Wallabies (15) 39 / Springboks (6) 20 (Final Score)
The Wallabies hosted the Springboks at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia at 12:00 SA Time (20:00 Sydney Time). This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
Sub-standard performance from the Springboks and a consumate Wallaby performance. 5 Tries to 2.
Scorers:
Wallabies: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties & 1 Try James O’Connor, 1 Try Ben Alexander, 1 Try Digby Ioane, 1 Try Stephen Moore, 1 Try Adam Ashley-Cooper
Springboks: 2 Penalties Morné Steyn, 2 Conversions Patrick Lambie, 1 Try Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Try John Smit
Teams:
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 James Horwill, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Sekope Kepu.
Replacements: 16 Saia Fainga’a, 17 Pekahou Cowan, 18 Nathan Sharpe, 19 Matt Hodgson, 20 Scott Higginbotham, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Anthony Fainga’a.
South Africa: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Danie Rossouw, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Alistair Hargreaves, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Dean Greyling
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Ryan Kankowski , 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Adrian Jacobs, 22 Patrick Lambie
Date: Saturday, July 23
Kick-off: 20.00 (12.00 SA Time)
Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Expected weather: There is a 50 percent chance of rain, with a high of 14°C, dropping to 9°C
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Bokke too tentative… a bit slow to react
Sir Surfer Dude clearly wants to involve the outside backs at all costs
Some focus needed. Old heads needs to calm the boys down
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
Dean MacGuyver Greyling off for blood… those are his real names
FFS!!!!!!!!
Try Benn Alexander… running the Bokke ragged
Oh shit!
All started by a lost ball in contact from Barney………..ag fokkit
Wallabies 7 / 0
Try Digby Ioane…. eishhhhhhhhh
Another try, game over I think.
49 – 0 for anybody?
Werner Kruger and John Smit missing Genia this time.. then Aplon misses the tackle on Ioane
Wallabies 12 / 0
Ruan Pienaar kicking out directly… man, oh man
Good tackle by Ashley.
Come on Bokke, get into it!!
Aussies 5m out again
Knock… relieving scrum for the Bokke
Penalty Bokke after a kak John Smit throw into the lineout, Morné kicks it out well
Dean Greyling knocks with the Bokke hard on attack
Good clearance kick by Genia
John Smit passes to Horwill… WTF!
Smittie jou eierrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Oh crap, it is time for Smit to retire.
Dean Greyling off for blood AGAIN
Meisiekind gives a penalty away, holding on on the ground
Come now Bokke!
Look at how bent CJ’s back is in the scrum. He is shithouse.
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