Australia 21 vs Springboks 6 (f/t) – Match Thread & Summary

Published 5 September 2009 | By grootblousmile

Today we had the much awaited match between the Wallabies and the Springboks, taking place at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The Wallabies won convincingly, 21 / 6

The Wallabies came out firing from the first whistle, playing the better game, throughout the match. They scored first, through a Giteau penalty and stayed in front right to the end.

Initally it was trading penalties and drop goals and a hard physical battle. The Wallabies scored  two tries, first by Ashley Cooper, and then near the end, one by James O’Conner.

The Springboks never crossed the allabie try line.

One important record was achieved by Morne Sten, becomming the Bok player to score the fastest 100 points in the history of the game, beating the record  Jannie de Beer, who (Jannie) scored his 100 from 9 Tests.

Points:

Wallabies: Matt Giteau 2 penalties & 1 drop goal & 1 conversion. Tries: Ashley Cooper, James O’Conner

Bokke: Morne Steyn 1 drop goal and 1 penalty

 

Teams:

Australia: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Will Genia, 8 George Smith (captain), 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 James Horwill, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Pek Cowan, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Wycliff Palu, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Quade Cooper, 22 Peter Hynes.

South Africa: 15 Ruan Pienaar, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (captain), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Schalk Burger, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Frans Steyn.

Expected weather conditions: Thunderstorm with a 70 percent chance of rain, a high of 21°C, dropping to 13°C, and a northwester of 21 km/h dropping slightly

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)

TMO: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

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