3 Matches are played simultaneously this afternoon.
Scotland vs Springboks 16:30 SA Time
Italy vs Wallabies 16:00 SA Time
England vs Samoa 16:30 SA Time
As a result only one of these matches will be fully covered, the one between Scotland and the Springboks.
This is the Combined Match Thread covering the results of the other 2 matches.
Scores:
Italy (9) 14 / Wallabies (13) 32 (Final Score)
England (6) 26 / Samoa (3) 13 (Final Score)
Italy vs Wallabies – Teams:
Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Paul Derbyshire, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Carlo Del Fava, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Fabio Ongaro, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Lorenzo Cittadini, 18 Santiago Dellape, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Paulo Canavosio, 21 Riccardo Bocchino, 22 Andrea Masi.
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 James Slipper.
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Benn Robinson, 18 Mark Chisholm, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Will Genia, 21 Matt Giteau, 22 Pat McCabe.
Date: Saturday 20 November
Venue: Stadio A Franchi, Florence
Kick-off: 16.00 SA Time (14.00 GMT; 01.00, Sunday, November 21 AEDT)
Expected weather: An overcast day with a lot of cloud cover and a maximum of 12°C and a minimum of 6°C, with heavy rainfall expected later in the day.
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Tim Hayes (Wales)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
England vs Samoa – Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter (captain), 7 Hendre Fourie, 6 James Haskell, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 David Wilson, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 Dan Cole, 18 David Attwood, 19 Tom Croft, 20 Danny Care, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Delon Armitage.
Samoa: 15 Paul Williams, 14 David Lemi, 13 George Pisi, 12 Seilala Mapusua, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Tasesa Lavea, 9 Kahn Fotuali’i, 8 George Stowers, 7 Manaia Salavea, 6 Ofisa Trevarinus, 5 Kane Thompsen, 4 Filipo Lavea Levi, 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Mahonri Schwalger (captain), 1 Sakaria Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Ti’i Paulo, 17 Census Johnston, 18 Iosefa Tekori, 19 Afa Aiono, 20 Junior Poluleuligaga, 21 Gavin Williams, 22 Fautua Otto.
Date: Saturday 20 November
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14.30 (14.30 GMT)
Expected weather: Minimum of 6°C and high of 12°C with drizzle
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
Ok folks, about 25 minutes to go till kick-off of the Italy / Wallabies match.
Time to get my Bokke jersey on, get the billies closer to the fingers, doppie lined up…
@ grootblousmile:
G’day GBS,
So, which Wallabies team will venture out today? The team of second-raters, or the potential world-beaters?
I reckon Robbie Deans will have aged 10 years in the last month!!!!
Here I go again, blind faith: Go the Wallabies!!!
Frustrating that 3 games are on at the same time, but luckily we’ll get to see about 25 min of the Italy / Wallabies 1st half before having to concentrate on the Bokke game.
Hello Old Griquas 14 in Sydney…
2@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Yip, Wallabies sublime one week and dismal the next…. that must be worrying as a Wallabies supporter.
2@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
You said yesterday that Giteau deserves the chop…. I think so as well.
Anthems in the Italy / Wallabies match.
@ grootblousmile:
Indeed, Giteau’s recent performances now culminate in a spot on the bench. Any key performance indicator will show that’s the outcome well deserved.
OK, game ON!
7@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
I expect the Wallabies to run the average Azuri backline ragged.
Penalty Wallabies
Ozzie 3 / 0
Try Drew Mitchell.
Ozzies ALL OVER the Azuri
Ozzies 10 / 0
Penalty Azuri… going for posts
Ozzie 10 / 3 after 12 min
Penalty Ozzie… Barnes going for posts and slots it
Ozzie 13 / 3
OK folks, I’ll keep the scores up to date above, I’m going to mosey on over to the Bokke thread now
Phew! What a nightmare of a game to watch. Wallabies are playing just about the worst rugby I’ve seen them play in 5 years.
Atrocious!!!
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