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TRY! South Africa 50-0 Romania (Grant Williams, 55 mins)<\/h3>\n
Wow! The pace and class of Grant Williams <\/strong>on full display for try number eight!<\/p>\n Still a scrum to South Africa though as they had advantage coming and it leads to a penalty try!<\/strong><\/p>\n The Springboks pack march the scrum towards the line, the Oaks are pinged as it collapses and it would\u2019ve have been a try so Matthieu Raynal raises his arm and runs under the posts. Try number seven in the books<\/p>\n South Africa on the attack once more. Calmly going through the phases and eating up ground in the 22.<\/p>\n And then Damian Willemse <\/strong>goes over! Gorgeous step off his left foot to slide between defenders and touch down!<\/p>\n TMO check though. Did Canan Moodie block off defenders? Yes he did, show the replays so it\u2019s chalked off. Willemse denied his second try of the game<\/p>\n Adrian Motoc cleanly takes the lineout and they maul for a couple of metres before being stopped. Now time to go through the phases.<\/p>\n They keep it tight with the forwards but Andre Gorin penalised for sealing off the ball by going off his feet and South Africa win the penalty. Boos from the crowd.<\/p>\n Romania\u2019s lineout have been devastatingly poor this afternoon. This one isn\u2019t straight and turns the ball over in a good position.<\/p>\n The scrum does better though! They win the scrum penalty and then kick to the corner. A five-metre lineout, can they get this one right and score their first points? The crowd roar them on.<\/p>\n Romania get a bit of ball in Boks territory and Iulian Hartig powers into contact. But a couple of phases later, they turn the ball over trying to offload.<\/p>\n Willemse\u2019s attempted flick then doesn\u2019t find Williams and bounces into touch.<\/p>\n Hat-trick hero Cobus Reinach comes off, with Jaden Hendrikse on at scrum half.<\/p>\n The Boks immediately down into Romania territory and it\u2019s a five-metre lineout. Same result as the first half, the inexorable driving maul rumbles towards the line and this time it\u2019s Deon Fourie <\/strong>to touch down.<\/p>\n Fourie immediately picking up this hooker lark! The 37-year-old, who was 35 when he made his international debut, finds Snyman at the lineout and then directs the maul over the line where he can flop down on the ball.<\/p>\n Willemse misses his first conversion since the opening try as he pushes it wide of the right upright.<\/p>\n A couple of half-time changes for the Springboks as Deon Fourie and RG Snyman come on. Fourie playing hooker for the first time in years as South Africa protect Bongi Mbonambi – their only specialist hooker left after the injury to Malcolm Marx. Snyman playing his normal position of lock<\/p>\n Second half underway in Bordeaux and I\u2019m pleased to say the rain has stopped<\/p>\n So far, so straightforward for South Africa.<\/p>\nPENALTY TRY! South Africa 45-0 Romania, 53 mins<\/h3>\n
NO TRY! South Africa 38-0 Romania, 52 mins<\/h3>\n
South Africa 38-0 Romania, 49 mins<\/h3>\n
South Africa 38-0 Romania, 48 mins<\/h3>\n
South Africa 38-0 Romania, 46 mins<\/h3>\n
TRY! South Africa 38-0 Romania (Deon Fourie, 43 mins)<\/h3>\n
South Africa 33-0 Romania, 42 mins<\/h3>\n
KICK-OFF! South Africa 33-0 Romania<\/h3>\n
HALF-TIME! South Africa 33-0 Romania<\/h3>\n
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