Hat-trick: Christian Wade
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England's midweek team were made to work hard for their 54-26 win over the SA Barbarians South selection at GWK Park in Kimberley on Wednesday.
Wing Christian Wade scored a hat-trick while number eight Thomas Waldrom got a brace in what was a hot-and-cold effort from the tourists.
What may have upset Stuart Lancaster about the performance against their lower tier opponents were the lapses in concentration that allowed the hosts to cross the whitewash on four occasions.
The tourists' flakiness in defence saw them exposed in only the third minute when number eight Jacques Engelbrecht barged his way over.
Waldrom then did well to cross before Wade also got over as the midweek team looked to make a statement ahead of the second Test in Jo'burg.
George Lowe - named as a late replacement for David Strettle - then popped up on the shoulder of team-mate Jordan Turner-Hall to put England into a commanding 27-5 lead, but the Baa-Baas replied before half-time when Hannes Franklin scored while James Haskell was in the bin.
The second-half half saw scores traded when Leicester's Waldrom went over from the base before the pace of EP Kings wing Norman Nelson pulled the home side back into matters.
But when Graham Kitchener replied soon after and Wade went over for his second on the hour mark in the midst of a scoring frenzy that led to Ntabeni Dukisa and Danny Care getting in on the act, the final say was left to Wade, who slipped the tackle on his wing for a treble.
The scorers:
For SA Barbarians South:
Tries: Engelbrecht, Franklin, Nelson, Dukisa
Con: Watts 3
For England:
Tries: Waldrom 2, Wade 3, Lowe, Kitchener, Care
Con: Hodgson 4
Pen: Hodgson 2
SA Barbarians South: 15 Jacquin Jansen, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Kempie Rautenbach, 12 Wayne Stevens, 11 Norman Nelson, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Boela Abrahams, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Shaun Raubenheimer, 6 Mpho Mbiyozo, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Nolan Clark, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Hannes Franklin, 1 Corne Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Clemen Lewis, 17 Dean Hopp, 18 Ben Venter, 19 Zandre Jordaan, 20 Ntando Kebe, 21 Ricardo Croy, 22 Ntabeni Dukisa.
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 George Lowe, 13 Anthony Allen, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Christian Wade, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Danny Care, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Carl Fearns, 6 James Haskell, 5 George Robson (capt), 4 Graham Kitchener, 3 Paul Doran Jones, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Matt Mullan.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Rupert Harden, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Jamie Gibson, 20 Phil Dowson, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Nick Abendanon.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (RSA)
Comments
hellovanite says...
Lawynd... weapons grade plonker aye... nice metaphor there bubby... What TVaddict is saying (inferring) is that the interpretation is so vast as to be comparable to a completely different set of laws in the SH. He implies that SH refs interpret the breakdown laws in a way that only accommodates the likes of McCaw or Pocock, big bloody yawn on that one mate! also he makes inference at SH referees not knowing a scrum from an apple upside down cake. This is a tedious and tenuous argument to say the least. Instead of crying foul all the time maybe just maybe some of your pointless efforts could be more constructively directed towards getting your players a more shrewd understanding of the breakdowns and how SH No.7s are doing it so much better than your lot (and not just under the scrutiny of SH refs either). On that point Armitage should be in the England squad stat! Look whether it be NH or SH there are always going to be different interpretations anywhere you go, Barnes doesn¿t rule the same as Walsh who doesn¿t rule the same as Owens, and so on . The best teams will be the ones who know what the different refs are looking at and adapt. So maybe it is you that has forgotten your reading monocle and unless you're a weapons-grade plonker, I'd hope you'd agree with that assessment.
Posted 01:42 16th June 2012
lawynd says...
@hellovanite - I suggest you put your reading glasses on; all TVaddict is lamenting is that refereeing isn't equal across the globe and that wildly different interpretations of the same rules are applied from game to game. Unless you're a weapons-grade plonker, I'd hope you'd agree with that assessment.
Posted 17:26 15th June 2012
hellovanite says...
Some rough comments on here about Haskell he has a bit of mongrel in him yes... and what? You need a bit of that against the saffas. I personally think, indiscretions aside, for the short periods he made it onto the field he played well in the Super 15. Maybe he does have some issues but he's got some go forward and carries the ball well. That last sending off was harsh and unwarranted, well at least I thought so
Posted 09:34 15th June 2012
admack says...
Haskell is a joke
Posted 12:38 14th June 2012
hellovanite says...
TVaddict... I love it how some people can't see anything bad that their team does, only the bad things the opposition do. Why don't you blame the ref too... oh you did already
Posted 12:00 14th June 2012
jamesliveinhope says...
not sure how SA Barbarians fixtures work compared to the proper Barabarians but, looking at the lack of caps in England's second string, I'm not sure that an 8 try haul and 2 to 1 outscore suggests a "struggle".
Posted 11:26 14th June 2012
TVaddict says...
@StunTheMullet
Indeed, that's what I was saying. That there's such a gulf in the interpretation that it feels like a whole different set of rules.
