Sunday, June 8, 2008

When North meets South ~ South will win!!!!!!!

South Africa Defeats Wales in Rugby Test; N.Z. Wins (Update1)
By James Cone


June 7 (Bloomberg) -- World champion South Africa crossed for four tries in a 43-17 rugby Test victory today against Six Nations winner Wales.

New Zealand defeated Ireland 21-11.

Conrad Jantjes, Jean de Villers, Pierre Spies and second- half replacement Percy Montgomery touched down in Bloemfontein in coach Peter de Villiers's first match in charge.
De Villiers was named as the first black coach of the Springboks in January following the exit of Jake White, who last year led South Africa to its second World Cup title.
Butch James put the Springboks ahead after six minutes with the first of his five penalties today, and doubled the home team's lead two minutes later. He also converted all four tries.
Stephen Jones replied for Wales soon after before two more successful kicks for James put South Africa ahead 12-3. Fullback Jantjes got the opening try in the 30th minute, collecting a pass from Adrian Jacobs before touching down under the posts.
A Jamie Roberts try, converted by Jones, kept Wales in contention, but another penalty from James gave the Springboks a 12-point advantage at halftime.
De Villiers and Spies got tries as South Africa took control in the second half, though Shane Williams broke through to touch down for Wales. Montgomery's try, converted by James, completed the scoring after 70 minutes.
Both teams ended the match with 14 men after CJ van der Linde and Richard Hibbard exchanged punches.
Sitiveni Sivivatu, with his 22nd try in 22 Tests, and Ma'a Nonu touched down in Wellington for New Zealand against Ireland, which was aiming for its first win against the All Blacks in 103 years.
Fly-half Daniel Carter added a conversion and three penalties for New Zealand in its first Test since a quarterfinal defeat at the World Cup.
Paddy Wallace got a try for Ireland, which was tied at 11- 11 with 20 minutes remaining at the Westpac Stadium. Ronan O'Gara scored two penalties.
Elsewhere, Argentina beat Scotland 21-15 in Rosario. Chris Paterson, who tied Scott Murray's record of 87 Test appearances for Scotland, kicked all the visiting team's points.

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