The third big away match on the trot for the Boks.
Can the World Champions secure a second successive away victory to assume pole position on the log?
Or will the new Aussie coach Robbie Deans plot the downfall of his counterpart, Peter de Villiers?
Kick-off in Perth is at 12h05 (SA Time)
Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Peter Hynes, 13 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 George Smith, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 James Horwill, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Hugh McMeniman, 19 Phil Waugh, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Ryan Cross, 22 Drew Mitchell.
South Africa: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Francois Steyn, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Butch James, 9 Enrico Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Gürthro Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Andries Bekker, 20 Ryan Kankowski, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Peter Grant.
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand), Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
TMO: Garrat Newman (New Zealand)
Can’t wait ..have my 4 cans of non-alcoholic beers a tube of Pringles and the Cure playing!
Bokke to win by 7.
yeah baby! Come on Bokke
We beat them up front or we beat them not at all.
GO BOKKE!
and Caity is hogging the TV…
@Big Fish (Comment 3) : you gonna be around for the game, fishsticks?
@robdylan (Comment 5) :
Still got my pc in my bedroom, and I refuse to put a tv there too – so I will be mostly away from here during the game.
Should probably get a laptop soon anyway; but you know how it is once you take a work laptop – they expect you to be available 24-7. I’m still trying to keep a healthy balance.
@Big Fish (Comment 6) : And keep your 2 days off every month?
@robdylan (Comment 7) :
I know it sounds cushy, but you cant talk!
Actually, I’m re-evaluating priorities and considering whether the pursuit of success is worth the other sacrifices. You seem to have it down pat, but your situation is quite an unusual one.
Lucky sod!
he he.
We’re almost ready to go here
Who is gracing the studios today?..with indepth analysis
Man – I really hope we manage to pull this one off. Brits is going to have to have a HUGE game.
Still think we should be starting with Strauss. You know that he’s played with every other member of the starting tight five?
@CoffeeShopBok;-) (Comment 10) : Sky have the two hookers – Sean Fitzpatrick and Gary Botha.
and there’s Kanko!
Boks coming onto the field
And Strauss looks GOOD in that jersey
Who has the Mandela cup..?
and now the Wobblies are on.
This is the first time since 2003 that George Gregan has NOT STARTED a test against SA
@CoffeeShopBok;-) (Comment 16) : Graca – she fills it for him every morning. Moerkoffie, I believe
Anthem time
@robdylan (Comment 18) :
jinne, but Gurthro’s got a lot of fancy bandages on
@CoffeeShopBok;-) (Comment 20) : To be honest, I can’t remember who holds it…
@robdylan (Comment 18) :
You want some Chardonnay with that lad?
@robdylan (Comment 9) :
You got it good sir, you got it real good.
God, it really is a glorified penal colony, that place
PLease..please pass the ball to Habana in space..for a change..would really like to see him score one tonight!
Here we Bokke, here we go!!!
Bokke uber alles!
ok – now they’re doing their little Waltzing Matilda schpiel
ok – almost ready to start
@CoffeeShopBok;-) (Comment 25) :
JP Pietersen and Ryan Kankowski.
Remember those names lad.
Aussie scrum on our 10m after JP knocks an intercept
Good Bok pressure causes an Aussie knock… we have a scrum jsut outside our 22
@Big Fish (Comment 29) :
I will do..wanting to see them crossing the line for sure..A Kanko break down the middle Mmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty!
Con sends them right back with a long kick… Aus 22
Palu offside… we have a penalty just their side of halfway. Frans lines up
The deans factor ..swing the ball around…
Great kick! 3-0
good kick off return from JP
Dammit another delay on showsports
morty knocks a high ball – our scrum
scrums are a real mess… collapsing on our tighthead side
Frans takes a drop – and misses by a mile
@robdylan (Comment 27) :
Matilda was a Sheep!!!!!
3 tackles missed on Tuqiri… the first by our great skipper.
JP’s having a HUGE game so far
Brits is doing well so far
@robdylan (Comment 43) :
What!!!!!!!! is John back???
Spies is also having a lot of impact so far
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : nah – he doesn’t knock
@robdylan (Comment 44) : JP is a fantastic player…he just gets slack at times. He’s a guy that needs a firecracker up his backside every now and then to lose the complacency!
cheating convicts!!!!!!!!
penalty against CJ for a collapse
CJ gives away ANOTHER penalty!
hahaha Gerald Bosch has been teaching Barnes to drop!
Berrick Barnes with an embarrassing drop attempt!
and we have another kickable one for Wallaby offside
Rob…did you watch Boots and All this week? Darren Scott came up with an absolute classic line!
Frans misses to the right… still 3-0
@robdylan (Comment 55) : Sealing off at the ruck!
@Villie (Comment 56) :
Tell us more?
we are knocking them back in the tackle…
We are a bit short at the rucks. The absence of a proper fetcher is being shown up at times. George Smith managing to turn over a few balls!
Britz has been welcomed to test ruggers.
shit – certain try botched there… lovely break by Jean
Oh man that was close!!!!!!!!!
GO BOKKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the hand that knocked that ball back was offside! There’s an offside line at the tackle under these laws!
