SCOT
No.Name
2Ross Ford, H
5Jim Hamilton, L
6Alasdair Strokosch, FL
7John Barclay, FL
1Alasdair Dickinson, P
3Moray Low, P
9Greig Laidlaw, SH
4Richie Gray, L
8David Denton, -
15Sean Maitland, FB
14Tommy Seymour, W
13Nick de Luca, C
12Duncan Taylor, C
11Sean Lamont, W
10Ruaridh Jackson, FH
Replacements
16Scott Lawson, -
17Ryan Grant, -
18Geoff Cross, -
19Jonny Gray, -
20Johnnie Beattie, -
21Chris Cusiter, -
22Duncan Weir, -
23Max Evans, -

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield
8:00 PM, November 16, 2013
Attendance: 49,278
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'0-28 End of half
81'0-28 End of half
81'0-28 End of second half
80'And that, thankfully, is that. The rain gets heavy as the referee blows for time and the crowd that remain head swiftly for the exits. All South Africa until the game was dead and buried but credit to Scotland for keeping going to the end.
79'Limp ending to the game. Scotland have the territory but simply cannot make the vital inroads when inside the final 10
77'Up to the TV official to see if a diving Max Evans got the vital touch ahead of Bryan Habana. Celebrations were muted and the replays don't look conclusive. Evans got a touch but it looked short of the line and it's a knock-on. The TV official making a complete mess of communicating his decision, That took a full three minutes.
76'Scotland continue to press hard but openings are snuffed out quickly
76'Player substituted - Francois Louw , South Africa
76'Substitute on - Morne Steyn , South Africa
75'JP Pietersen makes a great saving tackle as Scotland attack and David Denton seemed to be in. Hard tackle which sent Denton into touch and wins him high fives from team-mates. Two or three minute delay as a South African player gets treatment
72'Scotland batter at the door but South Africa hold form inside ten yards of their line. And again Scotland conceded a penalty while attacking
71'Kicked into the corner and more defence from 14-man South Africa
71'Substitute on - JJ Engelbrecht , South Africa
71'Player substituted - Jean de Villiers , South Africa
71'Yellow card - Marcell Coetzee , South Africa
70'After a succession of penalties the referee has had enough and Marcell Coetzee is yellow carded. Unlucky for the individual but not the team
69'Substitute on - Chris Cusiter , Scotland
69'Player substituted - Greig Laidlaw , Scotland
67'South Africa win the scrum after a knock-on and the pressure ends
66'Good Scotland pressure stirs the crowd but the South Africa defence holds and eventually the referee brings the Scots back for a penalty as they are not getting any advantage. Another kick into the churned-up corner
65'Player substituted - Tommy Seymour , Scotland
65'Player substituted - John Barclay , Scotland
65'Substitute on - Ruan Pienaar , South Africa
65'Substitute on - Johnnie Beattie , Scotland
65'Substitute on - Max Evans , Scotland
65'Player substituted - Fourie du Preez , South Africa
64'Max Evans, Johnnie Beattie and John Barclay come on for the Scots, Ruan Pienaar on for the Boks
62'Shades of Gray - Jonny Gray on for Richie
62'Substitute on - Jonny Gray , Scotland
62'Player substituted - Richie Gray , Scotland
61'Scotland win it but for all their efforts they cannot break down the defence and South Africa get the penalty as Scotland fail to give enough support in attack and they are swamped by green-shirted defenders
61'Player substituted - Adriaan Strauss , South Africa
61'Substitute on - Bismarck du Plessis , South Africa
60'Another penalty for Scotland is kicked into touch five yards out
60'Player substituted - Bakkies Botha , South Africa
60'Substitute on - Eben Etzebeth , South Africa
59'Both sides huff and puff five yards out but Scotland making little progress
58'Scotland win a penalty and cheers as they kick to within six yards of the South Africa line
57'Player substituted - Gurthro Steenkamp , South Africa
57'Substitute on - Tendai Mtawarira , South Africa
56'Substitute on - Ryan Grant , Scotland
56'Player substituted - Alasdair Dickinson , Scotland
56'Substitute on - Scott Lawson , Scotland
56'Player substituted - Ross Ford , Scotland
56'Player substituted - Ruaridh Jackson , Scotland
56'Substitute on - Duncan Weir , Scotland
55'A raft of substitutions for Scotland as Duncan Weir, Scott Lawson and Ryan Grant come on
55'0-28 Conversion - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
53'Straight as a die from near the touchline and there are some boos ringing out now
53'0-26 Try - Coenie Oosthuizen , South Africa
52'And it's a try as Duane Vermeulen wins the lineout and the pack just pile through the powder-puff defence. Scotland show some fight in the post-try scrap that follows. Frustration as much as anything. Coenraad Oosthuizen, who came on at the break, gets the credit
51'South Africa gain possession and Scotland are caught on the counter, a long downfield kick from Bryan Habana is hacked into touch five yards from the Scottish line. This will be dangerous as Scotland look weak in this position
