Rugby Championship - Pretoria, 29 September 2012, 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT
South Africa (14) 31 - 8 (3) Australia (FT)

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Timeline

Time South Africa  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
5 McCabe - sub off
AS Fainga'a - sub on
13 AS Fainga'a - sub off
McCabe - sub on
19 AS Fainga'a - sub on
Ioane - sub off
21 Kirchner - try 5 - 0
22 Pienaar - conversion 7 - 0
23 AS Fainga'a - sub off
Ioane - sub on
28 Habana - try 12 - 0
29 Pienaar - conversion 14 - 0
30 Robinson - sub off
Slipper - sub on
31 Barnes - sub off
AS Fainga'a - sub on
34 14 - 3 Beale - penalty goal
38 Ashley-Cooper - sub off
Harris - sub on
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
50 Simmons - sub on
Douglas - sub off
52 Slipper - yellow card
53 Louw - try 19 - 3
55 Lambie - sub on
Kirchner - sub off
Samo - sub off
Gill - sub on
58 Alberts - sub off
van der Merwe - sub on
Coetzee - sub on
Etzebeth - sub off
60 Habana - try 24 - 3
61 Pienaar - conversion 26 - 3
62 Ioane - sub off
Sheehan - sub on
65 26 - 8 Harris - try
67 Alexander - sub off
Robinson - sub on
70 du Plessis - sub off
Cilliers - sub on
71 Polota-Nau - sub off
75 Strauss - sub off
Liebenberg - sub on
Jantjies - sub on
Goosen - sub off
de Jongh - sub on
Taute - sub off
78 Habana - try 31 - 8
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result South Africa won by a margin of 23 points
Rugby Championship points South Africa 5 (1 try bonus), Australia 0
 
Ground name Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance 44463
 
Referee ACP Rolland (Ireland)
 
South Africa Test debuts ET Jantjies, JJ Taute
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

South Africa Australia
Tries Kirchner (21), Habana (28, 60, 78), Louw (53) Tries Harris (65)
Cons Pienaar (22, 29, 61) Cons none
Pens none Pens Beale (34)

Match stats

South Africa   Australia
5 Tries 1
3 from 5 Conversion goals 0 from 1
0 from 4 Penalty goals 1 from 2
33.0% Kick at goal success 33.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 21
123 Passes 141
85 Runs 117
450 Metres run with ball 267
Attacking
41% (50%/33%) Possession (1H/2H) 59% (50%/67%)
43% (57%/29%) Territory (1H/2H) 57% (43%/71%)
9 Clean breaks 1
15 Defenders beaten 5
13 Offloads 11
52 from 59 (88.1%) Rucks won 90 from 99 (90.9%)
7 from 7 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
131/6 Tackles made/missed 79/17
96.0% Tackling success rate 82.0%
Set pieces
2 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Lineouts on own throw 16 won, 3 lost (84.2%)
Discipline
10 Penalties conceded 10
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 Kirchner 1/0 5 2/2/6 33 1 1 1 5 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Habana 3/0 15 0/3/9 128 4 5 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Taute 0/0 0 0/2/7 15 0 2 0 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
C de Villiers 0/0 0 0/10/9 40 1 2 1 1 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Hougaard 0/0 0 2/4/5 20 0 1 1 0 7/2 1/0 1 0/0
FH Goosen 0/1 0 5/20/5 38 1 1 2 1 14/0 0/0 1 0/0
SH Pienaar 0/1 6 11/55/3 66 1 0 2 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Strauss 0/1 0 0/4/8 23 0 0 0 0 5/0 1/0 1 0/0
P du Plessis 0/0 0 0/3/2 3 0 0 2 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Etzebeth 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 11/0 3/2 0 0/0
L Bekker 0/0 0 0/1/3 11 0 1 0 1 13/0 7/0 0 0/0
F Louw 1/1 5 0/11/10 38 1 1 2 1 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Alberts 0/0 0 0/1/6 20 0 1 0 0 11/0 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Vermeulen 0/0 0 0/2/5 8 0 0 1 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Liebenberg 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Cilliers 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Coetzee 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Jantjies 0/0 0 0/3/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) de Jongh 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Lambie 0/0 0 2/0/0 0 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

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Barnes 0/0 0 3/3/2 8 0 0 1 0 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Shipperley 0/0 0 0/0/8 17 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 2/1/2 7 0 0 0 0 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
C McCabe 0/0 0 0/2/7 13 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 0/2/6 22 0 0 1 1 0/2 1/0 0 0/0
FH Beale 0/1 3 12/21/7 22 0 2 2 1 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
SH Phipps 0/0 0 3/54/5 21 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Robinson 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
H Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/1/10 10 0 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/2/7 4 0 0 1 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Douglas 0/0 0 0/1/1 2 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Sharpe 0/0 0 0/5/13 16 0 0 1 0 7/0 4/0 2 0/0
F Dennis 0/0 0 0/3/6 15 1 1 1 1 2/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Hooper 0/0 0 0/7/9 29 0 0 0 2 11/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Samo 0/0 0 0/5/5 12 0 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/1/5 5 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/1 2 1/0
(L) Simmons 0/0 0 0/4/5 12 0 0 1 3 0/1 3/0 0 0/0
(N8) Gill 0/0 0 0/1/4 7 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Sheehan 0/0 0 0/22/3 5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Harris 1/0 5 1/3/5 29 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) AS Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/2/4 8 0 0 1 1 4/2 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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