Springboks 31 Wallabies 8
29 Sep 2012
GARETH DUNCAN brought you live commentary from the Rugby Championship Test in Pretoria.
FULL TIME: SPRINGBOKS 31 WALLABIES 8
80 mins: The Wallabies restart and Hougaard is the receiver. The final hooter blows and he hacks the ball into touch. THE SPRINGBOKS WIN!
79 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! Great interplay from South Africa and Louw finds space. The flank rushes forward and an accurate long pass puts Habana through for his hat-trick try. Great performance from the veteran wing. Pienaar pushes the conversion wide. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 31-8!
76 mins: Great counter-attack by the Springboks, as skipper Jean de Villier spots the gap after a turnover. Pienaar gets the offload and he’s taken down in the 22m area. Reserve centre Juan de Jongh runs on to a pop pass, and his go for the tryline is short. Scrum to the Wallabies.
72 mins: Some confusion about the sub rules from the Wallabies, and referee Alain Rolland forces the visitors to play with 14 men. Prop Ben Robinson takes over the lineout throwing for Australia.
65 mins: WALLABIES TRY! The Aussies get some consolation as reserve centre Mike Harris is put through thanks to an offload from Beale. Harris misses the conversion. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 26-8!
60 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! Try No 45 for Habana, who is showing great form during the Rugby Championship. He has the speed to breakaway from the chasing Wallaby defenders, and dots down untouched under the posts. Pienaar converts. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 26-3!
58 mins: GREAT DEFENDING! The Wallabies try a smart lineout move from striking distance, and it nearly works out. But a strong tackle from Habana forces Wallabies hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau out of touch, and the ball slips loose. Reserve flank Marcel Coetzee pounces on the loose ball.
54 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! From another strong driving maul, the Wallabies pack fails to restrict the hosts. Louw, who’s been all over the park today, finds his way through to the tryline. Pienaar misses the conversion. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 19-3!
52 mins: YELLOW CARD! Prop James Slipper is sin binned as the Wallabies are guilty for repetitive transgressions at the breakdown. Springboks have a one-man advantage.
44 mins: CRUCIAL TURNOVER! The Wallabies build the early momentum in the second half as Beale rushes into the Bok 22m area. However, Springbok flank Willem Alberts poaches the ball from Phipps, and South Africa escape.
41 mins: Beale restarts and it’s untidy as the ball is allowed to bounce. But the Springboks manage to clean things up and Pienaar clears.
HALF-TIME: SPRINGBOKS 14 WALLABIES 3
40 mins: Hooter blows as Wallabies scrumhalf Nick Phipps boots the ball into touch. The players head for the tunnel.
39 mins: Kirchner slips into touch as outside centre Adam Ashley-Cooper comes in for try-saving cover tackle. However, Ashley-Cooper gets his head in one the wrong side of the tackle, and he goes down hard. The Australian is stretchered off the field – sad sight.
37 mins: It’s a curse of the penalty for the Springboks – Pienaar hits the post from his second penalty attempt. No three-pointers for the hosts yet.
34 mins: WALLABIES PENALTY! Flyhalf Kurtley Beale opens the scoring for the tourists as he slots his first penalty attempt. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 14-3!
32 mins: Some good attacking play from the Springboks. Goosen might not have his kicking boots on today, but he’s attacking the line much flatter, making a good difference.
29 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! Wing Bryan Habana equals Breyton Paulse’s Springbok record for the most tries against the Wallabies (seven tries). After some good attacking play, the hosts build continuity in the 22m area. Eventually, Habana pushes over for South Africa’s second. Pienaar converts. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 14-0!
27 mins: The Boks get another scoring opportunity as the Wallabies get penalised on the 50m line. However, Pienaar pushes his effort. Nine points have been misses now.
24 mins: TOUGH CALL! The Boks win a turnover at a lineout, and run the ball into the red zone on the counter attack. Louw puts Goosen into space, and the youngster is stopped short of the tryline. His support pushes him over, and Goosen gets up behind the whitewash. However, the TMO deems it a double movement. No try.
