Some key moments in the game.

Morne Steyn look left: 1 minute 27 seconds:

5 on 4 overlap, momentum with us and Samoan defence not organised, Morne Steyn goes for a drop goal and misses. 25 meters out

Offload gone wrong: 5 minutes 28 seconds:

Fourie du Preez hits the gap and offloads to Habana inside the Samoan 22, Habana half collects but drops the ball, clear run in.

Hey, where did my support go: 12 minutes 57 seconds:

Samoa after a number of phases are penalised for holding on, support players too slow to get there and SA has two players on their feet. Samoa 3 meters from the try line.

Get out of there Jannie: 15 minutes:

Quick ball, need quick hands to get the ball wide after some phases and Jannie du Plessis is standing in midfield just outside the Samoan 22, knocks the ball on.

Quick ball Fourie, get it out: 36 minutes:

Counter attack ball Habana runs into the Samoan 22 about 15 meters out, quick ball secured, Fourie du Preez takes his time and takes two step before wanting to pass, ball gets knocked out of his hands, although I must say Lemi was never really onside, but Owens says it is fair.

Comedy of errors: 40 minutes 30 seconds.

Burger turns over ball at the ruck, gets hit before he can get the ball away, Fotuali’i picks up and runs, he gets the ball out to Mapausua on the 22, who flicks the ball ball without looking and hit Owens with the ball, time called first half over.

Overdone: 46 minutes 6 seconds:

Spies collects at the back of another dominating scrum, but goes straight into burger creating an obstruction. Penalty Samoa 5 meters from their goal line.

Ouch: 50 minutes 20 seconds:

Hougaard only on for 4 minutes gets a solid knee on the side of his head, gets up after a while looking seriously groggy. Jean de Villiers replaces him.

Missed penalty kick: 53 minutes:

Just after Samoa scored their try Morne Steyn misses a penalty from 30 meters out.

Thanks Nigel Owens: 56 minutes 20 seconds:

Lemi makes a clean break through the heavy traffic after an up an under is collected by Paul Williams, he runs 40 meters and is stopped just inside the SA 22, gets up again and is blown by Owens for not releasing. A little error there, hey Nige?

Try, no try? 60 minutes 20 seconds:

Bismarck du Plessis at the back of a maul goes over, and as the New Zealand commentators said, you know it is a try, but you can’t see it. Not awarded.

Another knock: 61 minutes

Steyn charges to the line 5 meters out ball is knocked back and Brussow fails to collect cleanly.

Butter fingers: 66 minutes:

Twice Samoa attack the line being stopped just short of the line until eventually the third time they knock the ball on.

Paul Williams: 69 minutes:

Williams pushes or slaps or hits Brussow in the face with the heal of his hand, brussow falls down, red card.

What, you missed that forward pass? 69 minutes 49 seconds:

Owens stands on the ten meter line of Samoa, the Samoan player passes the ball from the ten meter line it goes clearly forward and Owens let’s it go, the ball come back from the next phase, John Smit according to the New Zealand commentators makes no attempt to catch the ball ( which i am in total disagreement with), yellow card John Smit.

More butter fingers: 75 minutes:

SA on attack, Lambie goes through the half gap, 5 meters out and loses the ball in the tackle

SA didn’t concede one penalty closer than their 10 meter line, in fact most were in the samoan half of the field. So their discipline on defence was brilliant.

They did very well in the forward exchanges until the last 20 minutes, Samoa managed to gain control then, but the game became scrappy and a free for all with many mistakes and counter attacks from both sides, just ending in another mistake and counter from the opposition.

SA needs to work on their umbrella defence, I don’t know if it was overconfidence, but they left the line in the second half almost every time, Australia will love them to do that, for there are holes wider than barn doors out there.

Our execution and technical errors cost us a number of opportunities and we will need to sharpen up on that.

Under pressure Morne steyn reverts to type, he starts kicking the ball and doesn’t seem to care whether it is out or not, some accuracy in decision making is necessary.

There may also be some injury worries.

Australia may well be confident after this performance, but rather see the short comings now than only find them out when it is too late.

Not to forget this was a very physically demanding game, and the boks did come out on top.