Springboks v Wallabies – Subiaco, Perth

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The Springboks are unbeaten in the Tri-nations this year. can it continue? We should beat a depleted Wallaby side, but you just never know!

6th Min – Great start to the Boks! They’re handling has been great, and Foruie du Preez takes a quick tap and scores. We can play! Try time!
Morne Steyn converts and the Bokke are ahead 7-0.

10th Min – Try time! Jacque Fourie walztes through after beautiful sleight of hand. Morne misses from in front. The only place he can’t kick from ! Springboks 12-0.

13th Min – Wallabies get a penalty after some forward momentum. Giteau misses. Yesss! Springboks still 12-0 up.

16th Min  – Wallabies penalised for collapsing the scrum. No reset chance. Morne Steyn kicks from the sideline 40m out. Springboks up 15-0.

18th Min – Poor option from the restart. Morne Steyn penalised. Wallabies kick to touch. Springboks have to repel them.

19th Min – Great Springbok defence.  Heartbreak for the Wallabies. Great stuff.

24th Min – Springboks penalised for advancing in front of the kicker. Giteau 40m out and misses anothe one. Springboks lead 15-0.

27th Min – Bismarck du Plessis gets nailed in a ruck and never rolled away. Giteau finally kicks one. Springboks ahead 15-3.

31st Min – Textbook rolling maul by the Springboks. Penalty comes. Morne Steyn hasn’t had the greatest night and misses the penalty. Springboks ahead 15-3.

32nd Min – Bryan Habana scores a try. Great up and under and superb following up from Habana. Awesome stuff. Morne kicks it. Springboks have a commanding lead 22-3.

39th Min – Wallaby penalty for the Boks being offside. Not sure about that one. Giteau from a handy position. Springboks lead by 22-6.

Halftime Springboks 22 Wallabies 6

42nd Min – Springboks look good with ball in hand but losing accuracy.

44th Min – Matt Giteau scores close to the post after I thought being unfairly penalised at the breakdown. With the conversion the Springok lead is closed down to 22-13.
Time to regroup.

45th Min – Springboks get penalised for the third time in the scrums and the penalties are starting to mount up.

48th Min – Lots of Aussie pressure. Boks need field position and to exert the pressure back. Halt the momentum.

50th Min – The beast penalised in the scrum now. C’mon boys!

53rd Min – Boks so close!! Habana misses a try in the corner. But they have the scrum put-in.

54th Min – From the scrum the Springboks show once again just a great move. Awesome stuff! Morne with the conversion and I’m feeling happier at 29-13.

55th Min – Some major changes happening now. Stephen Moore off for blood. David Pocock is on.
Andries Bekker and Schalk Burger on for Bakkies Botha and Juan Smith.

57th Min – Will Genia replaces Luke Burgess. Not sure what the Wallabies do no. Throw caution tp the win and spin the ball?
Springboks penalised again in the scrum. Defence has to measure up now. great Springbok defence. Tackling and defence is all about attitude, and this Bok side is mentally strong. Forces the error.

61st Min – Another Springbok penalty in the scrums. this is crazy. But the Wallabies take the scrum.

64th Min – The Springboks absorb the pressure for 16 phases superbly. A turnover and breakout and we’re down the other end. Well done.

65th Min – Massive Springbok pressure but Adi Jacobs knocks on. That would have sealed it for those of us that are always nervous!

67th Min – A penalty for the Springboks at scrum time. Finally. Morne can just make it that much safer and more demoralising for the Aussies.
Morne kicks another penalty and the Springboks lead 32-13. Commanding.

69th Min – Time to just close this one out. The less points the Wallabies score the greater the pscyhological victory.

74th Min – Another penalty against the Springboks at scrum time. John Smit getting frustrated now.

75th Min – Matt Giteau gets a double. Poor Springbok lineout caused that one. Conversion missed as they drop-kick it. Springboks ahead 32-18.

80th Min – Damn, Lachie Turner gets the Wallabies third try. The conversion adds respectability to the scoreline. Springboks win 32-25.

Full-time Springboks 32 Wallabies 25

A good Springbok victory, but prehaps a little defensive in the last 30 minutes. Still that is the Springbok way to apply pressure early and sit back on the lead.

We need to fix the scrums ahead of next week’s clash, but very pleasing that this Bok side can apply different tactics, different gameplans and are hard to combat. The Wallabies are simply not quite in the same class.