Wallabies (17) 30 / Springboks (3) 13 (Final Score)
The Wallabies hosted the Springboks in Brisbane, Australia at 12:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSpor 1 on DSTV in SA.
The Wallabies, like feared, had a plethera of possession and break-down ball to work with in the 1st half, ran intelligently and recycled the ball well.
This earned them penalty after penalty and they built up a hefty lead as a result from kicks at goal.
In the 2nd half, when Dewald Potgieter replaced Ryan Kankowski, things evened up a bit, enabling the Springboks to score 2 tries but the Wallabies fought and defended well to maintain a lead and run out winners by a 17-point margin.
The final score was Wallabies 30 / 13.
Scores:
Wallabies: 5 Penalties Matt Giteau, 1 Penalty & 1 Conversion James O’Connor, 1 Try Drew Mitchell, 1 Try Will Genia
Springboks: 1 Penalty Morné Steyn, 1 Try Jaque Fourie, 1 Try Gurthro Steenkamp
The teams:
Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Fainga’a, 1 Benin Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Kurtley Beale.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Oliver, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Ryan Kankowski, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Date: Saturday, July 24
Kick-off: 20.00 (10.00 GMT; 12.00 SA time)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Expected weather conditions: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance of rain, a high of 20°C, dropping to 9°C and a southeaster of 18 km/h
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
Recent results:
2009: Australia won 21-6 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2009: South Africa won 32-25 at Subiaco Oval, Perth
2009: South Africa won 29-17 at Newlands
2008: South Africa won 53-8 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg
2008: Australia won 27-15 at Kings Park Stadium, Durban
2008: Australia won 16-9 at Subiaco Oval, Perth
2007: Australia won 25-17 at Stadium Australia, Sydney
2007: South Africa won 22-19 at Newlands
2006: South Africa won 24-16 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg
2006: Australia won 20-18 at Stadium Australia, Sydney
2006: Australia won 49-0 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
The difference is Genia. His passing is unbelievable – what a halfback he is!!!
Okay, that bottle of wine is open, and no glass needed, sommer drinking out of the bottle.
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:149 – OldG, Your Wallabies are looking by far the better side and better coached too.
149@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:
Hello Oldie… told you on mail that Ozzies would have a plethera of possession, did’nt I!
@ grootblousmile:
Indeed, you did mate, you’re the oracle!!!
This is so very bloody frustrating!
Old Griquas 14 in Sydney wrote:
Well done to the Wallabies, they are playing better rugby at the moment, don’t think we can come back
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney 151 – OldG, He sure is a great scrumhalf Genia. So is Fourie du Preez, we miss him HUGE. Also Juan and Bakkies is missed pity he can’t keep the discipline. I would say we miss Frans Steyn at FB BIG TIME. Why the coach wont select him is crazy. Play our best players always.
the problem is poor defence
danie has missed a dozen or so takles
habana has been useless bring on hougaard
take off spies and bring on potgieter
@ Puma:
G’day Puma, how is life in Umhlanga? You’re right, the boks aren’t playing as well as they can; Habana just isn’t on the boil lately and John Smit looks very overweight to me. Nonetheless, still 40 mins to go, never under estimate a bok team!!!!!!!!
kicking our pocession away….again!!!
@ Snoek:152 – Snoek…..hehehehe. Go for it. Down em sorrows. Damn our Boks looking like has beens. How can we go from last year to this rubbish play.
Must say we miss FdP, Juan, Bakkies and FRANS STEYN. What a difference some players make.
So mad at Bakkies for not keeping the discipline. Has let the team down. We need him. Most of all need FdP and Frans Steyn at FB. Zane is good for Bulls but really not a great FB for the Boks.
Mall, and the ball in the air. Should have been a turnover.
Ozzie 20 / 3
Ozzies are running us ragged
@ Old Griquas 14 in Sydney:160 – OldG, well one thing is great and that is Umhlanga…..hahaha. Loving it here.
Habs too not looking the same player as last year. I would play Mvovo in the home games. Give these players a fright and let them fight for their places back.
Wallabies looking really good today.
Back to the tv. Catch up later OldG.
@ grootblousmile:164 – Yip as everyone thought. We going to get a huge, huge klap here.
Yellow for BJ Botha…. fokkit!
Dit is nou ‘n klomp kak.
Ozzie 23 / 3 as O’Connor slots a penalty
@ sharky_forever:159 – Agree Sharky, Bring on Potties. Our defence is like a sieve they running through us. Habs should be replaced now by Hougaard. I would like Mvovo to get a chance once the Boks are home.
I was wayyyy to over optimistic for this game. What an embarrassment. This is pathetic
se wat julle wil ma die bok span is kaksleg van 1tot 15 enigste wapen is die bom ….en dit werk nie.steyn kry nie strafskoppe pale toe nie want da is nie komp op die grond nie,….nee wat die span is swak afgerig
Flag out against Surfer Dude… Cooper
Yellow against Cooper… Tip-tackle
Come on Bokke… do a driving maul from the lineout.
Morné Steyn replaced by Butch… fok tog!
Juan de Jongh replaces Wynand.
Think Cooper will get cited for that and maybe a week or two ban like Fourie will too.
If no Cooper next week – Advantage All Blacks. Pity wanted to see a full strength game between Wallabies and Abs.
Dewald on for Kanko…. and is immediately effective
Can’t watch much more of this….
Distribution from James better than Steyn, immediately.
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