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Tops / Flops South Africa-Wales: the overpowered Springboks, the Welsh overwhelmed

2022-07-16T18:45:10.913Z


Mbonambi gives himself a gift, sparkling Pollard and Welsh indiscipline... The Tops and Flops of the Springboks' victory against Wales (30-14).


TOPS

Pollard on all fronts

The new Leicester opener was in all the shots on the lawn of the DHL Stadium.

After a first quarter of an hour dominated by South Africa but only three points scored on penalty, Handré Pollard found the breach after yet another big effort from his forwards.

He recovers the ball and sneaks alone in the middle of two Welshmen to score the first try of the match (14th).

Add to that a 100% success on the foot with 3 penalties and 3 successful transformations and you get a match with 20 points out of the 30 scored by his team.

A full match for the former Montpellier player and victory (30-14) at stake, the series too.

Mbonambi offers himself a test for his 50th

The 31-year-old hooker did a great job up front, well supported by Etzebeth.

Bongi Mbonambie celebrated his 50th selection in the third match between the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.

He gave himself his own gift with a try after a ball carried and while his team was leading only two points (10-8).

Thanks to number 2, the Springboks finally return to the locker room with a 9-point advantage.

A nice gift for his 50th cape.

FLOPS

The indiscipline of the Welsh

Ultra-dominated from the first minutes of the match, the Welsh regularly made mistakes.

After half an hour of play, Wales had already conceded 8 penalties.

There will finally be 9 at the end of the first period, in particular because of Lewis, Elias and Biggar.

The most astonishing thing is that the referee of the match, Mr. Matthew Taylor, absolutely did not sanction the Welsh for this excess of indiscipline.

Wayne Pivac's men would however have deserved a yellow card with their numerous faults committed in front of their in-goal which have long frustrated their opponents.

The video frustrates Cap's audience

Three times the spectators of the DHL Stadium went through all the emotions in the space of two minutes.

The South Africans got off to a flying start but Makazole Mapimpi saw his try disallowed because he put his left foot into touch.

First disappointment on the South African side and first relief for the Welsh.

But two other tries will then be refused to the Springboks.

First, Damian de Allende had his try also disallowed on video as the South African cross failed to flatten the ball properly.

Finally, for the third time, the video left Cape Town audiences frustrated.

Indeed, the last pass was ruled forward by the referees on Hendriks' handover for his partner Lukhanyo Am.

Source: lefigaro

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