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)
Dankie Hougie, vir daai drie
Second try to the Wallabies, excellent Beale run.
Ozzie 14 / Zip…. only 6 min gone
Bokke se wielle is af.
62@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Hello Oldie, I trust you are better?
makes me wonder why the boks even bother turning up…Freetstate will give them a better contest…honestly….pathetic
@ grootblousmile:
was die paaas was vorentoe , sou ek dink. wens ons mag ook so paaas
Free kick to the Bokke
dit is besig om my mal te maak, kan nie sien waty gebeur nie…. Stuck at a wedding…. Aaarrrrgggghhhhh…. Come on bokke wake up!!!!!!!
Loftus is deathly quiet….
I didn’t see any forward pass there? Ref may well prove to have a negative influence.
Tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Juan Smith!!
Heeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaa
Good try boks.
Juan jou yster
Nee flok, Habana is so kak soos jorrie muller
Ozzie 14 / 7
No wait, Habama misses, gifts the ball to O’Conner…. try Ozzie
now lets go bokke take them down!!!!!!
Terrible Aus defence. Another try to wallas.
26 points in 10 minutes, what tha???
Ozzie 21 / 7… after 11 minutes
4 tries in 11 minutes…. that is something in Test rugby
Banana Habana….. Should of known…. He should be sent home… cant believe a good player like him went so bad….. Guess it went to his head
Dit is mos nie rugby nie.
Penalty Bokke, kickable but Morne goes for touch
Tryyyyyyyyyy Gurthrooooooooooooooo
5 driee in 13 minute, eish!!
good try to boks.
Ozzie 21 / 14…. after barely 15 minutes
good luck Griquas 14…
what a funny start to a game.. first team to tackle may just win??
this match sounds crazy!!!!! Cant wait to get home… Thank god for pvr
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