uiha | Northampton, England | ||
| 16 | John Smit (2) | Sharks | 16 | Ephraim Taukafa (2) | Oyonnax, France | ||
| 17 | BJ Botha (1) | Sharks | 17 | Toma Toke | Spartan | ||
| 18 | Victor Matfield (5) | Bulls | 18 | Inoke Afeaki (5) | Grenoble, France | ||
| 19 | Juan Smith (7) | Cheetahs | 19 | Lotu Filipine (7) | IBM, Japan | ||
| 20 | Bryan Habana (14) | Bulls | 20 | Soane Havea (9) | Marist | ||
| 21 | Francois Steyn (12) | Sharks | 21 | Isileli Tupou (12) | Tautahi Gold | ||
| 22 | Percy Montgomery | Sharks | 22 | Aisea Havili (11) | Worcester, England | ||
| COACH: Jake White | COACH: Quddus Fielea | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES RSA temp replacement (blood): Juan Smith for Danie Rossouw 25 - 31' and full substitution 50' onwards TON replacement Emosi Kauhenga off 51' on 68' Yellow Cards: Francois Steyn (RSA) & Joseph Wilson Vaka (Ton) 63 - 73' (Off the ball aggression); Bryan Habana 69 - 79' (Ruck infringement) Scoring: 0 - 3 (Hola 9); 7 - 3 (Pienaar, Pretorius 18); HT 7 - 10 (Pulu, Hola 44); 10 - 10 (Steyn 53); 17 - 10 (Smith, Montgomery 59); 22 - 10 (Skinstad 63); 27 - 10 (Pienaar 65); 27 - 15 (Hufanga 70) 27 - 22 (Vaki, Hola 72); 30 - 22 (Montgomery 76); 30 - 25 (Hola 78) This was Van den Burg's 50th test match for South Africa. Pienaars' two tries were his first for South Africa. Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby/article2512628.ece Compiled by Quentin Davies and Gary Carbines |
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