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)
I still think the boks will win this comfortably…just wished they didn’t screw up so bad the first 10 mins
Penalty Bokke…. too far to go for posts, Morne slots it out on the 22m line
Penalty Ozzie, they lick it out on the Bokke 10m line
Penalty Bokke…. Morne going for posts from his own 10m line…. I kid you not!
Overrrrrrrrrrrr………. easily so as well…. could have gone back 10 more
Skoppie Morne….
@ grootblousmile:
94
i told you all
Ozzie 21 / 17
Penalty Ozzies, on halfway… Giteau going for posts
pres steyn!!!!!!!!!!! Best flyhalf in world rugby….
Sorry it was Cooper taking it…. he misses
@ nga puhi:
Kia ora mate.
Habana kry die bird, Loftus raas met hom.
103@ superBul:
Ja, en al die joernaliste hier lag vir hom
se hom loftus!!!!!!!
ai Hanbana 🙁
This is bullshit, not rugby.
superbul – wat het habana gedoen?
Try Dean Mumm
@ Durban Bulle:
so pas die 2de drie afgestaan
Was another Habana farkup….. sub him, he’s badddddddddddddddd today
quick thinking from Beale. Excellent try.
Ozzies 28 / 17
weer vir die intercept gegaan?
@ Durban Bulle:
:pop: aangejaag, as ek hy is fake ek n besering
Habana =big liability….they should drop him until he sorted himself out
Now Fransie Steyn farks up….. eishhhhhhhhh
hope they take him off and soon!!!!!
I hate this kind of game. All that it shows is that neither team can defend.
Man oh man…. I can hardly believe what I’m seeing….. chalk & cheese from last week
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