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)
89@ superBul:
Ek noem hom altyd so.
@ Puma:
Thats great that you come here each year, have you been to any games at Murrayfield and will you be coming out to watch the Boks this year? 6 nations games at Murrayfield are just brilliant to go to such a good atmosphere, as you say most of the people here are so nice.
It can be a bit tough sometimes when its dull but in winter we get a lot more sunshine than many other parts of the UK and generally a good amount of snow which makes it worth it. Nothing better than crisp fresh snow and clear blue skies after the storms have cleared. Not keen on it being windy though but thats what you get living on the coast.
BDB het jy al daai Leeu maatjies se site besoek, hel hulle het goed gespeel gisteraand. Ed is baie bly en verlig, shame hulle het darem deur hel gegaan in die S14. Bly vir hulle part maar nou kan hulle die Bulle kos.
@ grootblousmile:
Oooo, dan moet ek oplet in die klas
94@ superBul:
Miskien moet jy net jou brille ruil of hulle mooi skoonmaak….
Alhoewel, hulle is mooi skoon wanneer dit by referees kom… hehehe
@ bdb:
Goeie middag bdb. stem saam hoop ons sien ‘n goeie game van Habana vandag, hoop hy druk of maak ‘n paar driee, wie kan sy game vir Baabaas laas jaar vergeet. Hopelik chase hy weer soos ouds en lak die Aussies soos hy kan.
Middag almal, bokke met 10.
One of 2 things will happen today…. either a convincing Bokke win or a convincing Wallabies win…
I do not expect too close a game.
Defence both sides should be better.
93@ superBul:
Hallo Super, nie gesien nie, maar dit klink of dit goed gegaan het. Bulle gaan maar deur moeilike tye, sien Werner is ook uit vir vanaand se wedstryd. Ek is nie so gepla deur ‘n verloor nie, dit is die HOE van verloor. Jong bulle moet met ‘n mindset ingaan wat gefokus is op bonuspunt drieë druk, die wen sal dan vanself kom. Maar, as hul begin met ‘kick, hoop-die-ander-span-maak-‘n-fout en chase’, dan kry ek die horries. Soek net goeie Bulle rugby, dan is self ‘n bonus punt of twee OK. Van volgende week, met Gary, Werner, Flip, Bakkies, Stegmann en Hougaard terug, lyk die prentjie weer heelwat anders. As ons nie die semi’s maak nie, gaan die verloor teen die Pumas by ons spook.
@ grootblousmile:
Ek wonder of die refs my darem 10 minute van vrede gaan gee vandag. 😀
Snorre het ‘n flippen groot neus!
100@ superBul:
Hahaha… of jy die refs 10 minute van vrede gaan gee…
Enige ‘live feed’ iewers ?
@ bdb:
99
ek sal bietjie deur die span lyste gaan die seisoen maar ek weet sommer ek het gesien die jaar verander ons elke game 6-8 spelers in elke wedstryd. Geen span kan goed speel met dit nie. Baie redes maar tog geen kombinasies wat mekaar kan vind nie.
As die Haaie vanaand wen gaan hulle 10+ punte voor wees op die log, dit verseker al seker ‘n semi?
Maar die Bulle gaan vanaand groot gaan, hulle weet dit is nou maak of breek.
@ superBul: and GBS
It seems as if the Lions have unearthed a good flyhalf in Jantjes so I was wondering if you guys think that Burton Francis jumped ship/was allowed to go too soon? Considering that Potgieter is on his way to the Sharks and Morne will be with the Boks he may have been playing a lot more in the near future for us than he will be at the Lions. But I suppose hindisght is a great thing he couldn’t have forseen all this happening when he left. What are your thoughts about Brummer was his performance against the Pumas down to not playing much Currie Cup lately and his scrumhalf partner, I thought from what I have read that he is a decent player or was the performance an indication of his ability?
106@ Bullscot:
Burton Francis & Francois Brummer are both much of a muchness at the moment… neither are any good at the moment.
I’m not sorry that Burton left the Bulls, not at all.
This past week, both Brummer and Jacques-Louis Potgieter’s boots cost us big time.
I think the Sharks will win tonight, unfortunately.
