Tri Nations - Bloemfontein, 4 September 2010, 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT
South Africa (13) 39 - 41 (31) Australia (FT)

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Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
1 0 - 3 Giteau - penalty goal
5 M Steyn - penalty goal 3 - 3
7 3 - 8 Beale - try
8 3 - 10 Giteau - conversion
13 3 - 15 O'Connor - try
14 3 - 17 Giteau - conversion
17 M Steyn - penalty goal 6 - 17
20 6 - 22 Moore - try
21 6 - 24 Giteau - conversion
22 Slipper - sub on
Ma'afu - sub off
24 6 - 29 Elsom - try
25 6 - 31 Giteau - conversion
39 Fourie - try 11 - 31
40 M Steyn - conversion 13 - 31
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 Steenkamp - try
M Steyn - conversion		 20 - 31
49 M Steyn - penalty goal 23 - 31
50 Aplon - sub on
Habana - sub off
53 de Villiers - try 28 - 31 Chisholm - sub off
Mumm - sub on
54 M Steyn - conversion 30 - 31 Genia - sub off
Burgess - sub on
55 du Plessis - sub off
van der Linde - sub on
60 van der Merwe - sub on
Rossouw - sub off
M Steyn - penalty goal		 33 - 31
65 Ralepelle - sub on
Smit - sub off
Spies - sub off
Kankowski - sub on		 Moore - sub off
SM Fainga'a - sub on
69 M Steyn - penalty goal 36 - 31
70 SM Fainga'a - yellow card
71 36 - 36 Giteau - sub off
Barnes - sub on
Mitchell - try
72 36 - 38 O'Connor - conversion
73 Brown - sub on
McCalman - sub off
AS Fainga'a - sub on
Mitchell - sub off
75 M Steyn - penalty goal 39 - 38
78 Moore - sub on
Brown - sub off
79 39 - 41 Moore - sub off
Brown - sub on
Beale - penalty goal
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 2 points
Tri Nations points Australia 5 (1 try bonus), South Africa 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Attendance 39798
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa Australia
Tries Fourie (39), Steenkamp (45), de Villiers (53) Tries Beale (7), O'Connor (13), Moore (20), Elsom (24), Mitchell (71)
Cons M Steyn (40, 45, 54) Cons Giteau (8, 14, 21, 25), O'Connor (72)
Pens M Steyn (5, 17, 49, 60, 69, 75) Pens Giteau (1), Beale (79)
    Team
15 FB
Frans Steyn
14 W
JP Pietersen
13 C
Jaque Fourie
12 C
Jean de Villiers
11 W
Bryan Habana
10 FH
Morne Steyn
9 SH
Francois Hougaard
1 P
Gurthro Steenkamp
2 H
John Smit (c)
3 P
Jannie du Plessis
4 L
Danie Rossouw
5 L
Victor Matfield
6 F
Schalk Burger
7 F
Juan Smith
8 N8
Pierre Spies
    Replacements
16 H
Chiliboy Ralepelle
17 P
CJ van der Linde
18 L
Flip van der Merwe
19 N8
Ryan Kankowski
20
Ricky Januarie
21
Juan de Jongh
22 W
Gio Aplon
    Team
15 FB
Kurtley Beale
14 W
James O'Connor
13 C
Adam Ashley-Cooper
12 C
Matt Giteau
11 W
Drew Mitchell
10 FH
Quade Cooper
9 SH
Will Genia
1 P
Benn Robinson
2 H
Stephen Moore
3 P
Salesi Ma'afu
4 L
Mark Chisholm
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Rocky Elsom (c)
7 F
David Pocock
8 N8
Ben McCalman
    Replacements
16 H
Saia Fainga'a
70
17 P
James Slipper
18 L
Dean Mumm
19 N8
Richard Brown
20 SH
Luke Burgess
21 C
Berrick Barnes
22 W
Anthony Fainga'a

Match stats

South Africa   Australia
3 Tries 5
3 from 3 Conversion goals 5 from 5
6 from 6 Penalty goals 2 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
24 Kicks from hand 24
141 Passes 117
123 Runs 69
432 Metres run with ball 409
Attacking
4 Clean breaks 2
5 Defenders beaten 8
4 Offloads 6
108 from 114 (94.7%) Rucks won 51 from 53 (96.2%)
4 from 4 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
10 Turnovers conceded 8
Defensive
70/8 Tackles made/missed 150/6
89.7% Tackling success rate 96.2%
Set pieces
8 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 3 lost (50.0%)
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Lineouts on own throw 16 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
8 Penalties conceded 12
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB FPL Steyn 0/0 0 2/1/3 26 0 0 0 0 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 0/0/6 24 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Fourie 1/0 5 0/1/10 88 1 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 1/0 5 0/3/7 9 0 2 0 0 12/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 1/2/4 20 0 0 0 0 2/1 1/0 1 0/0
FH M Steyn 0/0 24 10/18/7 22 1 1 2 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hougaard 0/0 0 5/92/4 34 0 0 0 3 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Steenkamp 1/0 5 0/0/9 14 0 1 0 1 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
H Smit 0/0 0 0/5/10 16 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P du Plessis 0/0 0 0/1/2 8 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Rossouw 0/0 0 0/2/10 42 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 1/2/9 28 1 0 0 0 3/2 8/0 0 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/7/15 31 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/3/12 28 0 0 0 2 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/4/8 18 0 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Ralepelle 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) van der Linde 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(N8) Kankowski 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Aplon 0/0 0 0/0/2 20 1 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Beale 1/0 8 3/5/10 110 0 0 0 2 3/0 2/0 2 0/0
W O'Connor 1/0 7 1/6/5 62 0 3 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 1/4/6 16 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Giteau 0/0 11 0/5/3 20 0 3 0 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Mitchell 1/0 5 2/2/3 40 2 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/0 0 10/24/4 34 0 1 0 1 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 0/0 0 2/38/3 20 0 0 1 0 6/0 3/0 0 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/3/1 4 0 0 1 1 12/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Moore 1/0 5 0/0/4 6 0 0 1 0 11/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Ma'afu 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Chisholm 0/0 0 1/0/2 2 0 0 0 1 11/1 4/0 0 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/3/1 0 0 0 0 0 15/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Elsom 1/0 5 0/4/7 50 0 0 0 0 16/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/5/7 10 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 McCalman 0/0 0 0/0/3 6 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
(H) SM Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 1/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Mumm 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) Brown 0/0 0 0/1/1 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Burgess 0/0 0 1/13/5 20 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Barnes 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) AS Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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