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The Bokke head to Perthfontein for the first away match of their campaign.Will Ruan Pienaar inspire some long-overdue running rugby from his new position of fullback? Will the Boks again win easily thanks to the boot of Morne Steyn?
Or will the Wallabies show that hey have some bite to go with their bark and find a way to get one over the Boks, who are overwhelming favourites for this game?
Kick-off is at 12h00 SA time.
Australia: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Adam Ashley Cooper, 11 Peter Hynes, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Richard Brown, 7 George Smith (captain), 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 James Horwill, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Al Baxter, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 David Pocock, 20 Will Genia, 21 Quade Cooper, 22 Drew Mitchell.
South Africa: 15 Ruan Pienaar, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (captain), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Schalk Burger, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Frans Steyn.
Date: Saturday, 29 August 2009
Kick-off: 18.05 (10.05 GMT)
Venue: Subiaco Oval, Perth
Expected weather conditions: Scattered clouds, clearing, with a high of 14°C , dropping to 5°C and a westerly wind of 36 km/h, dropping
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Chris Pollock (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Keith Brown (New Zealand)
I hope they do crowd shots during the SA anthem
Gents(and ladies),after this game we are enemies for a while
Perthfontein!
Good one Rob. Haven’t heard that one before. 
@provincejoulekkading (Comment 2) : You should just accept that you’re going to get your ass handed to you. Jump ship now while you still can.
Guys I’ve been out of it the last week so can someone tell me what the rationale is for putting Ru at 15 and putting Fransie on the bench.
@klempie (Comment 3) : not? Where have you been hiding?
@klempie (Comment 5) : it’s to punish the big dumb one for signing with a Frenck club
@klempie (Comment 5) : @robdylan (Comment 7) : If they regularly rotate Morne and Ruan it could work…I’m just nervous about experimenting in such an important game.
@Pokkel (Comment 8) : Me2!!
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 9) : @Pokkel (Comment 8) : @robdylan (Comment 7) : @klempie (Comment 4) : @provincejoulekkading (Comment 2) :
Good day ladies and gentleman …….. oh and Rob
lets hope boks kick ass big time today
@klempie (Comment 5) :
This is the final test to prove the authenticity of the Tiger Woods theory. Has Ru got the mental capacity to withstand being stuffed around contineously, If he comes through this undscathed then he will indeed be able to be mentioned in the same breath, well at least until Conrad Jantjes and / or Zane Kirchner are ready for the fullback position.
@Me2 aka Mama Shark (Comment 9) :
@sharks_lover (Comment 10) : WAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
Oh. Bryce is reffing. I’ll see you guys next week.
Hey guys, does anyone know where i can watch the currie cup game later today? Can we say that justin.tv is not working? And for the record i dont wanna go to a pub by myself
Boks looking enterprising early.
Great scrambling by Pienaar, Japes and M Steyn at the back.
That man Fourie!!!
Seems the “boring” tag has stung the Boks cos they are ALL OVER the Aussies.
du Preez sniping run to the line after a quick tap penalty.
Commentary is like 5 seconds behind the video.
7-0
Good try by furry
The Boks are looking INCREDIBLE!!
Aussies getting drilled in the lineouts.
First scrum of the game coming up to the Boks.
First scrum…
Boks have the hottest physio in world rugby.
That other man fourie!!
Worlds best 13 indeed!
This could be a hiding
TRY TO THE BEST 13 IN WORLD RUGBY!!
The Aussies leave a MASSIVE gap open and he goes straight through it.
M Steyn misses from RIGHT IN FRONT!! Why isn’t Ruan kicking??
Penalty to the Aussies for wrongful entry by JS.
Gits misses it.
0-12
Bring back Frans.
Hienrich very quiet
Aussies forced to take a lineout now. SA gets them out of their 22.
steyn is a tosser
kicks not working tonight. Thank goodness
you guys also got Kearns commentating?
Bryce doing what he can to aid Oz get points.
@robdylan (Comment 36) : No Aussie commentary in SA.
Aus finally score.
3-15
@robdylan (Comment 34) : You’re a bigoted Steynist!
brussow was not bound at least twice in that maul
M Steyn misses again.
