2002 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe

Coach(es)

Tour captain(s)

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

3	0	0	3

Test match

3	0	0	3

Opponent

P	W	D	L

France

1	0	0	1

Scotland

1	0	0	1

England

1	0	0	1

The 2002 South Africa rugby union tour of France Scotland and England was a series of matches played in November 2002 in France Scotland and England by South Africa national rugby union team. It was a woeful tour, a real nightmare, finished with the worst defeat in the history of the Springboks a 3–53 loss against England.

The Matches

In the first test, Springboks where defeated by a great French team^[1]

9 November 2002

France	30–10	South Africa
Try: Clerc, Heymans Con: Gelez Pen: Gelez 5 Drop: Castaignede		Try: van Niekerk Con: Pretorius Pen: Pretorius

Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: A. Rolland

France: 15.Nicolas Brusque, 14.Vincent Clerc, 13.Thomas Castaignede, 12.Damien Traille, 11.Cedric Heymans, 10.Francois Gelez, 9.Fabien Galthie (capt.), 8.Imanol Harinordoquy, 7.Olivier Magne, 6.Serge Betsen, 5.Olivier Brouzet, 4.Fabien Pelous, 3.Pieter de Villiers, 2.Raphael Ibanez, 1.Jean-Jacques Crenca, – replacements: 16.Sylvain Marconnet, 17.Jean-Baptiste Rue, 18.Thibault Privat, 19.Sebastien Chabal, 22.Xavier Garbajosa – No entry : 20.Dimitri Yachvili, 21.Gerald Merceron
South Africa: 15.Werner Greeff, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Jean de Villiers, 12.Adrian Jacobs, 11.Brent Russell, 10.Andre Pretorius, 9.Neil de Kock, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.AJ Venter, 6.Corne Krige (capt.), 5.Jannes Labuschagne, 4.Bakkies Botha , 3.Willie Meyer, 2.James Dalton, 1.Lawrence Sephaka, – replacements: 16.Lukas van Biljon, 17.Wessel Roux, 18.Marco Wentzel, 19.Pedrie Wannenburg, 21.Butch James, 22.Marius Joubert – No entry: 20.Bolla Conradie

Also with Scotland, the Springboks continue the "black series"^[2]^[3]

16 November 2002

Scotland	21–6	South Africa
Try: Pountney, Walker Con: Laney Pen: Laney 3		Pen: James 2

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Nigel Williams

Scotland: 15.Stuart Moffat, 14.Nikki Walker, 13.Andy Craig, 12.Brendan Laney, 11.Chris Paterson, 10.Gordon Ross, 9.Bryan Redpath (capt.), 8.Budge Pountney, 7.Simon Taylor, 6.Martin Leslie, 5.Stuart Grimes, 4.Scott Murray, 3.Bruce Douglas, 2.Gordon Bulloch, 1.Tom Smith, – replacements: 17.Dave Hilton, 18.Nathan Hines, 19.Jason White, 21.Gregor Townsend, 22.Ben Hinshelwood – No entry : 16.Steve Scott, 20.Graeme Beveridge
South Africa: 15.Werner Greeff, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Adrian Jacobs, 12.Robbie Fleck, 11.Friedrich Lombard, 10.Butch James, 9.Bolla Conradie, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.Pierre Uys, 6.Corne Krige (capt.), 5.Jannes Labuschagne, 4.Marco Wentzel, 3.Deon Carstens, 2.Lukas van Biljon, 1.Wessel Roux, – replacements: 17.CJ van der Linde, 18.AJ Venter, 21.Andre Pretorius – No entry: 16.James Dalton, 19.Pedrie Wannenburg, 20.Brent Russell, 22.Bakkies Botha

A huge defeat against the English team^[4]^[5]

23 November 2002

England	53–3	South Africa
Try: Back, Cohen Dallaglio, Greenwood 2 Hill, penalty try Con: Dawson, Gomarsall 2, Stimpson 2, Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson 2		Pen: Pretorius