20 mins: SPRINGBOK TRY! South Africa’s rolling maul is doing some key damage, and the Wallabies defence finds itself on the back foot. After a few phases, the Boks attack wide and fullback Zane Kirchner powers over to score. Pienaar takes over the kicking duties, and converts the extras. SPRINGBOKS LEAD 7-0!
18 mins: Wallabies concede another penalty at the tackle point, good defence from the Boks.
15 mins: GOOD CONTESTING! The Springbok heavies are contesting well at the breakdowns. This time, No 8 Duane Vermeulen makes a telling turnover as the visitors’ attack were building momentum in the strike zone.
10 mins: The Boks are awarded another penalty minutes later, Wallabies flank Michael Hooper pinned for coming in from the side. However, Goosen misses his second penalty attempt from 36m out – some frustrating noise from the crowd.
8 mins: Lock Andries Bekker and flank Francois Louw contest well at the breakdown, and the Boks get a kickable penalty on the halfway line. Goosen steps up confidently, but pulls a tough effort from 50m out.
6 mins: Wing Francois Hougaard is pinned for an early chase from scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar’s box kick. However, Barnes misses the target
2 mins: Static attack by the Boks as the Wallabies easily restrict the hosts during a promising opportunity.
KICK-OFF: Springbok flyhalf Johan Goosen starts the game with a high kick-off. Wallabies take it in neatly, and Wallabies fullback Berrick Barnes boots a poor clearance.
Springboks – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermuelen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Marcel Coetzee, 20 Elton Jantjies, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Pat Lambie.
Wallabies – 15 Berrick Barnes, 14 Dominic Shipperley, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Nathan Sharpe (c), 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Tatafu Polota Nau, 1 Benn Robinson
Subs: 16 Saia Fainga’a, 17 James Slipper, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Scott Higginbotham, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Brett Sheehan, 22 Anthony Fainga’a
396 Comments
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29 Sep 2012, 19:35 pm
jantjies has better bmt
29 Sep 2012, 19:37 pm
@Big Hit-348: Might be a good idea… I think we need to get a consultant in…. Helped when our scrums weren’t doing the business.
29 Sep 2012, 19:40 pm
@Big Hit-348: Goosen was the leading points scorer in this year’s Super Rugby competition until he got injured. He is a great kicker – it was just nerves. And Pienaar has kicked his club to many victories. We take kicks that other teams do not even consider because they are so far out because of our kickers’ exceptional ability. Missing those kicks doesn’t make someone a bad kicker – it makes him human.
29 Sep 2012, 19:41 pm
fFire Louis Koen! Get Percy in!
29 Sep 2012, 19:51 pm
@RugbyStudent-351: Jeesus, you’re like an old boeremusiek LP. No matter where you drop the needle, it’s always the same old rubbish.
29 Sep 2012, 20:12 pm
Most enduring memory of match.JG emotion during anthem
M.O.T,M Bryan.
Best performances.Entire pack but especially Ebens,2 line out steals.
Most dismal.Sorry Skop.But Hougaardt and Taute.
Mos t priceless moment.The look on the faces of the Loftus faithfull when
JG missed his second successive penalty.
The”heres a “FINGER” Zane and Ruan.Once again sorry Skop.
Well played Bokke.
29 Sep 2012, 20:19 pm
I would like to pass a judgement only after next week’s Test, the Wallabies were woeful
But the Boks played rugby this time, and the ball was moving wide out and short inside passes aplenty, hope HM keep it that way
JdJ did what he usually does: dropped the ball on the line, not good enough to finish off Pienaar huge break.
29 Sep 2012, 20:43 pm
coach has stuffed Hougaard up 6 love.. will be a minor miracle if he ever becomes the capable scrum half he should have been already 2 years ago….. next they going to stuff up Goosen and Jantjies if they not careful.. taking ALL the pressure off Goosen by giving Pienaar general status in this game was UNNECESSARY.. steady the ship sure by all means .. if the Goose missed 2 from first 2 kicks give Pienaar a chance till we back up and running.. but giving Pienaar ALL the kicking duties (and Pienaar missed at least 3 kickable easy ones) plus giving Pienaar all the line kicking duties only goes to diminish any confidence Goosen was needing for next weeks game… what they wait till the 11th hour for before bringing on Jantjies and de Jongh.. outright supremacist cowardice if ever I seen any… quite sad for a nation attempting to chuck off the shroud of racial stigma in this so called boere game.
