Tri Nations - Perth, 19 July 2008, 18:05 local, 10:05 GMT
Australia (5) 16 - 9 (3) South Africa (FT)

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Timeline

Time Australia  Score  South Africa
0 start of first half start of first half
5 0 - 3 Steyn - penalty goal
23 Elsom - sub off
McMeniman - sub on
27 Elsom - sub on
McMeniman - sub off
36 Tuqiri - try 5 - 3
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 Mortlock - try 10 - 3
51 Kankowski - sub on
Burger - sub off
52 Mortlock - sub off
Cross - sub on
53 Giteau - penalty goal 13 - 3
54 Brits - sub off
Strauss - sub on
Steenkamp - sub off
Mtawarira - sub on
55 13 - 6 James - penalty goal
65 Kankowski - sub off
Bekker - sub on
70 Kankowski - sub on
Botha - sub off
71 Habana - sub off
Pienaar - sub on
James - sub off
Grant - sub on
72 Burgess - sub off
Cordingley - sub on
Polota-Nau - sub on
Moore - sub off
Baxter - sub off
Dunning - sub on
McMeniman - sub on
Sharpe - sub off
74 13 - 9 Steyn - penalty goal
77 van der Linde - sub off
Mujati - sub on
78 Waugh - sub on
Elsom - sub off
80 Barnes - drop goal
end of second half
end of half
16 - 9 end of second half
end of half
80+2
0
80 Barnes - drop goal 16 - 9
82

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 7 points
Tri Nations points Australia 4, South Africa 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Subiaco Oval, Perth
Attendance 41828
 
Referee BJ Lawrence (New Zealand)
 
Australia Test debuts none
South Africa Test debuts JA Strauss

Teams

Australia South Africa
Tries Tuqiri (36), Mortlock (46) Tries none
Pens Giteau (53) Pens Steyn (5, 74), James (55)
Drops Barnes (80) Drops none

Match stats

Australia   South Africa
2 Tries 0
0 from 2 Conversion goals 0 from 0
1 from 1 Penalty goals 3 from 4
33.0% Kick at goal success 75.0%
1 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
36 Kicks from hand 29
0 Passes 0
105 Runs 77
425 Metres run with ball 422
Attacking
55% (54%/57%) Possession (1H/2H) 45% (46%/43%)
60% (53%/67%) Territory (1H/2H) 40% (47%/33%)
4 Clean breaks 4
11 Defenders beaten 9
9 Offloads 7
79 from 88 (89.8%) Rucks won 47 from 60 (78.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 2 from 2 (100.0%)
15 Turnovers conceded 21
Defensive
64/9 Tackles made/missed 119/11
88.0% Tackling success rate 92.0%
Set pieces
10 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 1 lost (85.7%)
6 won, 1 lost (85.7%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 2 lost (87.5%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 11
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 Ashley-Cooper 0/1 0 6/0/5 30 0 2 1 2 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Hynes 0/0 0 3/0/4 28 1 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Mortlock 1/0 5 1/0/8 44 1 2 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Barnes 0/0 3 4/0/4 16 1 0 1 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuqiri 1/0 5 2/0/8 72 1 2 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Giteau 0/0 3 18/0/4 17 0 0 2 0 7/2 0/1 1 0/0
SH Burgess 0/0 0 1/0/3 12 0 0 1 3 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/0/6 11 0 0 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Baxter 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/0/9 19 0 0 1 1 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/0/11 42 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/0/10 47 0 0 0 2 6/2 2/0 1 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 1/0/8 21 0 1 0 0 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/0/15 30 0 2 1 0 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
(H) Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Dunning 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) McMeniman 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Waugh 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cordingley 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Cross 0/0 0 0/0/3 24 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Mitchell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 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

SA stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Jantjes 0/0 0 6/0/7 54 0 0 0 2 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Pietersen 0/0 0 5/0/3 17 0 1 0 0 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
C Steyn 0/0 6 2/0/7 31 0 0 2 1 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/0/8 30 1 1 1 1 9/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 0/0 0 1/0/4 37 0 0 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH James 0/0 3 9/0/1 0 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Januarie 0/0 0 4/0/6 16 0 0 0 3 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Steenkamp 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Brits 0/0 0 0/0/4 20 0 1 0 1 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
P van der Linde 0/0 0 0/0/4 21 0 1 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 10/0 4/1 1 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/0/1 6 0 0 0 1 12/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 1 0 1 13/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/0/10 65 1 1 0 4 16/0 3/0 2 0/0
N8 Spies 0/0 0 0/0/9 38 1 1 2 3 7/1 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Strauss 0/0 0 0/0/1 7 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/3 54 1 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mujati 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Bekker 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 1 0 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Kankowski 0/0 0 0/0/4 14 0 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Pienaar 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Grant 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 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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