2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

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Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates The 2007 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe were a series of rugby union matches played in November and December 2007 in Europe featuring the 2007 Rugby World Cup winners South Africa. Although the matches had been arranged well in advance of the World Cup,[1] the mini-tour was seen as an opportunity for South Africa to showcase their talents and to say farewell to their outgoing coach, Jake White, who retired after the second game.[2] In the event, several members of the World Cup squad were unavailable for either game, because of retirement (Os du Randt), injury (Percy Montgomery, Fourie du Preez, Bakkies Botha), club commitments (Butch James), or other reasons (Victor Matfield), and the captain, John Smit, who had just joined French club ASM Clermont Auvergne, was released to play only in the first match.[3]

Week 1

The first match, and the only one with full Test status, was against Wales, on 24 November 2007, at the Millennium Stadium. Although Wales had more possession and dominated territorially, they managed to score just two tries, both from kicks. The first was scored by Welsh full-back Morgan Stoddart, who was making his Test debut. The second, the result of a bad mistake by Springbok full-back Ruan Pienaar, was scored by Colin Charvis; it was his 22nd Test try, a new record for a forward in Test rugby. South Africa made better use of their more limited possession, scoring five tries, including one by Ryan Kankowski, also a Test debutant, as the world cup winners won the match 34–12.[4][5]

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FB 15 Morgan Stoddart downward-facing red arrow 69'
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Sonny Parker
IC 12 Gavin Henson
LW 11 Tom Shanklin
FH 10 James Hook downward-facing red arrow 76'
SH 9 Dwayne Peel downward-facing red arrow 53'
N8 8 Jonathan Thomas
OF 7 Robin Sowden-Taylor
BF 6 Colin Charvis (c) downward-facing red arrow 61'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Evans downward-facing red arrow 53'
TP 3 Gethin Jenkins
HK 2 Huw Bennett downward-facing red arrow 53'
LP 1 Rhys M. Thomas downward-facing red arrow 69'
Replacements:
HK 16 T. Rhys Thomas upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 17 Duncan Jones upward-facing green arrow 69'
LK 18 Luke Charteris upward-facing green arrow 53'
FL 19 Alix Popham upward-facing green arrow 61'
SH 20 Mike Phillips upward-facing green arrow 53'
FH 21 Ceri Sweeney upward-facing green arrow 76'
FB 22 Tom James upward-facing green arrow 69'
Coach:
Template:Flagicon Nigel Davies
FB 15 Ruan Pienaar
RW 14 JP Pietersen downward-facing red arrow 75'
OC 13 Jaque Fourie
IC 12 François Steyn
LW 11 Bryan Habana
FH 10 André Pretorius downward-facing red arrow 59'
SH 9 Ricky Januarie downward-facing red arrow 78'
N8 8 Ryan Kankowski downward-facing red arrow 78'
OF 7 Juan Smith
BF 6 Schalk Burger
RL 5 Johann Muller
LL 4 Bakkies Botha downward-facing red arrow 40'
TP 3 CJ van der Linde downward-facing red arrow 75'
HK 2 John Smit (c)
LP 1 Jannie du Plessis downward-facing red arrow 64'
Replacements:
HK 16 Bismarck du Plessis yellow card 77' to 80' upward-facing green arrow 75'
PR 17 Heinke van der Merwe upward-facing green arrow 64'
LK 18 Albert van den Berg yellow card 48' to 58' upward-facing green arrow 40'
N8 19 Hilton Lobberts upward-facing green arrow 78'
CE 20 Wynand Olivier upward-facing green arrow 59'
WG 21 Akona Ndungane upward-facing green arrow 75'
FB 22 Conrad Jantjes upward-facing green arrow 78'
Coach:
Template:Flagicon Jake White

Week 2

The second match, at Twickenham on 1 December 2007, saw a Springbok XV facing a Barbarians side that included such big names as Jerry Collins, Martyn Williams, Matt Giteau, and the retiring Jason Robinson. The Barbarians' plans were disrupted when the English Premier clubs decided not to allow players to be released,[6] and the Irish provinces followed suit. As a result, Brian O'Driscoll, who had been named to captain the side, had to withdraw, as did Andrew Sheridan of Sale Sharks, but Mark Regan of Bristol defied the ban and led the Barbarians,[7] an act for which he was later sanctioned by his club.[8] The match itself proved to be somewhat one-sided affair, the lacklustre Springboks, who included just five World Cup final starters, losing 22–5 to a Barbarians side that played with flair and creativity. The Barabarians scored three tries, the South Africans only one, scored by Barend Pieterse, who was making his first appearance in a Springbok jersey in place of Schalk Burger, who had broken his nose in the game against Wales.[9][10][11]

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FB 15 Template:Flagicon Jason Robinson downward-facing red arrow 68'
RW 14 Template:Flagicon Joe Rokocoko
OC 13 Template:Flagicon Conrad Smith downward-facing red arrow 58'
IC 12 Template:Flagicon Ma'a Nonu
LW 11 Template:Flagicon Isoa Neivua downward-facing red arrow 63'
FH 10 Template:Flagicon Matt Giteau
SH 9 Template:Flagicon Justin Marshall
N8 8 Template:Flagicon Jerry Collins
OF 7 Template:Flagicon Martyn Williams
BF 6 Template:Flagicon Rocky Elsom
RL 5 Template:Flagicon Brent Cockbain downward-facing red arrow 51'
LL 4 Template:Flagicon Justin Harrison downward-facing red arrow 63'
TP 3 Template:Flagicon Federico Pucciariello
HK 2 Template:Flagicon Mark Regan (c) downward-facing red arrow 51'
LP 1 Template:Flagicon Salesi Ma'afu downward-facing red arrow 51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Template:Flagicon Schalk Brits upward-facing green arrow 51'
PR 17 Template:Flagicon JD Moller upward-facing green arrow 51'
LK 18 Template:Flagicon Troy Flavell upward-facing green arrow 51'
FL 19 Template:Flagicon Michael Owen upward-facing green arrow 63'
FH 20 Template:Flagicon Peter Grant upward-facing green arrow 68'
CE 21 Template:Flagicon Tom Shanklin upward-facing green arrow 58'
WG 22 Template:Flagicon Ben Cohen upward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
Template:Flagicon Eddie O'Sullivan
FB 15 Ruan Pienaar
RW 14 Akona Ndungane
OC 13 Jaque Fourie
IC 12 François Steyn
LW 11 Bryan Habana
FH 10 André Pretorius downward-facing red arrow 33'
SH 9 Ricky Januarie downward-facing red arrow 43'
N8 8 Ryan Kankowski
OF 7 Juan Smith
BF 6 Barend Pieterse downward-facing red arrow 66'
RL 5 Johann Muller (c)
LL 4 Johan Ackermann downward-facing red arrow 54'
TP 3 CJ van der Linde downward-facing red arrow 75'
HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis downward-facing red arrow 71'
LP 1 Jannie du Plessis downward-facing red arrow 43' upward-facing green arrow 75'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tiaan Liebenberg upward-facing green arrow 71'
PR 17 Heinke van der Merwe upward-facing green arrow 43'
LK 18 Albert van den Berg upward-facing green arrow 54'
N8 19 Hilton Lobberts upward-facing green arrow 66'
CE 20 Wynand Olivier upward-facing green arrow 33'
WG 21 Wayne Julies
FB 22 Conrad Jantjes upward-facing green arrow 43'
Coach:
Template:Flagicon Jake White

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