Live. South Africa – Portugal: Watch the Portuguese's first friendly match against the Boks

Hello and welcome to Rugbyrama for live commentary of the match between Portugal and South Africa. This is the first time that the Portuguese will face the world champions from South Africa.

The Portuguese travel to South Africa for the first time in their history. If the teams lining up on one side or the other are slightly modified, this test match will definitely have something special.

Last week, Simon Mannix's men beat Namibia.

Test match

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Unique Tower

17:00

Shoot the net –

17–7

Half time –

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3' Warning to Esterhuizen

11' a test Paiva dos Santos

11' transformation mora

14' Conversion failed Lipok

14' Expulsion from Esterhuizen

18' Conversion failed Lipok

23' replacing Baptista by That's it

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23'

Vasco Baptista twisted his ankle trying to tackle Am, the support was poor, the ankle turned. He was replaced by Andre da Cunha.
23'

South Africa throw-in 22. The attackers work in power, but Dixon commits a tackler.
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The Portuguese rallied in their camp, and South Africa's strong push earned a penalty. Lebok would rather have contact than try to take a 40-metre penalty in the middle.
21'

The new South African counter, who heads towards Mapimbi. The winger tries to follow, but Pinto beats El Fassi to the ball.
19'

Failure of transformation in South Africa

In the left corner Lippok misses both posts again.
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Shortly after the dismissal, the South Africans attack again. Reinach crosses the first curtain but lacks support. The ball remains with the Boks who enter 22 metres. They get a penalty and Lebok goes for a throw-in.
15'

Failure of transformation in South Africa

Lipok misses the transition! Off center on the right side, posts missing.
14'

Red card for Esterhuizen

Esterhuizen's card turns into a red card! So he won't be back on the pitch. But as the new rule requires, South Africa will only have ten minutes of numerical difference.
13'

First points for South Africa – so Portugal will be credited with a try from Portugal. And by a substitute at kick-off.
11'

The ball is lost early in the match by the Portuguese. Reinach tries to follow him, and Arendse is faster in the race to grab the ball, but Pinto beats him. The action continues and South Africa reaches the 22-minute mark of the opponent.
9'

The Portuguese insist on the opposing camp, but they find no fault. The match is stopped because Snyman comes to push an opponent to the ground, and a brawl breaks out between him and four Portuguese. We start with the European scrum.
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Scrum 5M from Portugal. Moura tries to take a kick, but the ball bounces back into Pinto's hands. The Portuguese insist on their strength but are held back by the Boks defence. Camacho ends up trying to pass the ball towards the wing, but Mapimpi recovers the ball in two steps. The Boks are in touch.
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Throw-in for the Portuguese playing in three-quarters. The ball went wide to Cardoso Pinto, who tried to follow it up, but Arendse shot it into the goal.
3'

Paiva dos Santos has returned to Lima temporarily. But he is likely to keep his place after concussion protocol.
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Yellow card for Esterhuizen

Yellow card for Esterhuizen who headbutted Jose Lima. There is a call to the dugout to see if it will turn red.
3'

Call for video of Hollie Davidson checking for possible head contact on tackle.
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The ball goes out of play and heads towards Lima who is saved by Esterhuizen. The Portuguese centre is sent off cleanly. What's more, he hits his head on the ground as he falls.
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Before Reinach

Liebock hits one over the top, it is recovered by Arendse who immediately passes it to Reinach, but the scrum-half commits a tackler.
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Here we go for both teams!
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This is the first encounter between the two teams. However, the Portuguese have already faced all the southern teams, and the South African teams of level B.
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This meeting will be moderated by Scottish woman Holly Davidson.
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The Portuguese sent the defending champions along, but with two absentees to mark. Veteran Samuel Marques, who has 233 points in Pro D2 this season, came out of international retirement just for this summer's tour. Raffaele Costa Storti is the top scorer in Pro D2 (21 attempts).
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After keeping his model team during the matches against Ireland, the Boks coach has rotated his team, especially all his forwards. At the back, only Arendse retains his place, still surrounded by Mapimpi, Esterhuizen and Am.
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Only two test matches in July for the Portuguese. Last week they beat Namibia (22-37).
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In 2024, despite being boosted by their World Cup win over Fiji, Os Lobos barely finished first in Group 2 of the European Rugby Championship, despite a defeat to Belgium. They managed a narrow win over Spain (33-30) before losing in the final to Georgia (36-10).
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The Springboks are unbeaten since the World Cup group stage defeat to Ireland, and fell again last week to… Ireland (24-25), after falling at the whistle of Frawley. Previously, they beat XV du Trèfle (27-20) and Wales (41-13).
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The final test match of the World Champions Summer Tour in South Africa, in full preparation for the Rugby Championship in three weeks.
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Hello and welcome to the live commentary of the meeting. Test match between theSouth Africa And the Portugal.