29 Sep 2012, 21:13 pm
@fitz1ella-358: Piss off, poepol. We won. Go scrub your bath ring.
29 Sep 2012, 21:30 pm
I have just got back from the game – can’t believe some of absolute horseshite I am reading. Not sure what game some of you were watching – the Boks were electrifying regardless of how weak any of you think the opposition was. Fitz1ella/skop – whoever the hell you are, I have been reading your jaundiced rubbish for far too long now, get a life. When last did you actually go and watch a game live?
This Bok team is going to be very, very good. And one of their stars will be Jaco Taute – he is ahead of Juan de Jong because he is a better player, it is as simple as that.
29 Sep 2012, 21:30 pm
@katman-359: fck you kuntyface .. coach still got some way to go before he can call himself a messiah in anyone’s language .. least of all your two faced half of nothing supremacist up the wrong side of the garbage heap .. what were you actually expecting to LOSE again..?? some of his player management tactics smell like an atrocious excuse of camouflage if ever I seen any such shambolic double agenda play acting..
you get fckd fuckface.. keep it coming pissarse runt.. you ain’t the guvner here you pisswilly little supremacist kn’t.. your holy white messiah ain’t got out of grade one yet.. he better keep learning .. like he’s started recognizing that flou blou ballas don’t smell half as good as good old wingerd juice
29 Sep 2012, 21:34 pm
@fitz1ella-361: He’s not a messiah, he’s just a rugby coach. And you’re not a rugby kenner, you’re just a miserable old kont.
29 Sep 2012, 21:41 pm
@katman-362:
Just back from Loftus. There was a magic atmosphere and I counted the mexican wave went around 5 time – one for every try.
And well done to the Lions – I only managed to see bits and pieces.
29 Sep 2012, 21:43 pm
@Mtbmike-360: took him long enough to start realizing where his bread was buttered not so? Yep NOT with Spies and Potgieter and M. Steyn or Olivier.. even his balance with Coetsee, Daniel and Kankowski was ALL WRONG..
so electrifying as it was in fits and starts it should have been this way from game ONE.. if he had any open enough eyes to recognize exactly where his game plan was coming apart… and then his current standing in this competition would have read.. played 5 won 4 or even 5, not played 5 won 2 lost 2 drew 1
29 Sep 2012, 21:45 pm
@I am a stormer-363: I took my boy down to Newlands this afternoon. Very cool, although a little empty. It was cold and windy, and the rain came down in the second half, which probably explains why. Luckily we were on the soft seats of a company suite, so rain was not an issue.
Lions played some great running rugby. Some stupid mistakes too, but WP were terrible.
29 Sep 2012, 21:56 pm
@katman-365:
I’ve pvr’d the game – not sure that i should watch though – definitely not tonight.
Our sears at Loftus were quite far away – but you get a totally different perspective of all the running lines. Thought our guys ran well. And i kept track that in the first 5 minutes was the time we first kicked the ball out of hand. You could see something different happening.
I saw Morne walking around around with his blazer on having photos with the fans. I think that might be an abiding memory of him. It’s now time for the young guns. I know Janjies and JDV only got 5 minutes or so – but HM wanted them on earlier. There seemed to be heated discussions at one stage from our management and the officials otherwise it would’ve been earlier. Your boy Taute had a solid game.
Flew my missus and daughter down to CT this morning – thank god I’ve got jozi weather and not your stuff.
29 Sep 2012, 21:57 pm
@I am a stormer-366:
JDJ not JDV.
29 Sep 2012, 22:05 pm
@I am a stormer-366: Ja, I’ve got it on the PVR too and will watch it again some time.
I think Meyer’s got the team just right now, given the injuries to guys like Frans and Bissy and JPP. I really like the balance of our loose trio now. All three are big and strong and carry the ball well, but both Duanne and Flo are excellent in turning ball over and Alberts just loves to smash people in the tackle.
I reckon Goosen and Taute are going to be far more settled next week and I’m really looking forward to see what they can do. Not sure where Frans/ Jean/ Taute go when Frans is back though. Maybe Taute to 15, or on the bench.