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: PaddyO'Brien

England: 15.Jason Robinson, 14.Ben Cohen, 13.Will Greenwood, 12.Mike Tindall, 11.Phil Christophers, 10.Jonny Wilkinson, 9.Matt Dawson, 8.Richard Hill, 7.Neil Back, 6.Lewis Moody, 5.Ben Kay, 4.Martin Johnson (capt.), 3.Phil Vickery, 2.Phil Vickery, 1.Jason Leonard, – replacements: 18.Danny Grewcock, 19.Lawrence Dallaglio, 20.Andy Gomarsall, 21.Austin Healey, 22.Tim Stimpson – No entry : 16.Mark Regan, 17.Robbie Morris
South Africa: 15.Werner Greeff, 14.Breyton Paulse, 13.Robbie Fleck, 12.Butch James, 11.Friedrich Lombard, 10.Andre Pretorius, 9.Bolla Conradie, 8.Joe van Niekerk, 7.Pedrie Wannenburg, 6.Corne Krige (capt.), 5.AJ Venter, 4.Jannes Labuschagne , 3.Deon Carstens, 2.James Dalton, 1.Wessel Roux, – replacements: 16.Lukas van Biljon, 17.CJ van der Linde, 20.Norman Jordaan, 21.Adrian Jacobs, 22.Brent Russell – No entry: 18.Marco Wentzel, 19.Pierre Uys

References

↑ "France (12) 30 – 10 (3) South Africa (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 9 November 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
↑ "Scotland (6) 21 – 6 (6) South Africa (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 16 November 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
↑ "Scotland 21 – 6 South Africa". The Guardian. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
↑ "England 55 – 3 South Africa". The Guardian. 23 November 2002. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
↑ "England (18) 53 – 3 (3) South Africa (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 23 November 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

South Africa rugby union tours

Springboks tours	Britain, Ireland and France (1906-07) Britain, Ireland and France (1912-13) Australia and New Zealand (1921) Britain and Ireland (1931-32) Australasia (1937) Europe (1951-52) Europe (1960-61) Scotland and Ireland (1965) Australasia (1965) Britain and Ireland (1969-70) Australia (1971) South America (1980) New Zealand and USA (1981) Europe (1992) Australia (1993) Argentina (1993) New Zealand (1994) Britain and Ireland (1994) Argentina and Europe (1996) Europe (1997) Britain & Ireland (1998) Argentina, Britain & Ireland (2000) France & England (2001) Europe (2002) Britain, Ireland and Argentina (2004) Argentina and Europe (2005) Ireland and England (2006) Wales (2007) Great Britain (2008)

Junior Springboks	Argentina (1932) * South America (1959)

Gazelles	Argentina (1966) Argentina (1972)

Rugby union tours of England

Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2000 2002 2005 2006 2008

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008

Romania	1984-85

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986

Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989

Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005

Tonga	1997 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2008

Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004

United States	1924 (no test) 1977 (no test) 1999

Maori All Blacks	1888-89 1926-27

Rugby union tours of France

Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005

Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001

Ireland	1988

Japan	1973 2000

Maori All Blacks	1926-27

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Pacific Islanders	2008

Samoa	1989 (no test)

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1951-52 1960-61 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005

Tonga	2005

USA	1924 Olympic Games

Rugby union tours of Scotland

Argentina	1973 1990 1999 2001 2005

Australia	1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1968 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1988 1996 1997 2000 2006 2009 2013

New South Wales	1927-28

New Zealand	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1905 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1978 1979 1983 1993 2001 2005 2008

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1965 1969-70 1994 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2002 2004 2008

Romania	1981 2002

Fiji	1982 (no test) 1989 2002

Samoa	1995 2000 2005

Tonga	1997 (no test) 2001

Pacific Islanders	2006

Japan	1976 (no test) 1986 2004

United States	2000

Canada	2008

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.