Rugby World Cup , Pool D - North Shore City, 22 September 2011, 20:00 local, 08:00 GMT
Namibia (0) 0 - 87 (31) South Africa (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
3 0 - 3

Morne Steyn knocks over the three and the scoreboard is off and ticking

6 0 - 8

Gio Aplon races away after the Boks unleash him in space - casual jog down the touchline for the flyer

7

Steyn knocks over the extras

7 0 - 10

Steyn knocks over the extras

21 0 - 15

Bryan Habana becomes the record try scorer for the Springboks after the flyer sprints down the touchline for the Boks

22 0 - 17

M Steyn - conversion

29 0 - 22

Penalty try for South Africa after the scrum just beasts Namibia - Steenkamp simply immense there

30 0 - 24

M Steyn - conversion

37 0 - 29

Frans Steyn juggles with the ball and unleashes Jaque Fourie who dives under the posts

38

Steyn adds the easiest of conversions

38 0 - 31

Steyn adds the easiest of conversions

48 0 - 36

Frans Steyn jogs the ball in after a good break from Hougaard and deft hands from the monster that is Bakkies Botha

49 0 - 38

Steyn adds the extra couple of points

60 0 - 45

Houggard sprints round the outside of the maul and passes to Morne Steyn who dives over for an easy try Beautifully judged kick from Morne Steyn - he is back to his best

62 0 - 52

Juan de Jongh scores with his first touch of the ball after epic work from Pierre Spies

64 0 - 59

South Africa back to Namibia's try line - Boks swing the ball wide and Aplon crashes over

67 0 - 66

That's the ninth for the Boks - Hougaard dives over

70 0 - 71

De Jongh runs over for his second try - far too easy for the Boks

71 0 - 73

Pienaar knocks over the extras

76 0 - 78

Lovely hands from Smit puts Rossouw over - skipper deserved a try there - but Rossouw has also had a strong game today

77 0 - 80

Pienaar - conversion

78 0 - 85

Hougaard completes a dominant performance with another try

79 0 - 87

Pienaar - conversion

Timeline

Time Namibia  Score  South Africa
0 start of first half start of first half
3 0 - 3 M Steyn - penalty goal
6 0 - 8 Aplon - try
7 0 - 10 M Steyn - conversion
21 0 - 15 Habana - try
22 0 - 17 M Steyn - conversion
26 Louw - sub on
Burger - sub off
29 0 - 22 penalty try
30 0 - 24 M Steyn - conversion
Louw - sub off
Burger - sub on
37 0 - 29 Fourie - try
38 0 - 31 M Steyn - conversion
39 du Toit - sub on
Visser - sub off
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Horn - sub on
O'Callaghan - sub off
46 Marais - sub on
Bock - sub off
48 0 - 36 FPL Steyn - try
49 0 - 38 M Steyn - conversion
50 Louw - sub on
Botha - sub off
Ralepelle - sub on
van der Linde - sub off
53 Koll - sub off
van Lill - sub on
54 Kitshoff - sub on
Nieuwenhuis - sub off
60 0 - 45 M Steyn - try
M Steyn - conversion
62 0 - 52 Habana - sub off
de Jongh - sub on
du Preez - sub on
FPL Steyn - sub off
de Jongh - try
Pienaar - sub on
M Steyn - sub off
Pienaar - conversion
64 0 - 59 Aplon - try
Mtawarira - sub on
Steenkamp - sub off
Pienaar - conversion
67 0 - 66 Hougaard - try
Pienaar - conversion
69 RCA de la Harpe - sub on
Jantjies - sub off
DP de la Harpe - sub on
Dames - sub off
70 0 - 71 de Jongh - try
71 0 - 73 Pienaar - conversion
76 0 - 78 Rossouw - try
77 0 - 80 Pienaar - conversion
Spies - sub off
Brussow - sub on
78 0 - 85 Hougaard - try
79 0 - 87 Pienaar - conversion
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 87 points
Rugby World Cup points South Africa 5 (1 try bonus), Namibia 0
 
Ground name North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City (neutral venue)
Attendance 26839
 
Referee GJ Clancy (Ireland)
 
