Tri Nations - Durban, 23 August 2008, 15:00 local, 13:00 GMT
South Africa (0) 15 - 27 (10) Australia (FT)

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Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
8 0 - 3 Giteau - penalty goal
20 Barnes - sub off
Cross - sub on
27 0 - 8 Robinson - try
28 0 - 10 Giteau - conversion
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Mumm - sub on
Vickerman - sub off
43 James - penalty goal
Montgomery - sub on
Pietersen - sub off
3 - 10
47 Waugh - sub on
Palu - sub off
49 3 - 13 Giteau - penalty goal
50 Waugh - sub off
Palu - sub on
54 Baxter - sub on
Sheehan - sub on
Dunning - sub off
Cordingley - sub off
55 Mtawarira - sub off
Mujati - sub on
Steyn - sub on
James - sub off
56 Hynes - sub off
Tahu - sub on
57 Spies - sub off
van Niekerk - sub on
59 Steyn - sub off
Spies - sub on
60 3 - 18 Tuqiri - try
61 3 - 20 Giteau - conversion
62 Smith - sub off
Watson - sub on
Januarie - sub on
du Preez - sub off
64 Jacobs - try 8 - 20
65 Montgomery - conversion 10 - 20
66 10 - 25 Mortlock - try
67 10 - 27 Giteau - conversion
70 Steyn - sub on
Spies - sub off
71 Jacobs - try 15 - 27
76 Waugh - sub on
Palu - sub off
79 Horwill - sub off
Polota-Nau - sub on
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 12 points
Tri Nations points Australia 4, South Africa 0
 
Ground name Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance 48123
 
Referee LE Bray (New Zealand)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa Australia
Tries Jacobs (64, 71) Tries Robinson (27), Tuqiri (60), Mortlock (66)
Cons Montgomery (65) Cons Giteau (28, 61, 67)
Pens James (43) Pens Giteau (8, 49)

Match stats

South Africa   Australia
2 Tries 3
1 from 2 Conversion goals 3 from 3
1 from 2 Penalty goals 2 from 3
50.0% Kick at goal success 83.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 44
0 Passes 0
88 Runs 97
469 Metres run with ball 245
Attacking
39% (37%/41%) Possession (1H/2H) 61% (63%/59%)
42% (42%/43%) Territory (1H/2H) 58% (58%/57%)
2 Clean breaks 2
11 Defenders beaten 9
12 Offloads 12
37 from 44 (84.1%) Rucks won 68 from 73 (93.2%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
24 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
111/15 Tackles made/missed 88/11
88.0% Tackling success rate 89.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 12 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
11 won, 4 lost (73.3%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Jantjes 0/0 0 6/0/3 22 0 0 0 3 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 1/0/4 42 0 2 0 0 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
C Jacobs 2/0 10 0/0/7 35 0 2 2 3 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 1/0/8 34 0 2 2 1 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Nokwe 0/0 0 0/0/6 32 0 1 2 2 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH James 0/0 3 8/0/3 33 0 0 0 1 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH du Preez 0/0 0 2/0/6 30 1 0 3 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/4 12 0 0 0 1 9/1 0/0 2 0/0
H du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/6 33 0 1 1 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
P van der Linde 0/0 0 1/0/5 16 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Bekker 0/0 0 0/0/4 35 0 0 0 0 9/0 4/0 1 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 3 12/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/0/4 22 0 0 1 1 15/2 1/0 0 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/0/7 41 1 0 0 2 9/2 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 12/1 0/1 0 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mujati 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) van Niekerk 0/0 0 0/0/3 20 0 0 0 2 1/1 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Watson 0/0 0 0/0/3 23 0 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Januarie 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Steyn 0/0 0 2/0/4 16 0 3 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Montgomery 0/1 2 3/0/2 10 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 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 Mitchell 0/0 0 8/0/5 0 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Hynes 0/0 0 3/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 1/0 1 0/0
C Mortlock 1/0 5 1/0/9 49 1 3 0 2 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Barnes 0/0 0 1/0/1 3 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuqiri 1/0 5 1/0/5 43 1 2 0 4 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Giteau 0/1 12 22/0/6 21 0 1 1 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Cordingley 0/0 0 3/0/3 11 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Robinson 1/0 5 0/0/5 4 0 1 1 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/0/8 15 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Dunning 0/0 0 0/0/5 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/0/5 13 0 0 1 1 9/2 3/0 0 0/0
L Vickerman 0/0 0 0/0/3 14 0 0 0 0 3/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/0/7 8 0 1 0 1 6/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/0/8 11 0 0 2 0 6/1 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/0/15 28 0 1 3 1 5/1 0/1 1 0/0
(L) Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Baxter 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Mumm 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) Waugh 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Sheehan 0/0 0 1/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Tahu 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Cross 0/0 0 1/0/4 11 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 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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