104: dink die bulle gaan hulself op die alie skop, as hul vanaand wen, want, sou hul laasweek gewen het, sou hul dan in die 2de plek ingeskuif het. Maar, die Pumas het dubbel en dwars verdien om te wen, was meer honger en het mooi rugby gespeel. Kan nie daarteen stry nie. Groot karaktertoets vir die Bulle. Een ding wat wel in hul guns tel, is dat die Sharks (in hul eie oë en die res van die rugbywêreld) reeds gewen het … en dit kan dalk net die verskil wees tussen wen en verloor.
@ grootblousmile:
Oh dear so we may have some problems to solve at flyhalf then, are there any other out there that you think could make the step up and what about scrumhalf after du Preez and Hougaard? I think with all the Boks gone and the injuries we could have done with Adams and Wannenburg staying this season, maybe their experience would have helped all the youngsters. Sounds like Wannenburg had a good game for Ulster last night in their 1 point win against Ospreys.
107: ongelukkig waar, Bulle soek nog steeds ‘n opvolger vir Steyn. Ek sal weer vir Derick Hougaard gaan haal. As ek moet kies tussen ‘n loskakel wat skitterend skop en gemiddeld aanval vs ‘n losskakel wat skitterend kan aanval maar swak skop, dan kies ek eersgenoemde loshande. As die Bulle ‘n betroubare skopper gehad het so ver in die seisoen, sou dit al baie beter gelyk het.
So terloops, wonder of JLP nie ook maar lekker op die bank gaan sit daar by die Sharks nie, met Lambie en Andre P daar.
@ bdb:
Die haart se ons kan wen maar die kop se nee, ek dink daar is te groot verskil vanaand tussen die kwaliteit in die twee spanne so sal ‘n verrassing wees, maar as ons jong manne (in die forwards) dit kan doen sal dit great wees.
@ Bullscot:92 – BullScot, I may be over there in November, but now also have to travel to Australia in 5 or 6 weeks time. So still hoping to get to Scotland too.
No never been to Murrayfield but will do if I can get over when Boks are playing them this year.
Yeah, really enjoy the Scottish people. They are great and down to earth people. My best buddy that lives up the road from me here too is Scottish.
Love the West Coast there. Beautiful. Have you done any snow skiing there? I have done a few times. Not as good as in Europe but still nice. Only the weather and wind spoil it a bit, but if you have not try it.
109@ Bullscot:
Both CJ Stander & Okkie Kruger as well as Van Velze are good young loosies and I think it is important for them to get top-notch experience now before next year’s Super 15.
The Bulls have a couple of good prospects in the junior ranks as far as flyhalves are concerned.
Scrummies are a different thing… i expected Ruan Snyman to do a bit better and DustBIN Jinka is just terrible…. but so too was Heini Adams here right at the end before he left.
Just hope Gary Botha and Deon Stegmann can return as soon as possible, we’re missing them big time.
Must say our studio commentators are boring. Except Ashwin I do enjoy him even if he speaks with a accent. He is enjoyable. The others are just far tooooooooooooooooooo boring. Then we have Stransky and Skinstadt. WOW!!!!!!!!! They are the two MOST boring commentators ever. Wish they had those two Aussies that are over here covering for Fox Sports there to commentate. They may be biased but damn they have a great sense of humour.
@ Snoek:97 – Snoek afternoon my sharks mate. Jeepers thought all the Shark supporters had left me on my own here……hehehe.
I have Boks by 7. Sharks by 7 too I think…hehehehe.
114@ Puma:
You get half a wish… Rod Kafer now talking to Stransky….
Short fella… that other Ozzie commentator with the grey hair… whatshisname…. uses make-up, saw that myself last week…
20 minutes to go….
Gbs, Going back to the tv now. NO tv in my study just yet, but have been looking to get one in here.
Back in a bit.
@ Puma:
Sounds like you get around quite a lot mate, your trip to Aus sounds good. It will be great if you could get to watch the Boks in November as I said Murrayfield is real good place to watch a game good atmosphere before and after in the streets of Edinburgh. The country is so diverse and what I like are the many very quiet and remote places you can get to. Haven’t being skiing yet cos I don’t know how to, one of those many things on my to do list. It can be a great day out and this last winter was one of the best the slopes had for a while but yes those in the know say Europe is better with drier powder, over here it can tend to be more icy tricky stuff.
@ grootblousmile:
Danie Faasen lyk vir my die beste van die jong no 9s, maar hy speel nou ernstig u/21s
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