Namibia Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

Namibia South Africa
Tries none Tries Aplon (6, 64), Habana (21), Penalty try (29), Fourie (37), FPL Steyn (48), M Steyn (60), de Jongh (62, 70), Hougaard (67, 78), Rossouw (76)
Cons none Cons M Steyn (7, 22, 30, 38, 49, 60), Pienaar (62, 64, 67, 71, 77, 79)
Pens none Pens M Steyn (3)
    Team
15 FB
Chrysander Botha
14 W
Danie Dames
13 C
Danie van Wyk
12 C
Piet van Zyl
11 W
Heini Bock
10 FH
Theuns Kotze
9 SH
Eugene Jantjies
1 P
Johnny Redelinghuys
2 H
Bertus O'Callaghan
3 P
Marius Visser
4 L
Heinz Koll
5 L
Nico Esterhuyse
6 F
Tinus du Plessis
7 F
Jacques Burger (c)
8 N8
Jacques Nieuwenhuis
    Replacements
16 H
Hugo Horn
17 P
Jane du Toit
18 L
PJ van Lill
19 N8
Rohan Kitshoff
20 SH
Ryan de la Harpe
21 W
Darryl de la Harpe
22 W
Conrad Marais
    Team
15 FB
Patrick Lambie
14 W
Gio Aplon
13 C
Jaque Fourie
12 C
Frans Steyn
11 W
Bryan Habana
10 FH
Morne Steyn
9 SH
Francois Hougaard
1 P
Gurthro Steenkamp
2 H
John Smit (c)
3 P
CJ van der Linde
4 L
Bakkies Botha
5 L
Danie Rossouw
6 F
Willem Alberts
7 F
Schalk Burger
8 N8
Pierre Spies
    Replacements
16 P
Chiliboy Ralepelle
17 P
Tendai Mtawarira
18 F
Francois Louw
19 N8
Heinrich Brussow
20 W
Fourie du Preez
21 FH
Ruan Pienaar
22 C
Juan de Jongh

Match stats

Namibia   South Africa
0 Tries 12 (1 penalty try)
0 from 0 Conversion goals 12 from 12
0 from 0 Penalty goals 1 from 1
0.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 27
85 Passes 134
61 Runs 116
203 Metres run with ball 819
Attacking
39% Possession 61%
35% Territory 65%
2 Clean breaks 7
11 Defenders beaten 30
5 Offloads 18
44 from 50 (88.0%) Rucks won 78 from 83 (94.0%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 6 from 6 (100.0%)
12 Turnovers conceded 18
Defensive
92/30 Tackles made/missed 61/11
75.4% Tackling success rate 84.7%
Set pieces
11 won, 3 lost (78.6%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 4 lost (66.7%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 3 lost (83.3%)
Discipline
15 Penalties conceded 6
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Namib stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Botha 0/0 0 4/4/5 48 1 3 0 0 4/1 3/0 0 0/0
W Dames 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C van Wyk 0/0 0 0/1/6 2 0 0 0 1 2/4 0/0 0 0/0
C van Zyl 0/0 0 0/5/4 1 0 0 2 1 12/4 0/0 0 0/0
W Bock 0/0 0 1/0/2 37 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Kotze 0/0 0 13/19/2 9 0 0 2 0 2/6 0/0 1 0/0
SH Jantjies 0/0 0 6/39/4 12 0 2 0 2 3/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Redelinghuys 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 2 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
H O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Visser 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Koll 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Esterhuyse 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/2 4/0 0 0/0
F du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/8 63 1 3 0 1 9/2 1/2 3 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 1/1/6 2 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Nieuwenhuis 0/0 0 0/6/2 0 0 0 0 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Horn 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) du Toit 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
(L) van Lill 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Kitshoff 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) RCA de la Harpe 0/0 0 0/6/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) DP de la Harpe 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Marais 0/0 0 0/0/3 24 0 1 1 0 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Lambie 0/0 0 4/5/6 30 0 1 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Aplon 2/0 10 0/1/6 121 1 3 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Fourie 1/0 5 0/1/3 50 0 2 1 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C FPL Steyn 1/1 5 1/4/11 83 1 7 2 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 1/0 5 1/3/6 67 0 1 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH M Steyn 1/0 20 10/13/6 12 0 2 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hougaard 2/2 10 0/51/15 174 3 8 5 2 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Smit 0/2 0 0/8/7 23 0 1 6 1 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
P van der Linde 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/1 0 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/0/3 12 0 0 0 0 1/1 3/0 0 0/0
L Rossouw 1/1 5 0/2/12 23 0 0 1 1 3/0 6/0 2 0/0
F Alberts 0/0 0 0/4/7 23 0 1 0 1 7/3 0/1 0 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/16/6 16 0 1 0 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Spies 0/2 0 0/5/8 38 0 1 0 1 3/0 5/0 0 0/0
(P) Ralepelle 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/4 42 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Louw 0/0 0 0/0/4 8 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Brussow 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) du Preez 0/1 0 0/13/1 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Pienaar 0/1 12 1/3/3 30 1 1 0 1 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(C) de Jongh 2/0 10 0/2/3 58 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards