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England vs South Africa |
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Spring Tour 2021 |
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| Twickenham Stadium, London | ||
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England and South Africa will look to complete a perfect tour series as they go head to head in their biggest match of their respective campaigns at Twickenham, London. Eddie Jones’ side will want revenge after the World Cup Final defeat and South Africa will want to wrap up their 2021 retaining the number one side in the world status. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 02:15 am (AEDT).
Jones has only made a couple of changes to the side that beat the Wallabies last week. Jamie Blamire – try scorer against Australia – will start against the Boks as Jamie George is out injured. In the backs Owen Farrell hasn’t recovered from his ankle injury and so Manu Tuilagi moves into the centre and Joe Marchant comes into the side on the wing – a selection that has surprised many as Marchant usually plays in the centres.
With Farrell out, Courtney Lawes will skipper the side and fans will get a chance to see Marcus Smith join forces with the powerful Tuilagi in an exciting fly half-centre combination.
South Africa have been in the press for all the wrong reasons this past week after a good win against Scotland. They were frustrated that none of their team had made the nominations for World Rugby Player of the year despite being ranked number one in the world, winning a series against the Lions and defeating the All Blacks in the Rugby Championship this year.
Then Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus received a two month ban and has been barred from attending Test matches in an official role for 10 months earlier this week for his hour long video where he gave a scathing critique of Australian referee Nic Berry following his side’s loss to the British and Irish Lions in the first test of the series in July.
Despite these off field distractions, Jacques Nienaber will feel quietly confident as his side head to Twickenham. He’s made three changes to his side bringing back experienced fly half Handré Pollard to the line up with Cobus Reinach in at scrum half and Lood de Jager back in the second row.
Prediction
A replay of the 2019 World Cup Final is a great way for these sides to wrap up their 2021 years. It will be a brutal match up front and England will need to play a more expansive game and not get sucked into a kicking and forward battle with the Boks.
The Boks will have to quieten the 82,000 home crowd quickly but they’ve got the game style and talent to overcome England if they can execute well.
South Africa by 5.
Game information
Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 02:15 am (AEDT), Sunday 21st November 2021
Live stream: Stan Sport
Betting: England $2.02, South Africa $1.78 – odds via PlayUp
Referee: Andrew Brace
Teams
England
15. Freddie Steward, 14. Joe Marchant, 13. Henry Slade, 12. Manu Tuilagi, 11. Jonny May, 10. Marcus Smith, 9. Ben Youngs, 8. Tom Curry, 7. Sam Underhill, 6. Courtney Lawes (c), 5. Jonny Hill, 4. Maro Itoje, 3. Kyle Sinckler, 2. Jamie Blamire, 1. Bevan Rodd
Replacements
16. Nic Dolly, 17. Joe Marler, 18. Will Stuart, 19. Charlie Ewels, 20. Sam Simmonds, 21. Alex Dombrandt, 22. Raffi Quirke, 23. Max Malins
South Africa
15. Willie le Roux, 14. Jesse Kriel, 13. Lukhanyo Am, 12. Damian de Allende, 11. Makazole Mapimpi, 10. Handré Pollard, 9. Cobus Reinach, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Kwagga Smith, 6. Siya Kolisi (c), 5. Lood de Jager, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 3. Trevor Nyakane, 2. Bongi Mbonambi, 1. Ox Nché
Replacements
16. Malcolm Marx, 17. Steven Kitshoff, 18. Vincent Koch, 19. Franco Mostert, 20. Jasper Wiese, 21. Herschel Jantjies, 22. Elton Jantjies, 23. Frans Steyn
Frank Bergmann
Guest
Well done. IRB wins by one point
Jonty Shonty
Roar Pro
Yes. He looks handy. And solid in everything.
biltong
Guest
Probably still the Springboks :silly:
Harry Jones
Expert
Play on. Not even a penalty.
adastra32
Roar Rookie
And so the BS starts....
BackInBlack
Guest
Well done to England, worthy Champions :thumbup:
Harry Jones
Expert
England No 15 was superb. Looked like a veteran. And big!
Harry Jones
Expert
Congratulations, England. Took your chances. Boks quite wasteful. Strong win for Eddie and his lads. Hard test.
Jonty Shonty
Roar Pro
Well done England. Slotted their kicks. Took their chances. Test match rugby!
Sinckler for the rules
Roar Rookie
So statistically now since the world cup england with the best win ratio in tests. Just 4 losses over 2 years compared to the 5 by south africa in one year. Springbok couldn't win despite facing third and fourth choice hookers, third choice loosehead and second choice has one day to train before the match. So who is the number 1 team in the world?
Sinckler for the rules
Roar Rookie
My understanding is he is attempting to wrap so start is yellow card mitigating down is low force and change in height. However I'm not even convinced he penalised the tackle.
Aussieinexile
Roar Rookie
there have been countless of briefings and warnings, you have to show you are aiming for the ball. Kolisi had the eyes up. My personal take he changed from getting the ball to tackling which unfortunately happen in the air. had he waited would have done a fair tackle/
darryn oosthuizen
Guest
Very frustrating year. With our forward pack we should dismantle teams, but because of the way we play, scoring in 3s and only getting the occasional try we keep teams in the game right till the end meaning we lost a few games this year we should have won. Number one thing for next year has to be to get more creative on attack.
Flyman
Roar Rookie
Get over yourself. That was a fair contest in the air - but the ref knows which side his bread is buttered.
Flyman
Roar Rookie
The answer is simple - 16 vs 15.
Flyman
Roar Rookie
How many warnings that the next cynical infringement will be a yellow? Took till almost the end of the game to award a yellow.
Flyman
Roar Rookie
There is no interpretation required - contact to the head, period!
Pete Samu's Tucked Shirt
Roar Rookie
Definitely deserving of a card. Cheap shot due to frustration. A lot worse than Kolisi's card...at least he attempted to jump for the ball.
gooch
Roar Rookie
your prob right.
gooch
Roar Rookie
100%