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Siya Kolisi, photographed while captaining the World Cup winning Springboks, scored a try while leading the green team to a 25-9 victory over Gold in a Springboks Showdown test in Cape Town.
The World Cup winning Springboks have little chance at the Rugby Championship with the evidence of a stolid test match in Cape Town.
Siya Kolisi, who led South Africa to the world title in Japan last November, scored a try while captaining the green team in a 25-9 win over a combination of gold at the Springbok Showdown in Newlands on Saturday (Sunday New Zealand).
The green team scored two attempts, for Kolisi and Juarno Augustus, through their superior power and landed a penalty try after winger Yaw Penxe was cynically retired by gold middle Damian Willemse, who received a yellow card.
The South Africans were playing only their second match in six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic showdown, and signs of rust were clearly evident in a test for national players.
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Brendan Nel, writing for South Africa Super sportOn his website, he said that the Springbok Showdown “will never bring a fanfare like we saw at New Zealand’s North-South game a month ago.
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Siya Kolisi brings the Rugby World Cup trophy home to a crowded airport in Johannesburg after the victory of the 2019 Springboks tournament.
“That game, while wonderful for the entrepreneurial rugby it produced, was played after a [Super Rugby] Aotearoa season and with players with many minutes behind them. The opposite was true in Newlands.
“A lot of the players will be better next week, and even better a week later with more playing time on their belts.
“But it also reminded us that the Springboks’ chances of going to the Rugby Championship are slim, to say the least, and it can be argued that they are not well done with the evidence from Saturday afternoon.”
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Stormers loose striker Juarno Augustus, pictured training in New Zealand, scored a try for the green team at the Springbok Showdown.
Mariette Adams was also unimpressed in a report for the SA Rugby Mag website, writing: “Since the announcement of this match, the rugby public formed the narrative that this was a Springbok test, but if we’re honest, the quality of this match was poor.”
Adams said: “The handling errors were a concern and prevented any significant momentum,” while the lineouts and breakdown work on both sides were rudimentary. “
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Springboks assistant coach Mzwandile Stick led the green team to a victory at the Springbok Showdown.
Green team coach Mzwandile Stick said the goal was to approach the game as a test match, rather than a festival match.
“We wanted to put pressure on the air and we didn’t want to give them time and space with the ball in hand. We wanted to use our set pieces and kicking game, that’s what the Springbok game is about, ”Stick, an assistant coach for the Springboks, said at a post-game news conference.
The Showdown was the last time Springbok’s green jersey will be seen in Newlands, and the 130-year-old venue will be demolished in 2021 to make way for a housing development when teams from Stormers and Western Province move to play in City of the Cape. Stadium.
Newlands was empty for the Springbok Showdown with viewers banned due to the Covid-19 crisis.
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SPRINGBOK SAMPLE
GREEN 25 (Siya Kolisi, attempts by Juarno Augustus; penalty try; Elton Jantjes 2 pen; Kade Wolhuter conv) GOLD 9 (Curwin Bosch 2, pen Damien Willemse). HT: 6-3.
