Springboks (13) 39 / Wallabies (31) 41 (Final Score)
The Springboks hosted the Wallabies at Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein at 17:00 SA Time in their last Tri-Nations and Mandela Cup encounter of 2010. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, M-Net, SuperSport HD in SA.
Australia first squandered a 25-point lead, to clinch the game on full time with a successful long distance penalty by Kurtley Beale. Final score Wallabies 41 / 39.
Scores:
Springboks: 6 Penalties & 3 Conversions Morné Steyn, 1 Try Jaque Fourie, 1 Try Gurthro Steenkamp, 1 Try Jean de Villiers
Wallabies: 1 Penalty & 4 Conversions Matt Giteau, 1 Try & 1 Penalty Kurtley Beale, 1 Try & 1 Conversion James O’Connor, 1 Try Stephen Moore, 1 Try Rocky Elsom, 1 Try Drew Mitchell
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 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Gio Aplon.
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 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Mark Chisholm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benin Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Saia Fainga’a, 17 James Slipper, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Fainga’a.
Date: Saturday, September 4
Kick-off: 17.00 SA Time (15.00 GMT)
Venue: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Expected weather conditions: Clear with a high of 28°C, dropping to 2°C and a westerly of 25 km/dropping to 3 km/h – perfect weather for rugby, as one would expect in Bloemfontein in spring.
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
Ozzzies burnt…gonna lose….be heartbroken….never gonna live this down
Kom nou BOKKE!!!!!!!!
@ Puma:
Strong heart, kak knees!! 🙂
Smit en Matfield werk nou mooi saam
@ Blue Bird: lol
Kan nie glo daar is mense wat dink Vic hoort nie meer in die bokspan nie.
Good call on subs
kakowski on for spies…. must be his new deal with the lions…. Dick dick dick muir….;-)
Spies and Barney off, Chili & Kanko on
Fainga’a on for Moore
Dont care for either of those 2 subs, 🙁
en da verswak die ausie hulle skrum nog
Hierdie toets vlieg verby, 15 minute oor.
Not sure if I would have taken John off just yet. But let us see. Fresh legs does help but we just got ourselves into a winning position. Now we take off players.
How many minutes left?
Think somehow we should have kept on Smit.
Aplon though should have started from the start.
@ Blue Bird:434 – BB, Too many for the nerves…..hehehe.
How you doing?
JDV speel ook goed.
@ Puma:
agree
Spearrrrrrrrr by Fainga’a
Yellowwwwwwww please!
oohoh you in the poo sunshine
red… He knew exactly what he was doing
what an idiotic thing to do.
Yes… yellow given!
Gele, hehe.
vries d@@s
Daasit, jaag hom af!!!!!
Eish nou moet ons hulle bere
would rather beat them with all 15 on the field
Morne slots it and keeps a flawless record for 3 Tests in a row
Here comes the greatest steal in rugby
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