@robdylan (Comment 63) : Best 12 in the world…no doubts! Even though he is from Wee Pee!
Aussies have hands of soap
Ashley Cooper knocks (knees) the ball out of his own arm
eish – so do we
@KSA Shark © (Comment 59) : Apparently the SWD Eagles were the best team at Craven Week but still got hardly any in the SA schools side. Darren said well we all know what the SA schools side will be every year, mainly WP players!!
Con shanks one
@Villie (Comment 70) :
Steenkamp is walking
And the ref has no problem with Mortlock tackling Januarie in the air in goal????????????????????
and again – so close!
juan Smith is BACK in a big way
Matters loses his own ball! The world will end shortly
and Tuqiri scores in the corner. TMO pending, but it’s good
PASS THE FRICKIN BALL EARLIER TO HABANA DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5-3, with a kick to come
all came from over-elaboration at the first lineout… the one Vic lost.
Kick is missed… 5-3 still
ref finally blow OZ for offside at the ruck… they’ve been getting away with it all half
Is there any chance we can get a message to Aus for Vic to take one of their top players out?
Vic getting a red will be no loss
so at least if he goes off he can take one of them with him 
yeah the guy who took the ball of Spies at the tackle came from behind!!!!!!!!!
Wake up Lawrence!!!!!!!!
that’s half-time
We could be in trouble here. Oz are killing us at hte breakdown through committing superior numbers. Where are our forwards?
Oh, yeah – hanging around in the backline.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 84) : KSA – did you see the off-side in what should have been our try? Was it just me?
@robdylan (Comment 86) : the moment JP was tackled, an offside line was formed in line with the ball. JP passed the ball backwards and it was intercepted by an Aussie hand (not the tackler’s)… so how can that not be offside?
Boks should really be in front at HT. We’ve had all the opportunities!
We are struggling at the rucks for 2 reasons: we have too many loose players in the T5 now that Smit, Bismark, BJ or Beast is not playing, and the ref is letting Oz get away with a lot.
Not overly impressed with Britz so far, while Spies is looking very dangerous, except for his butter-fingers.
Jantjies is again being caught out of position and weak in the tackle – JP covering the back very well for him.
JDV and Frans are combining very well, but Januarie is not getting enough protection, and in addition to turn-overs, we are also getting shoddy ball to James.
I think that a try will help us settle, and then we can grind them down – our bench is awesome.
@robdylan (Comment 85) :
CJ, Guthro, Britz and Matfield have never prided themselves on their tight work.
@Big Fish (Comment 89) : spot on… Ricky must be ready to kill the glory boys… they are NOT there at ruck time.
Shit, man… the Aussies have luxury of leaving the ball lying at the base of the ruck for 10-15 seconds while they line up. There is just no Bok pressure whatsoever
@Big Fish (Comment 90) : yeah – good point. Bakkies and Juan are fighting a lone battle out there
shit. Their tails are up now
@robdylan (Comment 92) : Yip..Bakkies is having a big game but not getting enough support. Schalk as usual is putting in some monster tackles. But 3 out of 8 guys doing the dirty work isn’t good enough. Poor Ricky getting ZERO protection
and Mortlock appears to have scored
we’re going to lose today, I’m afraid… not enough leadership and the forwards slacking off
10-3
Geez..Mortlock walked right over JDV!
we’ve got to stop this bullshit kicking as well
Bring the Beast on!
shit – we’re looking soft.
@Villie (Comment 100) : Agree.
Shit – Schalk is off
Burger and Mortlock both going off!
mortlock also off.
Kanko and Cross are on
13-3
13-6 now… come on Boks
Vic’s 3rd knock!
man – Bakkies is giving 200% out there… wish the others were
one foot on the plane. We did well to get the bonus.
bugger
the boys just weren’t sharp out there… you could tell they were tired and not really up for it after the herculean effort last week.
a week or two off, then 3 home games… we can still take it.
This one was there for the taking! At least the boys are putting their bodies on the line, more one cannot ask for. Go Bokke!!
Log updated
We stay second and Aus stay 3rd
ok – I’m off. Much to do before my trip tomorrow
Well…Sharks better win now.
@robdylan (Comment 112) :
Bit more than that Rob,we stuffed up with bad selections and play.
Jantjies was very frail at the back, Britz was soft as ever, and to nitpick, Spies should be played at 7, not 8.
Can only blame PDV for Jantjies though. Butch also had a very clueless game.
I think Kanko, Beast, Bismark and Percy must start. And we need more accountability forbad option-taking, like selfishly holding onto the ball instead of creating opportunities.
CJ cost us at scrum time and also lost ball in the tackle.
Beautiful cameo by beast and Juan was immense in this game.
I hope Schalk and Habana are okay.
And way too many forwards hanging about in the backline
Fish 117 – callin for a lot of Sharks to start there
but you are right…
I cant believe we lost today. Now i know why KSA Shark doesnt rate Matfield, he is useless + JDV should take over until John gets back… Jantjes, CJ, brits, butch + steyn were poor… Matfield + Jantjes the worst of the lot.