29 Sep 2012, 22:17 pm
@katman-368:
15 is a prickly problem. I’ve never been a fan of Kirchner – but watching him from high up in the stands, you tend to get a better perspective. Today he did nothing wrong – actually he had a decent game. I have to give him credit for that. Only thing I didn’t like was the Bulls cameraman focusing immediately on Kirchner after the Aussie scored their try. I jest.
But the combo of Lambie, Jantjies and JDJ got it going in the last few minutes. I feel our backline fortunes have taken a turn for the better. Just a matter of picking the right combo’s.
Lambie got 25 minutes today and looked good. He can’t be too far away from a start.
Jantjies – next week he might get 15 minutes. That’s how HM seems to roll by giving the newbies longer stints on the park each week and deciding whether he’s comfortable in starting with them.
Like he’s done with Goosen. Anyway, that’s my take on it.
30 Sep 2012, 00:47 am
@katman-368:
Maybe Taute must still play a few years at CC or Super rugby level. He made TOO many mistakes today. Knock ons, wrong supportive running lines etc.
Let him complete his apprenticeship while we use Juan de Jongh in the mean time. OK!!
@I am a stormer-369:
“Today he did nothing wrong – actually he had a decent game.”
Don’t get sucked in by the anti-Kirchner bunch.
The boy had a VERY, VERY good game.
30 Sep 2012, 08:11 am
So glad Kirchner shut up all the idiot haters on Keo (racist b#stards). He’s an excellent fullback and just needed a flat-playing flyhalf of Goosen’s calibre to allow him space in the backline (almost 2 tries, made his tackles, kick well out of hand). Goosen will only get better and we should rotate him and Jantjies. Lambie is a 10 not a 15 – great player but speed and defence worrying. Young powerful, balanced team – we on the right track. Bissie, Coenie, Francois Steyn and JP to come back. So glad the Brussouw exclusion has been put to bed. Flo can steal, carry, tackle back, pass and gives lineout option. What has Brussouw done in Currie Cup – which is far lower standard than Test level? Great in past but laws and game has changed – 6 needs to do more than just steal. Let’s move forward and support our boys!!!
30 Sep 2012, 10:02 am
@nama1-370: Good Morning Nama1.
Agree on Taute.You are probably the first person to not knock ZK.
Steady and trustworthy in every game.Yesterday exceedingly so.
30 Sep 2012, 12:34 pm
@NZINCHINA-289: Thanks
30 Sep 2012, 13:46 pm
Zane has never let the Boks down.Great game yesterday.Haters and racists like Katman and Hondo must be a little bit pissed today.
30 Sep 2012, 13:48 pm
@wnbb-374:
Are you sure you’re not the one with those tendencies. You sure sound like one.
30 Sep 2012, 13:51 pm
@TrueBok-371:
Another one that uses keo as a soundboard for his political moronic rants.
30 Sep 2012, 13:56 pm
The removal of several Sharks and Bulls players was key to the Boks revival.
30 Sep 2012, 14:14 pm
@wnbb-374: So anyone who doesn’t rate a particular coloured player is a racist? Nice to know the rules.
Either that, or you’re just another shoulder-chipped tosser with dangerously low self esteem.
30 Sep 2012, 14:27 pm
Taute was extremely average yesterday.Good call on him by Nama.
30 Sep 2012, 14:38 pm
There’s no such thing as extremely average, you halfwit. To be extreme it needs to sit on either of the two ends of the scale. What was the name of the windowlicker who taught you English?
30 Sep 2012, 14:56 pm
@katman-380: Excellent.
30 Sep 2012, 14:57 pm
Flo,Etzebeth,Bekker,JdV,Vermeulen and Habana were absolutely brilliant yesterday.The difference between victory and defeat.
30 Sep 2012, 15:03 pm
Well without them we would only have fielded nine players so you may have a point.
30 Sep 2012, 15:04 pm
de Villiers is the thickest plank that ever coached a SA cricket team.
30 Sep 2012, 15:05 pm
Should read captained,So farking pissed off at this rock spider.
30 Sep 2012, 15:06 pm
@stormer in a teacup-383: ha ha.