50'Scotland run a penalty and are rewarded with territorial gain, they get inside the SA 22 at last and for the first time the visitors scramble to defend
49'Back and forth, all in Scotland's half through with neither side really looking like making inroads at the moment
45'Lovely kick to the wing, Sean Lamont nips in ahead of JP Pietersen
43'Scotland penalty for handling on the ground allows them to kick to the SA 10-yard line
41'Substitute on - Marcell Coetzee , South Africa
41'Player substituted - Willem Alberts , South Africa
41'0-21 End of first half
40'Scotland on the attack with a lovely chip to the wing where Nick de Luca takes on the full and is bundled into touch. In fact, SA get the penalty so the pressure is flickering
40'Scotland get the scrum yards out. This is as close as they have been to a score. They half ends scrappily as the ball squirms into touch
40'0-21 Start of second half
39'Bone-crunching defence holds the Scots up
38'Nice chip through but well picked up by the impressive Willie le Roux, but Scotland soon after get the penalty and they'll kick into the corner
37'Frans Malherbe's second appearance ends with a painful walk off the pitch and he is replaced by the .. er ... well built Coenraad Oosthuizen
37'Player substituted - Frans Malherbe , South Africa
37'Substitute on - Coenie Oosthuizen , South Africa
36'Sustained Scotland pressure but just as they start to look settled in attack there's a knock on
35'For the first time Scotland got into the SA 22 ... for about three seconds but they were there
33'@OutClosetRugby - Murrayfield's worms should be applauded for their defensive skills by keeping the Scots in the game.
33'0-21 Conversion - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
32'When it's not your day ... the kick hits the posts and wobbles through
32'0-19 Try - JP Pietersen , South Africa
31'Willie le Roux breaks from his own half, runs 30 yards through tackles and sends a cross-field chip into the right corner, JP Pietersen picks up low and has the momentum to lurch over the line. Lovely try and that sinks Scotland
31'0-14 Conversion - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
30'Under the posts, easy
30'0-12 Try - Willie Le Roux , South Africa
29'And just as Scotland start to throw the ball around there's a fumble deep in the South African half by Sean Maitland, Willie le Roux picks it up and he's got the pace and nobody gets near him
28'Finally a really good spell for Scotland as they take the game to the Boks and the crowd wakes from its slumber and gets behind them
25'Outstanding block from Richie Gray a yard out saves Scotland and they win the penalty seconds later. That was a huge save
23'Scotland show some enterprise but are then penalised for being off their feet and that brief spark is extinguished
22'SA have 86% of the possession and 93% of the territory while on the attack
21'Powerful run into the 22 from JP Pietersen who takes about six defenders with him. Scotland defend well - Sean Lamont to the fore - and that deserves the applause it gets
20'Murrayfield is suffering from worms weakening the root structure so we are told.
19'More desperate defence inside the 22. Scotland try to run it out but meet a wall of Boks and eventually they boot clear for some respite
17'Oops, a lot of loft but to the right. The crowd cheer. They are not going to much chance to do that so they take it when they can
16'Scotland concede two penalties in one move - offside and a deliberate obstruction. This ought to be an easy three points, 35 yards out and fairly central
15'When will those running the game realise the need for a good surface for good rugby. Murrayfield soft and horrible
13'Ref's had enough and SA get the free-kick. But the surface is so poor nobody can get a grip
12'First scrum of the match - a Scotland forward pass - and it takes almost two minutes for it to remain static and upright enough for the restart
10'Scotland under pressure kick straight into touch. It seems as if they want the ball out of their 22 whatever it takes
9'Scotland make it into the visitors' half for the first time in possession. Yes, it is that one-sided
6'0-7 Conversion - Patrick Lambie , South Africa
5'0-5 Try - Willem Alberts , South Africa
4'Oh dear. Try That was men against boys as South Africa simply bulldozed through some powder-puff defence
3'This is not going well for Scotland, under the cosh form the off and forced to defend for all their lives. They eventually lose patience and the South Africa kick the penalty to the corner. " I don't think I've seen such a sustained start to a rugby match," says Gavin Hastings. "Scotland did their job tackling their man time and time again, but they got caught at the end and conceded the penalty. It was as if they were saying 'we've had enough of tackling"
1'Thirty players ready for the re-start but not an official in sight. Might make for a much better game? Finally they decide to appear and we are ready to rumble again. Marcell Coetzee on the field in place of Willem Alberts
1'Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage. This could be an interesting test for Scotland
1'0-0 Start of first half