Springboks (24) 44 / Wallabies (28) 31 (Final Score)
The Springboks hosted the Wallabies in their penultimate encounter against one another this year in the Tri-Nations at Loftus, Pretoria, South Africa at 17:00 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SuperSport HD and M-Net with previews from 16:00 SA Time.
In a very strange match, the Springboks proved too tough for the Wallabies, running in 5 tries to 4.
What was apparent to me of this match was how severely off form Bryan Habana was the whole match and what a positive impact Chiliboy Ralepelle made as a substitute for a lacklustre John Smit.
Francois Hougaard is my Man Of The Match!
Victor Matfield did a lap of honour after the match to celebrate his 100th Test Cap.
Time for some tough decisions for Peter de Villiers….. put Bryan Habana and John Smit out to pasture, their time has come and gone!
Scores:
Springboks: 4 Conversions & 2 Penalties Morne Steyn, 1 Try Juan Smith, 1Try Gurthro Steenkamp, 1 Try Pierre Spies, 1 Try & 1 Penalty Frans Steyn, 1 Try J P Pietersen, 1 Conversion Butch James
Wallabies: 4 Conversions & 1 Penalty Matt Giteau, 1 Try Will Genia, 2 Tries James O’Connor, 1 Try Dean Mumm
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 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
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 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Benin Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Ben McCalman, 19 Scott Higginbotham, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Faingaa.
Date: Saturday, 28 August 2010
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Expected weather conditions: Clear with a high of 27°C, dropping to 9°C and a light wind from the north, dropping – a perfect Highveld day for rugby
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Gooooooooooo Bokkeeeeeeeee!!
I’m leaving for Fortress Loftus now… chat later
good luck to both sides..
as an aside, whats happening at the bulls? must have been ALL THOSE SA Refs 😉 LMFAO..
Go Bokkeissssssssssssssssssssssssss
Is boks should loose, make all the SHARKSSSSSSSSSS BOKS. 😎
And congrats to Loosie and Bossie
your team played very well last night.
Well, all set up here in the Press Box at Roftus…. but damn, they’ve packed us in here like sardines!
Had to help Greg Martin, Ozzie Commentator… he wantd to know what the street name was which runs directly in front of Loftus Grand Stand….. it’s Kirkness Street of course… damn the man was busy putting make-up on… with him the usual crowd of Reunion
@ Treehugger:
Hi Hugs….thank you very much 🙂 Let’s hope the Bokke does the same 🙂
@ grootblousmile: did you snotklap Marto? 😀
Moved myself to the front row of the Press Gallery…. after all that’s where we belong
8@ nga puhi:
Hey, I did not want make-up on my hands…. hehehe
@ grootblousmile:
Will Loftus be holding a capacity crowd today, also what is your prediction for this afternoon GBS?
11@ Blue Bird:
Don’t know…. think we’ll have close to capacity crowd.
My prediction was Bokke by 10
@ grootblousmile: hehehe so how do you apply it then 😀
@ bos_otter:
Hi Bossie,::-): got to go visitors arriveing.
13@ nga puhi:
Hey, the only way I apply make-up is by rubbing my face in it…. has to be on a woman’s face first though…. hahaha
Bokke by 12 for mine…
@ grootblousmile: hows the atmosphere building GBS?
17@ nga puhi:
Great…. Grand Stand is starting to run fullish…. over on the Eastern side, in the direct sun, it is sparse still…. think they are all in the beer gardens still
Stands are nice and green…. very little puke-yellow support
Go Bokke, make us proud again!
@ grootblousmile: and I dont blame them one bit… nothing like sitting in the sun half tanked, makes the voice much more boisterous and the eyesight less then 20/20 lol
Boys, what’s coocking with the bulls? There depht seems a bit talentless. Time to get the cheque books out!
Boks by 8
Whats it with the Supersport commentators going on and on about Morne Steyn owing us a big one. Hell We can break our own down.
21@ nga puhi:
It is hot in Pretoria today….. I recon it is still mid to deep 20’s.
Windstill…. wonderful weather.
@ Snoek:
Only one thing is wrong there the combinations are changed every week , look at the continuity the Sharks have.
@ superBul:
Supersport commentators like to talk crap, don’t worry about them.
@ grootblousmile: perfect for running the ball? am hoping the Bokke play with the same intensity as last weekend, think if they do it will be too much for the Aussies…
Scott Higginbotham injured himself during practice…… out of the side
Super, strange to see the bulls struggle like this. Boks obviously make a big difference for them.
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