Habana!!
Lets go bp!!
i like habs more now that he’s leaving the Bulls. Great try.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABSSSSSS!!!!
What a sneaky intercept!! Right place at the right time as Turner accidentally flicks the ball into his breadbasket.
Steyn converts.
3-22.
BP before HT?
Aussie heads dropping already. Reminds me of some other Aussies late last year in Perth.
bryce is making stuff up now
Offside penalty to Wallabies. Going for goal. Waving the white flag?
Gits puts it over.
HT 6-22
So far so gooooood.
What are they going to be bitching about next week? Boks running too much?
we need a blitz after half time to sew this up. Can’t go to sleep now
Why wasn’t Elsom penalised for diving on Habana after his try?
@McLovin (Comment 53) : cos Bryce has the hots for him
Some of these Aus commentators are sooo biased. Especially that wally called ‘Mardo’ or ‘Dicko’ or whatever it is.
@robdylan (Comment 54) : Of course.
Rob at least we agree on Bryce lawrence…
come now boys
Hopefully SS have sorted out that ridiculous commentary delay during the break.
we don’t need this
try to git
Giteau try. Not sure of the penalty that it resulted in.
13-22
No Ruan Pienaar in sight!!!!
boks getting sloppy
Some one needs to tackle Bryce
we need some ball!
oh we look terrible
bonus point!
HABS FTW!!
Planned move off the scrum right in front.
Converted.
13-29
WAHA!
Wallabies ahead of the kicker at KICK OFF. I’ve never seen that.
Loving this “boring” rugby.
Well done boys! This is very good for our tri nations chances
Rob you seem to be in a bad mood today…why?
@Just a Fan (Comment 73) : It’s the start of winter over there. Get ready for 10 months of this.
Ref must have been reading the scrum laws during half time.
Great defence from the Boks!
Ruan has been almost onvisable this game.
Boks getting back into it.
Still 15min to play.
Finally the Aus scrum penalised.
Penalty the Boks.
Steyn puts it over.
13-32
Someone call the engraver.
Bekker is a freak. Look how big he is.
Thanks for the warning klempie…
@McLovin (Comment 82) : Presumptious.
Bekker is a whimpy freak…
F Steyn on. Ru off.
About time!!!!!
@klempie (Comment 85) : AB will need 10 points from 2 games. And need Boks to get zero. Can’t see it happening.
Giteau try.
18-32 and he missed a quick DG conversion from right in front.
NEVER understand subbing your Captain! Panic Mechanic should stay away from the ball.
@McLovin (Comment 90) : If we don’t get a BP here and ABs get 10 then we still need 3 points if it’s not to go to PD.
@klempie (Comment 93) : We’ve got a bonuspoint.
So that puts us on 17. NZ can get 18 max.
BOKKE!
If the score stays as is it will be a record margin in Aus for the Boks.
@McLovin (Comment 94) : Oh shit. Sorry. forgot about the 4th try.
Okay still makes it 2 points required.
@klempie (Comment 97) : LOL I’ve been sitting here for the last ten minutes wishing for a BP.
Sloppy ending from the Boks.
Turner try. Oh well. So much for the margin record.
good game
Well done Boks.
Made the convicts look better than they really are at the end.
FT 25-32
Boks need two from the next 2 games.
Well done everybody. Snor included.
@klempie (Comment 97) : I’ll keep the champagne on ice then.
@robdylan (Comment 101) : I thought “we look terrible”
@McLovin (Comment 104) : till then.
Aus will have plenty to say about the last 20min, but it was all over red rover by the 60min mark.
@klempie (Comment 105) : we did, just after half time. That kick from JP turned the tide
Ashwin Willemse is not half bad as a studio analyst.
Oh it was FdP’s 50th.
BOKKE!
FDP is a god amongst men.
VERY VERY WELL DONE BOKKE! Shut those whingers up!
Only disappointing areas in our game are the two props and 14…otherwise we are in a very good space…
Oh and Pienaar was not all that…
We lost some spunk at the back with Ruan in place of Fransie….
Also good to see the Erasmi’s recent buys scoring 3 tries between the two of them.
Is anyone watching ESPNC today?Do it!