Scotland v South Africa

Summary

Time	Score
6	0 - 3	Pat Lambie nudges over a penalty for South Africa and they have the lead
9	3 - 3	In what was Scotland's first foray into the Boks' half - Greig Laidlaw knocks over a penalty
13	3 - 6	Lambie slots another penalty and the Boks re-take the lead
20	3 - 11	The Boks use their power and sizeable bulk to get together a rolling maul with Adriaan Strauss dotting it down
31	3 - 14	South Africa were hammering away at the Scottish line but eventually draw the penalty in front of the sticks and Lambie slots the three points
45	3 - 19	Absolute shocker here from Mike Blair as his pass falls to Strauss who canters in for his second score
46	3 - 21	Lambie - conversion
50	8 - 21	Henry Pyrgos has only been on the field for a matter of minutes but a solid lineout opened up a gap for Pyrgos to dart through
51	10 - 21	Laidlaw - conversion

Timeline

Time	Scotland	Score	South Africa
0	start of first half		start of first half
6		0 - 3	Lambie - penalty goal
9	Laidlaw - penalty goal	3 - 3
13		3 - 6	Lambie - penalty goal
20		3 - 11	Strauss - try
22	Gray - sub off Kellock - sub on
31		3 - 14	Lambie - penalty goal
40+1	end of first half		end of first half
40	start of second half		start of second half
45		3 - 19	Strauss - try
46		3 - 21	Lambie - conversion
47	Blair - sub off Pyrgos - sub on
50	Pyrgos - try	8 - 21
51	Laidlaw - conversion	10 - 21
52			van der Linde - sub on du Plessis - sub off
53			Coetzee - sub on Alberts - sub off
61			Steenkamp - sub off HS van der Merwe - sub on
68	Murray - sub off Laidlaw - sub off Ford - sub off Hall - sub on Jackson - sub on Cross - sub on
69			PR van der Merwe - sub on Kruger - sub off
73			Lambie - sub off Steyn - sub on
76			Strauss - sub off Brits - sub on PR van der Merwe - yellow card
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 11 points

Ground name Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Attendance 58893

Referee GJ Clancy (Ireland)

Scotland Test debuts none

South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

Scotland

South Africa

Tries Pyrgos (50)

Tries Strauss (20, 45)

Cons Laidlaw (51)

Cons Lambie (46)

Pens Laidlaw (9)

Pens Lambie (6, 13, 31)

Team

Kelly Brown (c)

Replacements

Team

Replacements

Match stats

Scotland		South Africa
1	Tries	2
1 from 1	Conversion goals	1 from 2
1 from 2	Penalty goals	3 from 3
66.7%	Kick at goal success	80.0%
0	Dropped goals	0

Kick/pass/run
18	Kicks from hand	25
111	Passes	71
116	Runs	60
223	Metres run with ball	220

Attacking
63%	Possession	37%
67%	Territory	33%
2	Clean breaks	1
11	Defenders beaten	9
9	Offloads	5
90 from 94 (95.7%)	Rucks won	49 from 52 (94.2%)
2 from 2 (100.0%)	Mauls won	5 from 6 (83.3%)
15	Turnovers conceded	10

Defensive
68/9	Tackles made/missed	126/11
88.3%	Tackling success rate	92.0%

Set pieces
8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)	Scrums on own feed	4 won, 3 lost (57.1%)
13 won, 2 lost (86.7%)	Lineouts on own throw	12 won, 0 lost (100.0%)

Discipline
12	Penalties conceded	17
0/0	Yellow/red cards	1/0

Scot stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Hogg

0/0

4/2/6

2/1

0/0

Lamont

0/0

1/1/8

3/0

0/0

de Luca

0/0

1/1/6

2/0

0/0

Scott

0/0

0/1/8

2/3

0/0

Visser

0/0

1/4/4

0/0

Laidlaw

0/0

4/13/3

5/2

1/0

0/0

Blair

0/0

5/19/0

5/0

0/0

Grant

0/0

0/2/9

6/1

0/0

Ford

0/0

0/2/8

2/1

0/0

Murray

0/0

0/0/3

10/0

0/0

Gray

0/0

0/0/1

1/0

0/0

Hamilton

0/0

0/2/7

4/1

8/0

0/0

Brown

0/1

0/3/10

7/0

2/0

0/0

Barclay

0/0

0/3/11

9/0

1/0

0/0

Denton

0/0

0/2/15

8/0

0/0

(H)

Hall

0/0

0/0/2

0/0

(P)

Cross

0/0

0/1/1

0/0

(L)

Kellock

0/0

0/2/7

2/0

1/0

0/0

(SH)

Pyrgos

1/0

1/49/6

0/0

(FH)

Jackson

0/0

1/4/1

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

SA stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Kirchner

0/0

6/3/3

2/0

0/0

Pietersen

0/0

0/1/2

3/0

0/0

de Jongh

0/0

0/0/4

4/1

0/0

de Villiers

0/0

0/0/6

12/0

0/0

Hougaard

0/0

2/2/5

6/1

0/0

Lambie

0/0

10/10/2

7/1

0/0

Pienaar

0/0

7/45/3

4/0

0/1

0/0

Steenkamp

0/0

0/0/3

7/2

0/0

Strauss

2/0

0/2/6

6/0

0/0

du Plessis

0/0

0/0/2

4/1

0/0

Etzebeth

0/0

0/0/4

11/0

5/0

0/0

Kruger

0/0

0/0/1

7/1

4/0

0/0

Louw

0/0

0/4/6

16/0

1/0

0/0

Alberts

0/0

0/2/6

6/0

0/0

Vermeulen

0/0

0/2/6

13/1

2/0

0/0

(H)

Brits

0/0

0/0/0

0/1

0/0

(P)

HS van der Merwe

0/0

0/0/0

5/0

0/0

(P)

van der Linde

0/0

0/0/0

1/2

0/0

(L)

PR van der Merwe

0/0

0/0/0

1/0

0/0

1/0

(F)

Coetzee

0/0

0/0/1

9/0

0/0

(FH)

Steyn

0/0

0/0/0

2/0

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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