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Game 55, 09.00, men, 4A SOUTH AFRICA 7 4B BRAZIL 8 |
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Sunday, 26 July 2009 09:00 |
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Referees: Stephen KNIGHTS (NZL), Steven ROTSART (USA)
Quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 1-1
Extra man: RSA 2/6; BRA 1/5 Teams: SOUTH AFRICA: Dwayne FLATSCHER, Etienne LE ROUX (2), Andrew RIDLEY, Kevin O'BRIEN (1), Wesley BOHATA, Jason KYTE, Christopher BROWN, Ryan BELL (2), Rick DIESEL (1), Pierre LE ROUX (1), Adam KAJEE, Duncan WOODS, Donn STEWART, Head Coach: Vladimir TRNINIC.
BRAZIL: Andre CORDEIRO, Conrado BERTOLUZZI (1), Marco SANTOS, Lucas VITTA, Marcelo FRANCO (1), Leandro MACHADO, Felipe SILVA (1), Ruda FRANCO (1), Erik SEEGERER, Felipe FRANCO (2), Daniel MAMERI (1), Danilo CORREA, Luis SANTOS.
Head Coach: Barbaro DIAZ.
Brazil managed to outlast South Africa in a very tight match at which the scores were locked at one, two, three, five, six and seven. Brazil gained the biggest advantage in the second quarter when BERTOLUZZI scored on extra for 5-3. But South Africa scored either side of the major break to level.
But it was Brazil which made the running, scoring the go-ahead goals for most of the game, claiming the winner through Felipe FRANCO on extra at 1:45. 
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