There you go, that's your opinions on NH refs. I watch SH refs and feel they don't allow any competition at the breakdown (unless it's Pocock or McCaw) and it's like they've never seen a scrum before. But we should be able to watch the game and not be able to tell where the ref is from. Whatever the differences are it needs sorting out.
Posted 10:20 14th June 2012
GCP_JONES says...
How is James Haskell a professional rugby player, he's spent most of the season for the highlanders taking off his scrum-cap and jogging to the side lines.
if we are to have players from Europe playing super rugby let more of them be like Michalak, Goode and Hernandez,not Cipriani and Haskell go and form a boy band lads.
Posted 09:29 14th June 2012
markpat says...
@Colvin - Haskell doesn't just need to sort out his discipline for the yellow cards, he needs to be nowhere near the starting XV of any international side. For the Highlanders he brought absolutely nothing except a load of penalties and cards.
@NHsaints - a lineup of Flood, Farrell, Tuilagi and a back three of Foden, Ashton and Wade will get crucified, in my opinion. Not enough midfield attacking threat and too much liability in defence against SA's kicking game, unless Wade is much more accomplished under the high ball and as a kicker than I give him credit for. Yes he should be in the England team, on the whole, but somtimes you hvae to understand your opponent's tactics. No point in him scoring 1 or 2 tries if he concedes 4 or 5. I still want to see Flood, Tuilagi, Joseph with a back 3 of probably Ashton, Foden and Goode. Foden looked decent enough on the wing for his first game there.
Posted 09:22 14th June 2012
redrosemark says...
@colvin
Haskell's binning this time was individually harsh. He was just the next man in line after several team warnings - and he was pinged for staying on his feet and winning the ball...
Posted 09:20 14th June 2012
Herbman says...
The BaaBaas were literally a 4th tier team (International > Super > Currie Cup Premier > Currie Cup 1st Division). I've only ever heard of 2 or 3 of the players.
Not a good result.
Posted 08:48 14th June 2012
fozza says...
Colvin, I share your disappointment with Haskell, he just does not seem to be able to stay on the park, however he did not mislead the enquiry, they held their hands up and admitted they made the mistake.
Back to the important thing though, you cannot trust him right now, you can almost guarantee his absence at some stage. A real waste, right now.
Posted 08:10 14th June 2012
colvin says...
James Haskell.
In his third last game he punched an opponent and was banned for three weeks. Then he was banned a fourth week for misleading the Enquiry.
In his second last game he was sinbined and the opposition scored something like 19 points when he was off.
In this game for England he was sinbinned.
James needs to sort out his discipline.
Posted 03:39 14th June 2012
bokbevok says...
Red Rose supporters
The only thing England could of got out of this game was confidence in there moves and there structures that have been put in place but after that performance it leaves SL no go to players. He will have to rely on same team that played first test and hope Boks are over confident otherwise not looking good for the rose.
I think biggest problem was that all that quality up front could not dictate how they wanted to play the game, instead baabaas made you play theirs.
Huge dent in England's mind set going into next test.
Posted 23:28 13th June 2012
payve says...
apologies for poor spelling, substitute 'know' and 'wing' into the necessary places
Posted 22:53 13th June 2012
Nicholas41 says...
'kinda'? Isn't that a chocolate egg with a toy in it?
Posted 22:53 13th June 2012
payve says...
I caught the game from about 15 mins in, it was the way the baa baas scored. England were very lazy in defence for a couple of them. 1 while a man down 5m from the try line, almost forgivable as the baa baas worked their man advantage very well. The others you could see england players literally watch the baa baa backs run through the massive holes they left and gas them to line without much opposition. If i remember rightly 1 of which was Charlie Hodgson (while stood in the 10 channel), he should no better. Another was Wade I believe offering the outside channel to a baa baas player on the wind, naiive but that's why he's in the midweek squad, the guy and definitely finish though. Care looked very sharp however, one of the few to put his hand up.
Posted 22:52 13th June 2012
Honestpom says...
How can a bloated tour party of 40 or so players go on a 5 match tour and end up with a scrum-half ( not an Austin Healey type ) on the wing for the best part of a half in the second game. Guess it's just a game to get everyone feeling involved.
Posted 22:44 13th June 2012
StunTheMullet says...
@ TVaddict - There are one set of rules but there is a gulf in the interpretation between NH and SH referees.
NH referees like to blow the pea out the whistle so there is a stop start penalty ridden game whereas the SH referees like to let the game play more by using advantage.
And you see the NH referees gasping for air in games with the SANZAR nations because they are played at higher pace while the NH teams (exceptions maybe Wales and France) try to slow them down.
Posted 21:49 13th June 2012
ruggaluva says...
I watched this game and i can tell you that England were close to hving their lead overhauled early in the second half - the Baabaas had some good momentum going and were on attack and they threw a dodgy pass on the Eng try line and Wade dashed a 80 meters for a 14 point turn around. Also two bad but marginal calls by the ref swung some more momentum the tourists way. Eng always had the beating of the baabaas tho.
Posted 21:12 13th June 2012