France tour - Cape Town, 12 June 2010, 14:00 local, 12:00 GMT
South Africa (25) 42 - 17 (10) France (FT)

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Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  France
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Spies - try
Steyn - conversion
7 - 0
7 Aplon - try 12 - 0
8 Steyn - conversion 14 - 0
10 Steyn - penalty goal 17 - 0
23 Steyn - penalty goal 20 - 0
28 20 - 5 Rougerie - try
29 20 - 7 Parra - conversion
30 Fourie - sub off
de Villiers - sub on
31 Steenkamp - try 25 - 7
35 de Villiers - sub off
Fourie - sub on
40+3 end of first half 25 - 10 Parra - penalty goal
end of first half
40 start of second half
Smit - sub off
Ralepelle - sub on
start of second half
Poux - sub on
Domingo - sub off
46 Steyn - penalty goal 28 - 10
49 Aplon - try
Steyn - conversion
35 - 10
50 Potgieter - sub on
Louw - sub off
52 Picamoles - sub on
Pierre - sub on
Millo-Chluski - sub off
Lauret - sub off
56 du Plessis - sub on
Botha - sub off
57 Potgieter - sub off
Louw - sub on
60 Rossouw - sub off
van der Merwe - sub on
Burger - sub off
Potgieter - sub on
61 Olivier - sub off
de Villiers - sub on
de Jongh - sub on
Kirchner - sub off
64 Guirado - sub on
Szarzewski - sub off
65 Pienaar - sub on
Steyn - sub off
66 Yachvili - sub on
Parra - sub off
69 van der Merwe - yellow card
71 Poitrenaud - sub off
Skrela - sub on
74 Yachvili - yellow card
75 Louw - try 40 - 10
76 Pienaar - conversion 42 - 10
78 Marty - sub off
Andreu - sub on
79 42 - 17 Andreu - try
Skrela - conversion
80+2 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
82

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 25 points
 
Ground name Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance 46885
 
Referee BJ Lawrence (New Zealand)
 
South Africa Test debuts PR van der Merwe
France Test debuts W Lauret

Teams

South Africa France
Tries Spies (2), Aplon (7, 49), Steenkamp (31), Louw (75) Tries Rougerie (28), Andreu (79)
Cons Steyn (2, 8, 49), Pienaar (76) Cons Parra (29), Skrela (79)
Pens Steyn (10, 23, 46) Pens Parra (40)

Match stats

South Africa   France
5 Tries 2
4 from 5 Conversion goals 2 from 2
3 from 3 Penalty goals 1 from 1
88.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
31 Kicks from hand 16
80 Passes 159
66 Runs 99
392 Metres run with ball 525
Attacking
52% (53%/51%) Possession (1H/2H) 48% (47%/49%)
50% (52%/47%) Territory (1H/2H) 50% (48%/53%)
8 Clean breaks 5
9 Defenders beaten 8
3 Offloads 14
57 from 63 (90.5%) Rucks won 61 from 71 (85.9%)
7 from 9 (77.8%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
84/8 Tackles made/missed 66/9
91.0% Tackling success rate 88.0%
Set pieces
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
15 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 7 won, 4 lost (63.6%)
Discipline
0 Penalties conceded 0
1/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kirchner 0/0 0 3/0/2 53 1 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Aplon 2/0 10 2/1/3 125 2 3 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Fourie 0/1 0 0/3/5 49 2 1 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Olivier 0/0 0 1/1/3 6 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 0/2/5 22 1 2 1 2 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Steyn 0/1 15 13/9/2 1 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Januarie 0/1 0 10/49/5 14 0 1 0 4 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Steenkamp 1/0 5 0/0/5 26 1 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Smit 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Botha 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Rossouw 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 4/1 4/0 0 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/4/2 13 0 0 0 1 9/0 7/2 1 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/3/4 7 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/1 0 0/0
F Louw 1/0 5 0/3/3 12 0 1 0 2 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 1/0 5 0/1/12 51 1 0 0 2 4/0 3/0 0 0/0
(H) Ralepelle 0/0 0 0/0/5 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 1/0 1 1/0
(F) Potgieter 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FH) Pienaar 0/0 2 2/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) de Jongh 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) de Villiers 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 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

Fra stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Poitrenaud 0/0 0 4/9/9 98 0 0 3 0 1/3 0/0 1 0/0
W Rougerie 1/0 5 1/11/11 80 2 0 2 2 0/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Marty 0/0 0 0/7/7 16 0 0 1 3 2/1 0/0 2 0/0
C Mermoz 0/0 0 1/8/6 27 1 1 1 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Clerc 0/0 0 3/9/16 157 0 3 1 2 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
FH Trinh-Duc 0/0 0 5/28/4 4 0 1 3 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Parra 0/0 5 2/50/1 8 1 0 0 2 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Domingo 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/3/7 7 0 0 1 1 11/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Mas 0/0 0 0/1/3 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Nallet 0/0 0 0/1/5 6 0 1 0 0 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Millo-Chluski 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Dusautoir 0/0 0 0/2/9 38 0 1 1 2 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Lauret 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Bonnaire 0/1 0 0/9/2 15 1 0 0 0 7/0 3/0 0 0/0
(H) Guirado 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Poux 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Pierre 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Picamoles 0/0 0 0/2/6 33 0 0 1 2 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Yachvili 0/0 0 0/12/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 1/0
(FB) Skrela 0/1 2 0/6/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Andreu 1/0 5 0/0/4 28 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

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