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)
232@ Durban Bulle:
2 good tackles in the whole 3n? 😆 [please keep your sense of humour
]
we need another try
Bokke scrum, on their 22
3 min left
lucky they did not pass habana off his wing again!!!!!
@ Durban Bulle:
That was not a tackle…………………………
yessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tryyyyyyyy J P Pietersen
Hougie started everything!
JP”Yeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY JPP
Excellent play boys…
Afrikaanse komentator het nou sy top geblaas, mooi so Houggie , ek gee jou die eer vir 3 van ons driee.
unlucky griquas mate..
Ek like Hougie kwaai man!!!
WELL DONE BOKS!
Bokke win by 44 / 31
Well done Butchie…I see you have developed a bit of a double chin!! 😆
Mooi bokke, puik werk Hougie.
Well deserved bok win, well played. Wallas can’t complain, they had their chances; lineout losses on the line and a lack of purpose in the second half. Wallabies promise so much, yet they fail to deliver on some many occasions.
Congratulations to Victor Matfield on a fine career for his country.
wel done bokke!!!!!!!!! And congrats to victor for his 100 match victor
Well….. finally a Bokke win in this year’s Tri-Nations
13 point margin…. my prediction of 10 was’nt bad
Wallabies het n paar lucky drie gekry….geen verskoning though…ons defense was pateties
I forgot how to celebrate a bok win, but very pleased that we pulled it through.
Aus 55 – SA 0 in womans rugby atm
@ grootblousmile:
Think you will still be behind me tho!! Hehhheheh
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
So pleased to get a win at Loftus and for Vic’s special game…..
Great result at last.
@ grootblousmile:
G’day GBS; not a great match to watch, but a win is a win under any circumstances . . .
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkssssssssssssss
@ Snoek: sharks and vrystaat will meet again 🙂 we almost had you guys the previous time 🙂
Enjoy the party boys…..
Bluebird has to fly…..Have a great weekend.
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