30 Sep 2012, 15:06 pm
@wnbb-385: Should have read rugby team.
30 Sep 2012, 15:09 pm
@wnbb-385: You’re just a bit nervous. Take a deep breath and try again.
30 Sep 2012, 15:13 pm
AB got shown up in the captaincy department,big time.Hate to think that he might take over from SA’s greatest captain,GS,in test cricket.
30 Sep 2012, 15:45 pm
@katman-378: Supremacist is the new
fuckadilly.
30 Sep 2012, 16:25 pm
@wnbb-377: kak
30 Sep 2012, 20:06 pm
All hunky dory with the world and Boks now that they beat a very depleted Wobbly side at Loftus
So, there we were, in Blou Ballas Cathedral watching the Bokke beat the Wallabies… Best 3 players on the park were Habanero, Flo and Kurtly Beale.
Agree with Rye, most enduring memory is Goosens emotional singing of the anthem – awesome, he wants it bad…
But fark me… I am really starting to dislike Loftus. I actually reckon its easier to find festivity and beer in the Vatican… It is definitely at the bottom of my list for stadiums with atmosphere…
Agree with Skop on the farken laughable end times substitution of the 2 bruin ous… I really don’t know what Meyer is trying to prove with this… Also JdVs and Habanas over the top praise for the “30 team members”… Sounded like a bit of a fed line…
JdV, Hougaard are without doubt the weak links in the backs, with Vermeulen the weak link in the forwards… Flo is rapidly becoming the leader of the pack and I reckon he is a shoe-in for Captaincy soon…
Best thing to ever happen to Habanero in the last few years is his witch to right wing… He is awesome there… Unless injured that is where he must stay even with JPP returning…
However I reckon when JPP returns then he would be an excellent choice for 13… Habana at 14, and possibly Rhule at 11… Meyer has fckedup the confidence of Mvovo and he is busy fckingup the confidence of JdJ and Jantjies… If he doesnt want another bruin ou on the wing then that is where Taute should play… He is limited at 13 despite his size…
30 Sep 2012, 21:03 pm
Good post HG,but I disagree with your take on Vermeulen.He is,after a massive injury,finding his feet in test match rugby rather nicely.A massive improvement on Spies.
30 Sep 2012, 21:32 pm
@Predawn-376: Nothing to do with politics. I just cannot understand why Kirchner is called derogative names (Niknaks man etc.) If people feel that Lambie is better – that’s 100% fine but why the need to insult the guy that is rightfully keeping him out of the team. Imagine me calling you, Katman and Hondo lonely wankers that get pleasure by insulting people and sounding intelliegent – totally uncalled for. Ps. I’m caucasian for the record.
30 Sep 2012, 23:04 pm
@TrueBok-394: Leave me out of that trilogy, cockbreath.
30 Sep 2012, 23:21 pm
@Heavens Game-392: so we sing from same hymn sheet for once.. took you awhile crocodile to come round to seeing things as they ACTUALLY ARE… pity you still so sharkshit befuddled.. and way off the mark regarding Vermeulen .. but thats because you puntung your love interest Daniels so perhaps slightly understandable…
I reckon Mallet been whispering some sweet somethings in Heyneke’s ears that why he selecting better now than before.. but whatever the reason.. HM is STILL confused.. his subbing on of the 2 bruin ous when the fat lady had long already done her curtsying to the waving crowd was downright despicable far as I’m concerned…
And Jantjies had a big part in the Louw – Habana last try… and De Jongh was only one backing up when Pienaar got sent up field by JdV..
HM has stuffed Hougaard to hell.. his insistance on a kicking general FdP clone scrummy has killed Hougaard into tatters.. But Pienaar vs AB’s won’t be as easy as it was yesterday..
I would still play Hougaard – Goosen at half back vs AB’s
and I switch Taute to 14 or 15 depending who gets the hole shot between Lambie – Kirchner – Taute – F. Steyn for FB .. and have De Jongh on at 12 move JdV back out to 13…
Otherwise start like this
Taute, Habana, JdV, De Jongh, Rhule, Goosen, Hougaard
Pienaar, Jantjies, Lambie
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