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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 124605" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>England beat South Africa 25-10 in third Test but lose series 2-1</strong></span></p><p>By James Standley</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/E017/production/_102176375_maytry.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Jonny May's spectacular finish made the game safe at a sodden Newlands</p><p><strong>Third Test: South Africa v England</strong></p><p><strong>South Africa (3) 10</strong></p><p><strong>Try: </strong>Kriel <strong>Con: </strong>Jantjies <strong>Pen:</strong> Jantjies</p><p><strong>England (6) 25</strong></p><p><strong>Try: </strong>May <strong>Con: </strong>Farrell<strong> Pens: </strong>Farrell 6</p><p>England halted their losing run as they ground their way to victory over South Africa in the third and final Test.</p><p></p><p>In extremely wet conditions in Cape Town three Owen Farrell penalties to one Elton Jantjies effort gave England a 6-3 lead.</p><p></p><p>South Africa went ahead via a converted Jessie Kriel try soon after the break.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But England turned the screw and three Farrell penalties and a Jonny May try sealed victory, although South Africa took the series 2-1.</p><p></p><p>After the snooker table firmness and speed of the surface in the first two matches, the Newlands pitch was more akin to the sodden bogs found on the moors of northern England.</p><p></p><p>Combined with an extremely greasy ball it made for an entirely different kind of game to the pacy, cavalry-charge rugby seen on the Highveld.</p><p></p><p>Instead we saw siege-gun rugby, with both scrum-halves repeatedly launching hanging box kicks from the base of the ruck as the two teams looked to edge into opposition territory.</p><p></p><p>Both sides made numerous errors as the ball squirmed from hand repeatedly.</p><p></p><p>But as the game wore on the tourists - raised on the wet weather rugby of an English winter - were increasingly dominant.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>A tale of two fly-halves</strong></span></p><p>All headlines before the match, in England at least, had focused on the return of the prodigal son.</p><p></p><p>In the end the conditions dictated that Danny Cipriani - <a href="https://trainingground.guru/articles/danny-cipriani-rugbys-free-spirit" target="_blank"><u>the reformed bad boy or misunderstood maverick of English rugby depending on your view</u></a> - had a fairly quiet day on his first international start for a decade, until a superb late kick to set up May's try.</p><p></p><p>With scrum-half Ben Youngs kicking repeatedly from the base of the ruck and either Farrell or Elliot Daly taking the penalties, it was seven minutes and 50 seconds before the fly-half first handled.</p><p></p><p>He showed some typically nice touches with ball in hand, and put himself about in defence when South Africa attacked, quick to get back and have a second go if his first tackle did not succeed.</p><p></p><p>And with the final whistle imminent he finally produced the sort of visionary play his fans were waiting for, kicking through under extreme pressure for the flying May to win the race to touch down and put the game out of sight.</p><p></p><p>His opposite number Jantjies had a game to forget, spilling the ball several times, being charged down on others and failing to give the Boks any sort of control before being substituted after 58 minutes.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/17C57/production/_102176379_maycipriani.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>It was not hard to see what setting up May's try meant to recalled fly-half Cipriani (right)</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Better discipline from England</strong></span></p><p>England's discipline had been extremely poor in the first two matches but they were much improved on Saturday.</p><p></p><p>Instead, it looked as though errors would be their undoing, as time and again in the first half they followed up good play with a bad mistake.</p><p></p><p>Two instances in particular stood out. First Joe Marler won a penalty at a breakdown in the England 22 to halt a threatening attack, only for Farrell to miss touch.</p><p></p><p>And, approaching the half-hour mark, Curry won a superb penalty at another ruck, but Daly promptly booted the ball dead rather than into touch.</p><p></p><p>The mistakes threatened to allow South Africa into the game, but the hosts were just as error-prone and the longer the match went on the more assured England looked, with the pressure they put the hosts under allowing Farrell's metronomic boot to keep building the score.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/1848B/production/_102176499_kriel.