'Boks v 'Bies

Swiwi.

South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Flip van der Merwe, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Juandré Kruger, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Ruan Pienaar 22 Pat Lambie, 23 Jan Serfontein.

Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Joe Tomane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 James Slipper.
Replacements: 16 Saia Fainga'a, 17 Benn Robinson, 18 Sekope Kepu, 19 Sitaleki Timani, 20 Ben McCalman, 21 Will Genia, 22 Matt Toomua, 23 Chris Feauai-Sautia.

Date: September 28
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 17:00 (16:00 GMT)
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Pascal Gauzère (France)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)

Garcès reffing. Nice! Hopefully Aussie can make a game of it. I'll keep an eye on Kuridrani I guess.

Emperor1989

Welcome

Emperor1989

Hard to believe he doesn't have Genia involved in this match.

Swiwi.

Emperor1989 wrote: »

Hard to believe he doesn't have Genia involved in this match.

White got big wraps for his last match. Personally, I thought he just aimlessly kicked the ball away all day, but he made several RC team of the week selections.

nc6000

Emperor1989 wrote: »

Hard to believe he doesn't have Genia involved in this match.

He is involved, he is on the bench.

stefan idiot jones

Boks to win by at least ten.

Pack domination ahead.

Kiwi_knock

Hard to see anything but a repeat of the last match.

Emperor1989

nc6000 wrote: »

He is involved, he is on the bench.

He should be starting. White can't lace his boots

Swiwi.

Right, now for the haka! Oh wait...

Kiwi_knock

Going for touch this early, brave decision

Swiwi.

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Going for touch this early, brave decision

In my dictionary brave in this context equals foolish.

Emperor1989

Du Preez is just that damn good.

Looks a different team with him at 9

awec

Terrible defence.

thomond2006

The second time a kickable penalty is turned down pays off. 1st try for SA. Very porous defence, Strauss didn't need to do much.

stefan idiot jones

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

Boks to win by at least ten.

Pack domination ahead.

Yep.

Kiwi_knock

Very quick ball there, hard to defend against. Going to be another big score today if SA keep up the pace.

awec

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Very quick ball there, hard to defend against. Going to be another big score today if SA keep up the pace.

Looked like one of the aussies tried to rush out and went to the wrong man?

stefan idiot jones

Wow.

Swiwi.

Sideshow gets on the board!

Emperor1989

and again...different team

awec

That is amazing.

Kiwi_knock

Great try, SA very enjoyable to watch so far.

Swiwi.

Could turn into a rout at this rate. Australian defence woeful.

thomond2006

Aussies need to regroup here and build some possession or they're going to be hockeyed.

Emperor1989

Flip Van Der Merve having a mighty game so far....

stefan idiot jones

18 minutes gone, 82% possession.

Swiwi.

So when it's 0-0 De Villiers chooses touch, and when it's 17-3 he chooses shot at goal :eek:

thomond2006

Swiwi. wrote: »

So when it's 0-0 De Villiers chooses touch, and when it's 17-3 he chooses shot at goal :eek:

They've plenty of time to get two more tries.

Swiwi.

thomond2006 wrote: »

They've plenty of time to get two more tries.

I dunno, that Australian defence is pretty watertight :P

stefan idiot jones

Looking at some of the highlights in the Boks hair, it must be 1984 in South Africa.

Swiwi.

Awec, shield your eyes - but Du Preez is SO much better than Pienaar, it's not funny. Steyn has those Garyowens on a string too.

Emperor1989

Swiwi. wrote: »

Awec, shield your eyes - but Du Preez is SO much better than Pienaar, it's not funny. Steyn has those Garyowens on a string too.

I been saying that till i am blue in the face....one of the modern greats.

On a side not Alberts slammed that guy after the dangerous tackle...

DDC1990

Stupid from Alberts. Unneccesary.

irishbucsfan

What's the score in this one?

Kiwi_knock

irishbucsfan wrote: »

What's the score in this one?

20-3 to SA

stefan idiot jones

...and when you're struggling for possession, just kick the ball away ?

Emperor1989

Fardie should be off...professional foul.

Swiwi.

On a side note, I think Garces is my favourite ref at the moment. Just superb IMO.

thomond2006

That dummy from the Beast! :eek:

awec

Australia are fecking rubbish.

rudiger2.0

Why did Garces ask for the Tmo to look at the afters of that tackle and then not actually listen to the tmo.

Also, jumping the tackle, could have been a penalty to Australia.

Swiwi.

rudiger2.0 wrote: »

Why did Garces ask for the Tmo to look at the afters of that tackle and then not actually listen to the tmo.

Also, jumping the tackle, could have been a penalty to Australia.

He could see it in the big screen himself. Instant decision, I applaud Garces.

Kiwi_knock

rudiger2.0 wrote: »

Why did Garces ask for the Tmo to look at the afters of that tackle and then not actually listen to the tmo.

Also, jumping the tackle, could have been a penalty to Australia.

He wanted to watch the tackle himself on the big screen so he used to the TMO so it would be put on the big screen.

thomond2006

What the hell was Alexander doing taking that tap?!

Swiwi.

thomond2006 wrote: »

What the hell was Alexander doing taking that tap?!

I'd rate Scotland to take down Aussie at the moment. That says it all. (OK I know Scotland have done it twice recently...)

rudiger2.0

Swiwi. wrote: »

He could see it in the big screen himself. Instant decision, I applaud Garces.

Ok I get the tackle but he said he wanted to look and the scuffle and then he didn't.

Emperor1989

South Africa for all their good play only have 2 tries.

How long can Australia hang on with no possesion

Swiwi.

rudiger2.0 wrote: »

Ok I get the tackle but he said he wanted to look and the scuffle and then he didn't.

Yeah Alberts was lucky there.

Kiwi_knock

Nasty looking

Emperor1989

Oh Flip you have played so well and then does that.

Yellow and may be sighted for next week with Alberts and Du Plessis.

Swiwi.

Emperor1989 wrote: »

Oh Flip you have played so well and then does that.

Yellow and may be sighted for next week with Alberts and Du Plessis.

The Boks are a dirty unit. I expect more of the same next week. Might cost you the game TBH.