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)
Terrible tackle there on Flip, could have broken his neck. Anthony (surname too hard to remember) deserved the yellow card there.
Bokke 36 / 31
am now starting to get butterflies in my tum
Vasbyt Bokke!
@ Durban Bulle:
He wil have only 2 minutes back on the field
Kan nie glo daar is ouens wat nie vir MS wil drop nie. 😉
Well, this has been a monumental effort by the boks and if they win, it is fully deserved. Wallas have capitulated.
@ Pietman:446 – Piet 😀
Good to have you back here Piet.
Bokke must keep on attacking and not go on the all defensive now….can’t do that with a team like the auzies…they will find the gaps
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bdb?????? Kyk jy dieslefde game as ons? Morne het n gr8 game!!!!!!
Try Drew Mitchell, under the sticks
agge ….my woorde was skaars koud
Mooi drie Aussies
Ozzie 38 / 36
We were robbed farkit
Eish…. ‘N Nederlandse kat!
We need the ball and a droppie or a penalty…
We were just not wide awake there with their lineout. Which eventually lead to their try. Could be us over now. Hope we can get a drop or something to win this.
Just more than 5 min left
@ grootblousmile:gbs, snap
HKGK…..ons kan wen met een punt, ek dink…
Yessss, penalty advantage Bokke!!
Take the shot boys!!
Kom nou Bokke!!!!
ms to win the game for us…..again!!!!!
Come Steyntjie….I’ll blame the hangover on you! And love it!
Cometh the hour …
Neck and neck….tense stuff.
Morne, jou doring!!
Bokke 39 / 38
Nou moet ons hou.
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