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)
Tryyyyyyyyyyyy Spiesssssssss…. Hougie made it!
Schalla also playing well
Dit is mos nou beter
Ozzie 28 / 24
good bok try, strong phase play. What a strange game this is. Tries from everywhere.
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney: gday cobber..
what a strange strange strange game…
candy floss rugby, no wonder Spies scored.
hougie still a bit green, but he’s playing really well. Good sub for Fourie during his absence
@ nga puhi:
It is not strange, it is crap.
Neither team doing much defensively
Fantastic line kick Morne
Mooi skop Morne
Spiiiiieeeeessssssssss…. Was only a matter of time till he back…hes to gud
It is indeed a very strange game
@ Durban Bulle:
he is crap. Can only play in this basket ball like game.
Scrum Ozzies, in their own 22m area
Aussies se go gaan uit wees laaste 20 minujte
thats ur opinion loosehead…. Sorry i think he is the worlds best rugby player!!!!!!!
JdeV nie bright vandag nie
Wallabies can’t be happy with a leaking defence like this. As loosehead says, too loose on both sides.
Lemoenetyd
Time for a Kameeltjie
@ Loosehead: no argument here..
What a hectic pace
Mens kan sien hoekom NZ so ver voor die twee spanne is.
@ Durban Bulle:
Even against the All Blacks?
It is cool!
painfull to watch, but the boks need a win to help boost their confidence
SA should get rid of Habana, he is costing us weekly.
@ Loosehead: you seem to be in a bit of a bad place today mate..think happy thoughts….think about the Freetstate and their world dominance 🙂 and the pain on the weepee players faces after last night’s loss 🙂
Hope this cheers you up 🙂
@ Snoek:
Ja wonder wat maak die man daar in die Kaap
loosehead yes even against the AB… Yes he did not have a great start this year but hey u cant play at ur best every week…. Even the best in the world looses form sometimes… But the question is can u come back? And believe me he has done so ans will do it again mark my words!!!!!!
Flokket, Habana gaan hierdie game op sy eie vir ons verloor, twee foute, twee driee.
Wat de hel gaan met hom aan?
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