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Heavy rain in the build-up meant the match was played in extremely difficult conditions in Cape Town</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Sinckler shines</strong></span></p><p>Up front Kyle Sinckler carried hard and often to give England momentum in a difficult first half, Tom Curry confirmed he is growing into Test rugby on the open-side and the dogged Chris Robshaw relished the slow, wet conditions.</p><p></p><p>May confirmed he is a Test-class finisher on the wing and Farrell was assured at inside centre, but England were far from perfect.</p><p></p><p>The line-out struggled as Jamie George and co were put under extreme pressure, while head coach Eddie Jones will know it was a much-changed Bok side from the team that won the first two Tests.</p><p></p><p>Jantjies looked a class below the man he replaced, Handre Pollard, while new full-back Warrick Gallant combined sublime interventions with stupid penalties.</p><p></p><p>But after their recent poor run all England will care about as they head for the beach is that an alarming run of defeats has finally been halted.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Man of the match - Tom Curry</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/4625/production/_102175971_curry.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>In a match that was won in the trenches, 20-year-old England flanker Curry was always at the heart of the scrap, leading the way in the tackle count and a constant presence at the breakdown</p><p><strong>England: </strong>E Daly (Wasps); J May (Leicester Tigers), H Slade (Exeter Chiefs), O Farrell (Saracens, capt), M Brown (Harlequins); D Cipriani (Wasps), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); J Marler (Harlequins), J George (Saracens), K Sinckler (Harlequins), J Launchbury (Wasps), M Itoje (Saracens), C Robshaw (Harlequins), T Curry (Sale Sharks), N Hughes (Wasps).</p><p></p><p><strong>Replacements: </strong>L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), A Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs), H Williams (Exeter Chiefs), J Hill (Exeter Chiefs), M Wilson (Newcastle Falcons), S Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs), B Spencer (Saracens), D Solomona (Sale Sharks)</p><p></p><p><strong>South Africa:</strong> W Gelant (Bulls); S Nkosi (Sharks), J Kriel (Bulls), A Esterhuizen (Sharks), A Dyantyi (Lions); E Jantjies (Lions), F de Klerk (Sale Sharks); T Mtawarira (Sharks), C Ralepelle (Sharks), F Malherbe (Stormers), RG Snyman (Bulls), F Mostert (Lions), S Kolisi (Stormers), PS du Toit (Stormers), D Vermeulen (Unattached).</p><p></p><p><strong>Replacements: </strong>S Brits (Unattached), S Kitshoff (Stormers), T du Toit (Sharks), JL du Preez (Sharks), S Notshe (Stormers), E Papier (Bulls), H Pollard (Bulls), W le Roux (Wasps).</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 124605, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]England beat South Africa 25-10 in third Test but lose series 2-1[/B][/SIZE] By James Standley [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/E017/production/_102176375_maytry.jpg[/IMG] Jonny May's spectacular finish made the game safe at a sodden Newlands [B]Third Test: South Africa v England South Africa (3) 10 Try: [/B]Kriel [B]Con: [/B]Jantjies [B]Pen:[/B] Jantjies [B]England (6) 25 Try: [/B]May [B]Con: [/B]Farrell[B] Pens: [/B]Farrell 6 England halted their losing run as they ground their way to victory over South Africa in the third and final Test. In extremely wet conditions in Cape Town three Owen Farrell penalties to one Elton Jantjies effort gave England a 6-3 lead. South Africa went ahead via a converted Jessie Kriel try soon after the break. But England turned the screw and three Farrell penalties and a Jonny May try sealed victory, although South Africa took the series 2-1. After the snooker table firmness and speed of the surface in the first two matches, the Newlands pitch was more akin to the sodden bogs found on the moors of northern England. Combined with an extremely greasy ball it made for an entirely different kind of game to the pacy, cavalry-charge rugby seen on the Highveld. Instead we saw siege-gun rugby, with both scrum-halves repeatedly launching hanging box kicks from the base of the ruck as the two teams looked to edge into opposition territory. Both sides made numerous errors as the ball squirmed from hand repeatedly. But as the game wore on the tourists - raised on the wet weather rugby of an English winter - were increasingly dominant. [SIZE=4][B]A tale of two fly-halves[/B][/SIZE] All headlines before the match, in England at least, had focused on the return of the prodigal son. In the end the conditions dictated that Danny Cipriani - [URL='https://trainingground.guru/articles/danny-cipriani-rugbys-free-spirit'][U]the