Guillaume Marion, Media365, published on Saturday November 16, 2024 at 9:35 p.m.
This Saturday, at Twickenham, South Africa dominated England (29-20), thanks in particular to a double from Cheslin Kolbe. If all goes well for the Springboks, the XV de la Rose continues to disappoint.
At Twickenham, the Springboks lived up to their status as world champions. In fact, this Saturday, South Africa won against England (29-20), at the end of a match full of twists and turns. Because, initially, if it was the locals who struck first in front of their audience through Ollie Sleightholme (4th, after a great inspiration from Marcus Smith), Grant Williams was able to respond shortly after with an action alone (7-7, 11th). Afterwards, the South Africans scored two tries in a few minutes, signed Pieter-Steph Du Toit (17th, after two counters on Smith then Jack Van Poortvliet) and Cheslin Kolbe (22nd). Affected, the XV de la Rose still managed to react in the first period with a new try scored by Sam Underhill (26th). At the break, the score was close but in favor of South Africa (19-17).
A 5th defeat in a row for the English
Returning from the locker room, the visitors once again showed why the Springboks were still such a difficult team to play against. Because, after a penalty on each side, Kolbe hit the nail on the head with a second try for him (63rd). In great form, the former Toulouse and Toulon player was also elected man of the match this Saturday. In the final minutes, if Steve Borthwick's team pushed and tried to reverse the trend, South Africa held on, even at 14 after the yellow card received by prop Gerhard Steenekamp for a repetition of fouls (69th). After Scotland last week (32-15), the world champions have another success during this autumn tour, while England are now five defeats in a rowbefore receiving Japan next week. In the other matches of the day, we will also note the victories of Japan (36-20 against Uruguay), Fiji (33-19 in Spain) and Scotland (59-21 against Portugal).
