South Africa too good for Denmark

A good crowd has turned up to see the final second round game between South Africa and Denmark at St.Mary's oval in Geelong.

The game started at a great pace with both teams going in hard for the ball and both defences on top. In a tight opening term South Africa held a slender lead of 1 point.

The second term saw South Africa take the ascendancy to kick away to a a 35 point lead.

Denmark fought back slightly in the third term restricting the South Africans to only 2 points and scoring a goal themselves. South Africa still lead by 30 points at 3/4 game.

The final term saw South Africa draw away to win by 45 points with Toy Prinsloo the dominant forward, kicking 3 goals and Jayce Zidel booting 2 goals. Toy's brother, Richard was best on ground playing well all over the ground, as was Thabiao Phakedi and ever reliable captain Mtutuzeli Hlomela.

Final Scores

South Africa 1.2 7.6 7.8 9.11 (65)

Denmark 1.1 2.1 3.2 3.2 (20)

GOALS

South Africa: T. Prinsloo 3, J. Zidel 2, S. Matshane, S. Malinga, M. Mashigo, R. Prinsloo

Denmark: J. Secher 2, C. Rose

BEST

South Africa: R. Prinsloo, T. Phakedi, M. Hlomela, J. Horn, S. Matshane, S.Mbhalo

Denmark: J. Djernes, T. Cederholm, M. Neugebauer, R. Jacobsen, J. Secher, C Rose

All teams will be presented to the full house at Telstra Dome tonight at half time of the Carlton v Hawthorn blockbuster, then they head off to Warrnambool on Sunday to play rounds 3 and 4 of the International Cup.

Round 3 begins on Monday 1st September at 11:00am in Warrnambool with Ireland v Canada, New Zealand v Samoa and Sweden v Finland.

Games at 1:00pm are USA v South Africa, PNG v Great Britain and Japan v India.