reformed bad boy or misunderstood maverick of English rugby depending on your view[/U][/URL] - had a fairly quiet day on his first international start for a decade, until a superb late kick to set up May's try. With scrum-half Ben Youngs kicking repeatedly from the base of the ruck and either Farrell or Elliot Daly taking the penalties, it was seven minutes and 50 seconds before the fly-half first handled. He showed some typically nice touches with ball in hand, and put himself about in defence when South Africa attacked, quick to get back and have a second go if his first tackle did not succeed. And with the final whistle imminent he finally produced the sort of visionary play his fans were waiting for, kicking through under extreme pressure for the flying May to win the race to touch down and put the game out of sight. His opposite number Jantjies had a game to forget, spilling the ball several times, being charged down on others and failing to give the Boks any sort of control before being substituted after 58 minutes. [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/17C57/production/_102176379_maycipriani.jpg[/IMG] It was not hard to see what setting up May's try meant to recalled fly-half Cipriani (right) [SIZE=4][B]Better discipline from England[/B][/SIZE] England's discipline had been extremely poor in the first two matches but they were much improved on Saturday. Instead, it looked as though errors would be their undoing, as time and again in the first half they followed up good play with a bad mistake. Two instances in particular stood out. First Joe Marler won a penalty at a breakdown in the England 22 to halt a threatening attack, only for Farrell to miss touch. And, approaching the half-hour mark, Curry won a superb penalty at another ruck, but Daly promptly booted the ball dead rather than into touch. The mistakes threatened to allow South Africa into the game, but the hosts were just as error-prone and the longer the match went on the more assured England looked, with the pressure they put the hosts under allowing Farrell's metronomic boot to keep building the score. [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/1848B/production/_102176499_kriel.jpg[/IMG] Heavy rain in the build-up meant the match was played in extremely difficult conditions in Cape Town [SIZE=4][B]Sinckler shines[/B][/SIZE] Up front Kyle Sinckler carried hard and often to give England momentum in a difficult first half, Tom Curry confirmed he is growing into Test rugby on the open-side and the dogged Chris Robshaw relished the slow, wet conditions. May confirmed he is a Test-class finisher on the wing and Farrell was assured at inside centre, but England were far from perfect. The line-out struggled as Jamie George and co were put under extreme pressure, while head coach Eddie Jones will know it was a much-changed Bok side from the team that won the first two Tests. Jantjies looked a class below the man he replaced, Handre Pollard, while new full-back Warrick Gallant combined sublime interventions with stupid penalties. But after their recent poor run all England will care about as they head for the beach is that an alarming run of defeats has finally been halted. [SIZE=4][B]Man of the match - Tom Curry[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/4625/production/_102175971_curry.jpg[/IMG] In a match that was won in the trenches, 20-year-old England flanker Curry was always at the heart of the scrap, leading the way in the tackle count and a constant presence at the breakdown [B]England: [/B]E Daly (Wasps); J May (Leicester Tigers), H Slade (Exeter Chiefs), O Farrell (Saracens, capt), M Brown (Harlequins); D Cipriani (Wasps), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); J Marler (Harlequins), J George (Saracens), K Sinckler (Harlequins), J Launchbury (Wasps), M Itoje (Saracens), C Robshaw (Harlequins), T Curry (Sale Sharks), N Hughes (Wasps). [B]Replacements: [/B]L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), A Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs), H Williams (Exeter Chiefs), J Hill (Exeter Chiefs), M Wilson (Newcastle Falcons), S Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs), B Spencer (Saracens), D Solomona (Sale Sharks) [B]South Africa:[/B] W Gelant (Bulls); S Nkosi (Sharks), J Kriel (Bulls), A Esterhuizen (Sharks), A Dyantyi (Lions); E Jantjies (Lions), F de Klerk (Sale Sharks); T Mtawarira (Sharks), C Ralepelle (Sharks), F Malherbe (Stormers), RG Snyman (Bulls), F Mostert (Lions), S Kolisi (Stormers), PS du Toit (Stormers), D Vermeulen (Unattached). [B]Replacements: [/B]S Brits (Unattached), S Kitshoff (Stormers), T du Toit (Sharks), JL du Preez (Sharks), S Notshe (Stormers), E Papier (Bulls), H Pollard (Bulls), W le Roux (Wasps). Swami [/QUOTE]
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