Tri Nations - Pretoria, 28 August 2010, 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT
South Africa (24) 44 - 31 (28) Australia (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 0 - 5

Genia - try

3 0 - 7

TRY! Will Genia crashes over for the Wallabies. 5-0.

5 0 - 14

O'Connor - try
Giteau - conversion

7

Kurtly Beales scythes through the Bok defence and offloads to Elsom who's hauled down. A quick recycle sees James O'Connor go over. What a start for the Wallabies! 14-0.

8 7 - 14

Smith - try
M Steyn - conversion

9

TRY! Juan Smith scores for the Boks. 14-5.

10 7 - 21

O'Connor - try
Giteau - conversion

11

TRY! James O'Connor snaps up a hash off the kick-off and goes over. 21-7 to the Wallabies.

13 12 - 21

Steenkamp - try

14 14 - 21

M Steyn - conversion

15

TRY! Steyn's decision not to go for poles in vindicated as Steenkamp gets the ball off the back of a lineout maul to barge over Quade Cooper. 14-21.

19 17 - 21

M Steyn - penalty goal

21

Morne Steyn boots a penalty over from 60m. 17-21.

25 17 - 26

Mumm - try

26 17 - 28

TRY! Dean mumm gets his first international try.

31 24 - 28

Spies - try
M Steyn - conversion

32

TRY! Pierre Spies scores under the poles

45 27 - 28

M Steyn - penalty goal

47 27 - 31

Giteau slots that. 27-31 to Australia.

49 32 - 31

TRY! Francois Steyn scores on his Bok return.

51 34 - 31

M Steyn - conversion

67 37 - 31

FPL Steyn - penalty goal

68

Francois Steyn kicks for poles from his own half. Nails it! 37-31.

79 42 - 31

TRY! That's the game as JP Pietersen touches down in the corner.

80 44 - 31

James - conversion

Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 5 Genia - try
3 0 - 7 Giteau - conversion
5 0 - 14 O'Connor - try
Giteau - conversion
8 Smith - try
M Steyn - conversion		 7 - 14
10 7 - 21 O'Connor - try
Giteau - conversion
13 Steenkamp - try 12 - 21
14 M Steyn - conversion 14 - 21
19 M Steyn - penalty goal 17 - 21
25 17 - 26 Mumm - try
26 17 - 28 Giteau - conversion
27 Moore - sub on
SM Fainga'a - sub off
31 Spies - try
M Steyn - conversion		 24 - 28
38 Moore - sub off
SM Fainga'a - sub on
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 M Steyn - penalty goal 27 - 28
47 27 - 31 Giteau - penalty goal
48 van der Merwe - sub off
Rossouw - sub on
49 FPL Steyn - try 32 - 31
51 M Steyn - conversion 34 - 31
53 du Plessis - sub off
van der Linde - sub on
54 Ma'afu - sub off
Slipper - sub on
57 McCalman - sub on
Brown - sub off
59 Ralepelle - sub on
Smit - sub off
64 James - sub on
M Steyn - sub off		 Simmons - sub on
Sharpe - sub off
67 FPL Steyn - penalty goal 37 - 31
79 Pietersen - try
Smit - sub on
van der Linde - sub off		 42 - 31
80 James - conversion
end of second half
end of half		 44 - 31 end of second half
end of half
0
80 James - conversion 44 - 31

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 13 points
Tri Nations points South Africa 5 (1 try bonus), Australia 1 (1 try bonus)
 
Ground name Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance 43152
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
South Africa Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa Australia
Tries Smith (8), Steenkamp (13), Spies (31), FPL Steyn (49), Pietersen (79) Tries Genia (2), O'Connor (5, 10), Mumm (25)
Cons M Steyn (8, 14, 31, 51), James (80) Cons Giteau (3, 5, 10, 26)
Pens M Steyn (19, 45), FPL Steyn (67) Pens Giteau (47)
    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
Flip van der Merwe
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
Danie Rossouw
19
Ryan Kankowski
20
Ricky Januarie
21 FH
Butch James
22
Juan de Jongh
    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
Saia Fainga'a
3 P
Salesi Ma'afu
4 L
Dean Mumm
5 L
Nathan Sharpe
6 F
Rocky Elsom (c)
7 F
David Pocock
8 N8
Richard Brown
    Replacements
16 H
Stephen Moore
17 P
James Slipper
18 N8
Ben McCalman
19 L
Rob Simmons
20
Luke Burgess
21
Berrick Barnes
22
Anthony Fainga'a

Match stats

South Africa   Australia
5 Tries 4
5 from 5 Conversion goals 4 from 4
3 from 3 Penalty goals 1 from 2
100.0% Kick at goal success 83.3%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
25 Kicks from hand 18
79 Passes 140
76 Runs 87
248 Metres run with ball 386
Attacking
3 Clean breaks 0
10 Defenders beaten 8
9 Offloads 7
61 from 63 (96.8%) Rucks won 68 from 70 (97.1%)
4 from 4 (100.0%) Mauls won 0 from 0
9 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
90/8 Tackles made/missed 78/10
91.8% Tackling success rate 88.6%
Set pieces
12 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 2 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 4 lost (77.8%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 7
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 FPL Steyn 1/0 8 4/2/3 15 0 1 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Pietersen 1/0 5 1/0/4 34 1 2 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Fourie 0/0 0 0/0/4 29 0 4 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/2/6 29 0 1 1 3 14/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 2/2/4 24 0 1 0 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH M Steyn 0/1 14 7/11/3 5 0 0 2 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Hougaard 0/1 0 3/54/7 34 1 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Steenkamp 1/0 5 0/0/4 8 0 0 0 0 7/1 1/0 3 0/0
H Smit 0/0 0 0/0/7 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
L van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 3/1 1/2 0 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 3/1 1 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/3/10 11 0 0 2 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Smith 1/0 5 0/0/7 26 1 1 0 4 11/0 0/1 0 0/0
N8 Spies 1/0 5 0/2/10 24 0 0 2 0 6/0 3/0 0 0/0
(H) Ralepelle 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) van der Linde 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Rossouw 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) James 0/0 2 5/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 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 0/0 0 4/6/6 93 0 1 0 1 0/2 2/0 0 0/0
W O'Connor 2/0 10 0/6/5 34 0 2 0 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 0/3/12 37 0 0 0 1 4/0 1/0 2 0/0
C Giteau 0/0 11 1/7/3 10 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Mitchell 0/0 0 1/3/7 57 0 2 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/0 0 5/27/4 11 0 0 3 0 5/2 1/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 1/0 5 3/69/7 45 0 1 1 3 10/1 0/1 0 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/3/2 2 0 1 1 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
H SM Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/1/5 4 0 0 0 2 5/2 0/0 2 0/0
P Ma'afu 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Mumm 1/0 5 0/1/4 12 0 0 0 1 5/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/2/5 14 0 1 0 0 6/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/3/4 4 0 0 1 0 3/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/3/8 38 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Brown 0/0 0 0/3/6 8 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Moore 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/2/2 10 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) McCalman 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 2/0 0 0/0
(L) Simmons 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 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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