Rugby World Cup - Wellington, 9 October 2011, 18:00 local, 05:00 GMT
Australia (8) 11 - 9 (3) South Africa (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
10 5 - 0

Try for Australia!!!! Australia turn the ball over - McCabe picks it up and Horwill crashes over - great response from the Wallabies

16 8 - 0

Penalty for Australia!!! James O'Connor strokes over the penalty for his first points of the match

38 8 - 3

Penalty for South Africa!!! Morne Steyn eyes up the posts and slots through the Boks' first points of the game

55 8 - 6

Penalty for South Africa!!!! Morne Steyn lines up the kick and successfully slots his second penalty of the match

59 8 - 9

Drop-Goal for South Africa!!! Morne Steyn lines up the drop-goal and the Boks are in front

71 11 - 9

Penalty for Australia!!!! James O'Connor puts the Wallabies in front - how they are holding the advantage we'll never know - but it's the points that count

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  South Africa
0 start of first half start of first half
10 Horwill - try 5 - 0
14 Alberts - sub on
Burger - sub off
16 O'Connor - penalty goal 8 - 0
19 Burger - sub on
Louw - sub on
Alberts - sub off
Brussow - sub off
38 8 - 3 Steyn - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
49 BW du Plessis - sub on
Hougaard - sub on
Smit - sub off
Habana - sub off
52 Barnes - sub on
McCabe - sub off
54 Sharpe - sub on
Vickerman - sub off
55 8 - 6 Steyn - penalty goal
59 8 - 9 Steyn - drop goal
63 Spies - sub off
Alberts - sub on
64 Moore - sub off
Polota-Nau - sub on
69 Kepu - sub off
Slipper - sub on
71 O'Connor - penalty goal 11 - 9
72 Samo - sub off
McCalman - sub on
74 Beale - sub off
Fainga'a - sub on
80+1 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 2 points
 
Ground name Westpac Stadium, Wellington (neutral venue)
Attendance 34914
 
Referee BJ Lawrence
 
Australia Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts none

Teams

Australia South Africa
Tries Horwill (10) Tries none
Pens O'Connor (16, 71) Pens Steyn (38, 55)
Drops none Drops Steyn (59)

Match stats

Australia   South Africa
1 Tries 0
0 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
2 from 2 Penalty goals 2 from 4
66.7% Kick at goal success 50.0%
0 Dropped goals 1 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
38 Kicks from hand 33
69 Passes 203
57 Runs 141
284 Metres run with ball 488
Attacking
33% Possession 67%
25% Territory 75%
2 Clean breaks 1
5 Defenders beaten 13
5 Offloads 17
45 from 52 (86.5%) Rucks won 115 from 128 (89.8%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 5 (100.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 24
Defensive
151/13 Tackles made/missed 54/5
92.1% Tackling success rate 91.5%
Set pieces
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 5 lost (61.5%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
5 Penalties conceded 4
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Beale 0/0 0 3/4/6 84 1 2 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W O'Connor 0/0 6 3/1/7 54 1 1 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 11/2 0/0 0 0/0
C McCabe 0/1 0 1/0/2 9 0 0 1 0 14/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 2/1/6 43 0 1 1 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/0 0 13/9/7 28 0 0 0 4 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 0/0 0 13/40/3 5 0 0 2 0 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/0/2 15 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 1 9/2 0/0 2 0/0
L Vickerman 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 1 8/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Horwill 1/0 5 0/0/3 21 0 0 0 1 11/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 1 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/1/4 9 0 1 0 0 13/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Samo 0/0 0 0/7/4 5 0 0 0 0 13/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Sharpe 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) McCalman 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Barnes 0/0 0 1/1/1 0 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 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

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Lambie 0/0 0 6/6/7 43 0 2 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 1/1/7 35 0 1 1 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Fourie 0/0 0 0/3/8 8 0 2 2 3 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 1/4/12 77 1 3 2 3 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 2/0/8 31 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Steyn 0/0 9 13/36/1 0 0 0 1 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH du Preez 0/0 0 8/112/8 35 0 0 2 2 5/0 0/1 0 0/0
P Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/0/13 6 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Smit 0/0 0 0/2/6 3 0 0 3 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Rossouw 0/0 0 0/2/8 7 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/6/7 13 0 0 1 2 6/0 8/1 1 0/0
F Brussow 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/1 1 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/17/16 38 0 0 1 3 11/0 2/0 0 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/7/14 121 0 0 1 1 2/0 3/1 0 0/0
(H) BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/2/6 22 0 3 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Alberts 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Louw 0/0 0 0/3/8 9 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Hougaard 0/0 0 0/1/9 40 0 2 0 2 1/1 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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