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)
Penalty Ozzie…. Habana held on again…. eishhhhhh
Giteau going for posts.
Habs se gesig vertel die hele storie, hy is onder moerse druk van alle kante af.
There goes Habs again giving away points. Damn 😯
Skoppie!
Ozzie 3 / 0
Bring on Aplon
Kom Bokke, hou die bal!!
@ Snoek:121 – Snoek hope so. Also hope Boks can win here with Sharks later that would be great.. 😀
Penalty Bokke…. slot it Morné!
@ Puma:
Would be awesome.
3 / 3
Beale saved a try there
Mooi spel bokke.
And over it goes. Easy one for Morne.
3 each now.
Excellent clearance kick by Morne
@ Puma:
Greetings fellow SHARKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK and bok supporters and others 😆
Try Beale…. see it’s on Habana’s side again
Swak verdedeging bokke
excellent try Beale.
Frans Steyn what are you trying
chit chit chit chit chit !!!!!!!!!!
oh habana…..ai jai jai jai jaaaai
Ozzie 10 / 3
I heart sheep or goats lol
Habana se fout alweer
@ grootblousmile:
yep, Habana bad defence.
Good try Wallabies.
Our defence is useless. Bad move by JdV and Habs again.
Bring on JdJ and Aplon pronto.
Penalty Ozzie near their line
@ Treehugger:
heard
Banana Habana AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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