Springboks (24) 44 / Wallabies (28) 31 (Final Score)
The Springboks hosted the Wallabies in their penultimate encounter against one another this year in the Tri-Nations at Loftus, Pretoria, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SuperSport HD and M-Net with previews from 16:00 SA Time.
In a very strange match, the Springboks proved too tough for the Wallabies, running in 5 tries to 4.
What was apparent to me of this match was how severely off form Bryan Habana was the whole match and what a positive impact Chiliboy Ralepelle made as a substitute for a lacklustre John Smit.
Francois Hougaard is my Man Of The Match!
Victor Matfield did a lap of honour after the match to celebrate his 100th Test Cap.
Time for some tough decisions for Peter de Villiers….. put Bryan Habana and John Smit out to pasture, their time has come and gone!
Scores:
Springboks: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties Morne Steyn, 1 Try Juan Smith, 1Try Gurthro Steenkamp, 1 Try Pierre Spies, 1 Try & 1 Penalty Frans Steyn, 1 Try J P Pietersen, 1 Conversion Butch James
Wallabies: 4 Conversions & 1 Penalty Matt Giteau, 1 Try Will Genia, 2 Tries James O’Connor, 1 Try Dean Mumm
Teams:
South Africa: 15 François Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 François Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Benin Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Ben McCalman, 19 Scott Higginbotham, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Faingaa.
Date: Saturday, 28 August 2010
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Expected weather conditions: Clear with a high of 27°C, dropping to 9°C and a light wind from the north, dropping – a perfect Highveld day for rugby
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
@ Snoek:
Sorry who?
bos_otter wrote:
Can’t wait, the two form teams.
Daar is net een staat…..EN DIT IS DIE VRYSTAAAAAAAAAATTT!!! 🙂 gie gie gie
@ Snoek: yea, should be good
267@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Oldie… was worried about your health in the last few weeks…. are you better now my friend?
Commiserations on the loss.
Loosehead wrote:
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarks
MOM – Hougaardt. Wel verdien
Great game by the Boks. The experience in the side under great leadership saw them clawing their way back. Sorry GBS don’t agree with you regarding John Smit, but I do indeed agree with you about Brian Hasbeenana. I don’t know what the WP did to him.
Missed tackles in game = 38
@ grootblousmile:
thanks for your concern mate. Not out of the woods yet, but feeling a little better. A wallas win would have helped!!!
Ek het sommer trane in my oe as ek die skare so hoor juig vir Loftus se Held van alle helde. Victor vir Bul ondersteuners is jy die grootste en beste ooit.
So, how was Francois Steyn?
Anybody!
Folks, going to log off now…. pressers to go to…
Talk later
Cheers GBS
@ Snoek:
Superbul will probably tell you that Kirchner should be there 🙂 one or two mistakes but I think he was solid. I just feel so much more relaxed having him in the back 3
@ grootblousmile:
se jy gaan nou PARTY, ons sien jou weer Maandag 😆
I thought FS got better as the match went on; scored a try and generally played pretty well.
@ Snoek: I think he still has a place….it will take time for him to settle back in, but he is a good player….he obviously want to show everyone that e deserves his place in the bok tea, so I think he was a bit nervous today…making silly mistakes
@ rugbybal:
You said it Hahahaha
boks sal verder wen met die volgende game….hulle sal nie toelaat dat die auzies sulke maklik drie druk nie….I hope!!
superBul wrote:
Wat dink jy van BH, selfs JP speel beter as hy, ek se bring vir Shadow in
@ rugbybal:
Basson of Mvovu moet Habana replace
nou het almal verdwyn. ok lekker, ek gaan ook dan maar cheers
rugbybal wrote:
Ek is nie seker of Bjorn Basson aan Habana se kant kan speel nie maar hy lyk witwarm op vorm.
Shadow moet maar eers weer top vorm bereik voor ek hom enigsins sal kies.
Snoek wrote:
Oh yes Mvovo for sure, full quota replacement for a half quota
At 3 am here, I’m back to bed for a snooze. Best wishes to everyone.
@ Snoek: anyone but habana….he’s been dreadfull the last year. He needs time on the side to get himself sorted out….cost us dearly today.
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney: ouch….night night mate
Veels geluk Victor Matfield!
@ Snoek:
Not that I see any Mvovo as quota, he and Basson are great players
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