Springboks vs Wallabies Bloemfontein 4pm Sky Sports 3

Judgement Day

They haven't gone away you know! The penultimate game of the Tri-Nations today with South African Coach Peter de Villiers on the brink of the Abyss - again - even if the Boks win this one he is probably gone. Also caught in the headlights of the oncoming train is Brian Habana - anybody remember when he last had a good performance? Australia go into this match at underdogs at 12/5 while South Africa are 1/3. It's a big ask for the Aussies but I'm going for them and I hope they tear the Boks a new one.

South Africa: F Steyn, JP Pietersen, J Fourie, J de Villiers, B Habana, M Steyn, Francois Hougaard, G Steenkamp, J Smit, J du Plessis, D Rossouw, V Matfield, S Burger, J Smith, P Spies

Replacements: C Ralepelle, CJ van der Linde, F van der Merwe, R Kankowski, R Januarie, J de Jongh, G Aplon

Australia: K Beale, J O'Connor, A Ashley-Cooper, M Giteau, D Mitchell, Q Cooper, W Genia, B Robinson, S Moore, S Ma'afu, M Chisholm, N Sharpe, R Elsom, D Pocock, B McCalman

Replacements: S Faingaa, J Slipper, D Mumm, R Brown, L Burgess, B Barnes, A Faingaa

Referee: Wayne Barnes (Eng)
Assistant Referees: Nigel Owens (Wal), Simon McDowell (Ire)
TMO: Johan Meuwsen (RSA)

Team information courtesy of www.scrum.com

Morf

I almost thought there was no tri-nations match this weekend with the absence of a thread. Thanks!

sock puppet

Hoping for a good match here. Aussie team still doesn't seem physical enough though.

PhatPiggins

Bringing Moore and McCalman in will help. Chisholm adds nothing, he must be the worst player to ever get 50 odd caps for a top 8 country

PhatPiggins

Anyhting like last weeks game and I'll be happy

Have watched 4 games already this weekend with another 4 to come. Herself is not going to be happy :rolleyes:

Judgement Day

C'MON AUSTRALIA FAIR!

PhatPiggins

Good start already, lovely handling

wixfjord

Great skip pass from Cooper for the first try. Aus playing well, bar a Springbok period after the first pen.

wixfjord

Nice step O Connor! Come on yew wallabies!

PhatPiggins

Wow SA defence is extrememly average

copacetic

lovely finish from O'Connor, made it look simple with 2 men to beat..

cruiserweight

Jesus bonus point for Australia already

wixfjord

Epic! Bonus point try for Aus!
Rocky is back to his rampaging best, and O Connor is having a great game.

sock puppet

The Wallabies are playing at an unreal pace. Attacking from everywhere

Judgement Day

ROCKY! ROCKY!

chimchimney

with defending like this on show, im reminded of this article

this is not test rugby

sock puppet

Great work from Pocock there.

wixfjord

Should have been yellow there.

cruiserweight

Nice chip for a second row

sock puppet

Bahaha that has to be the most embarrassing moment of Beale's career.

wixfjord

Jaysus that was borderline from Pocock

cruiserweight

Boks a lot better in the second half, could a comeback be on the cards

I am not sure if Pocock will manage to get through the second half without a yellow card

ffs australia

chimchimney

sneaky block by berger on pocock for jdvs try

wixfjord

Ive really grown to dislike CJ Van Der Linde.

copacetic

some comeback from SA to take the lead, but have they anything left in them though or are aussies shell shocked? may not be classic rugby but it's enjoyable!

wixfjord

Ave it! Gew on you Aussies!

sock puppet

Try Mitchell! Deans finally learning how to use the bench.

copacetic

jeez rocky, think of the children!!

Kurtley Beale with a novel attempt at catching a ball

sock puppet

sock puppet wrote: »

Bahaha that has to be the most embarrassing moment of Beale's career.

Err second most embarrassing moment

copacetic

got thats a bit unlucky to slip and have the ball cannon off you like that.

B0X

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Kurtley Beale with a novel attempt at catching a ball

Hah, he fell over in fairness to him.

handsomecake

when mitchell scored they showed a rotund south african fan with a sour puss. the aussie commentator said " look at that fat springbok fan,he's not happy and no body cares".absolutely hilarious

handsomecake

the coaches of both teams deserve the bullet

Gwan Beale, shut me up

copacetic

jeez, pressure long kick here!

copacetic

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

what a kick.

He only looked like he stepped up as no-one else had the cajones and he was already the villian with nothing to lose!

sock puppet

Beale!!!!! Zero to hero!

laugh

Grabbed from the jaws of defeat.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Gwan Beale, shut me up

wixfjord

Beauty! Suck on that Springboks.

B0X

OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDD. What an end!

ongarite

What a kick to win the game.

handsomecake

south africa deserved to lose. i hate to see teams run down the clock like that.not even taking the tackle,pass go to ground,pass go to ground.ruck formed cant contest. its so negative. counter productive and boring to watch.good won over evil today.

sock puppet

handsomecake wrote: »

south africa deserved to lose. i hate to see teams run down the clock like that.not even taking the tackle,pass go to ground,pass go to ground.ruck formed cant contest. its so negative. counter productive and boring to watch.good won over evil today.

Do you ever give up?

wixfjord

handsomecake wrote: »

south africa deserved to lose. i hate to see teams run down the clock like that.not even taking the tackle,pass go to ground,pass go to ground.ruck formed cant contest. its so negative. counter productive and boring to watch.good won over evil today.

Ah jaysus now! Did you expect them to throw it around or wha? Crazy post tbh, every team would do the same.

handsomecake

some aussie guy on planet rugby started a thread "how did we lose this game".obviously started it before the final whistle.he is being currently informed his team won

handsomecake

wixfjord wrote: »

Ah jaysus now! Did you expect them to throw it around or wha? Crazy post tbh, every team would do the same.

australia had 14 men. kick it to their corner and give away penalties down their end, not within kicking range on the highveld.game management ........

Judgement Day

Yet more proof that there is a God!

ROCKY! ROCKY! and yes Rocky!

handsomecake

sock puppet wrote: »

Do you ever give up?

wixfjord wrote: »

Ah jaysus now! Did you expect them to throw it around or wha? Crazy post tbh, every team would do the same.

notice how wixfjord debates the post,and sock puppet attacks the poster.same quote,different manners.