The Boks have not won in Brisbane since 1971.
Springboks v Australia in Brisbane:
1956: South Africa won 9-0
1965: Australia won 12-8
1971: South Africa won 14-6
1993: Australia won 28-20
1997: Australia won 32-20
1999: Australia won 32-6
2002: Australia won 38-27
2003: Australia won 29-9
2006: Australia won 49-0
2009: Australia won 21-6
Is today going to be the day they change that? If we look at the Super 14 form then the Springboks should walk this. Then again we should have walked the last two matches as well if we go by that analogy…
This week has certainly been interesting. Most of the interest being created by our very own coach unfortunately, from saying the Boks may have to cheat to saying there is a conspiracy between the referees and the Kiwis to drum up interest before the 2011 RWC. I don’t know WHAT the man has been smoking but I do hope he hasn’t passed any of that on to the Springboks.
At least we have top class Assistant Referees this week. 
Victor Matfield has been quoted in the media as saying that if anyone got a yellow card they would have to forfeit part of their match fee as a fine. Well finally playing a whole 80 minutes with 15 men may actually go a long way towards us getting a maiden 2010 Tri Nations win.
Ref: George Clancy (Ireland)
ARs: Keith Brown (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Kick-off: 20.00 (10.00 GMT; 12.00 SA time)
Venue: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Fainga’a, 1 Benin Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Kurtley Beale.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Oliver, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Ryan Kankowski, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 BJ Botha, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.
I made my picks in favour of the Aussies this week
I am almost last in every pool and if the Boks win this one, I am going to give up.
Go Bokke
I do the same..
That way I am happy when the Boks win, and I get points when they lose.. Hehe
Flag at the ready Keith….
…. you know what they are like !
OK who the hell deleted my comment?
I wanted to see a Cannon apology.
Even though I agree with him. 
Go Bokke!!!
LOL Kearnsey put the boot in and reminded JS about how the Boks seniors took control of the 2008 campaign from a similar position to come back and whip Aussie.
I think Ruan, Gio Aplon and Kankowski will make a big differnce today.
hahahaha. How’s those Outsurance ads with Spies with his cheesy Joker grin at the end?
Hey Ricky’s out of the 22. Didn’t know.
nice work Mossie, you poephol
Here we go again, another yellow card
man, but Ruan has a sweet pass.
@robdylan (Comment 11) : Don’t think that was yellowable.
Boks staring at a record hammering today
Aussies throwing away scoring chances atm.
Habana looks shit… What’s wrong with him?
hehehehehe
83% Aussie possession.
Boks picking up steam now and they get into the Aussie 22 for the first time.
Barney…. ag nee man
MS tries for a drop-goal which makes sense considering the context. Missed.
A minute to go for the world’s best 13.
Hoff playing well
Penalty Aussie. Victoria offsides.
Mossie back on.
Gits setting up 40m out in front.
Through.
Wallabies 3 – 0 Bokke
15 mins.
How we aren’t 14 points down I don’t know. Aussies fluffing loads of chances.
Penalty Bokke as Aussies go off their feet.
MS lining up on the 10m line.
Bang through the middle.
Wallabies 3 – 3 Bokke
18 mins
Habs offsides.
Giteau from 5m from touch on the 22.
Off the left hand post and bouncing through.
Wallabies 6 – 3 Bokke
20 mins.
6-3
Aussie powering phase after phase up to the line.
lovely try… Habana is fucking useless at the moment
O’Connor is in touch in the right-hand corner after 15 phases.
Pathetic
called back for a forward pass
Goes back to penalty advantage for BJ Botha not rolling away right about 10m from left-hand touch on the 22.
Through the middle.
Wallabies 9 – 3 Bokke
24 mins.
@Jarson (Comment 35) : check your email
hehehehehe. Snor looks depressed.
Nice run by Meisiekind ther.
Kirchner you f*cking idiot!!
Kirchner you PLANK!
Cooper just whacked his head on a camera.
@robdylan (Comment 39) : Come on dude, couldnt u have asked me 1st
. Dont ask me how but its the 3rd time in as many games that it happens.
can we please get Habana off the field and put on a decent winger. Do we have one?
Habs off his feet at a ruck.
Gits taking a kick 30m out and about 10m from right-hand touch.
12-3
@Jarson (Comment 45) : and now I’ll have to lose a trade as well
Over.
Wallabies 12 – 3 Bokke
31 mins.
Ahhhhh!!!
Habs is too slow. And that should’ve been yellow to Pocock.
Boks choose a scrum 7m out on the left hand side.
Oh WHATEVER!! Holding ON??
Both teams look good with ball in hand….
Very strange that there is no tries after almost 40 in a game of this nature…
Boks not good enough. From 1-15, just not good enough.
Apart from 7, who is a legend.
LOL…That line out was a disaster.
@Jarson (Comment 49) : no – you haven’t lost a trade
Try Mitchell.
Awesome handling by Mitchell
Drew Mitchell scores the opening try
Gits misses the conversion.
HT Wallabies 17 – 3 Bokke
what a disaster.
@robdylan (Comment 56) : I want Stegman in my squad so I will have to make a trade
@Jarson (Comment 62) : you don’t think you could have pointed this out to me if you’ve known about it for three weeks?
I’ll make you a deal. I’ll either give you an extra trade after this round, or put Stegmann back in in place of someone else – but it has to be someone who hasn’t played yet this weekend.
Massive lead for the Mustard’s and Green at half time…
And I don’t know if the Bokke’s character is strong enough to come back…
We deserve to get a hammering, because we´re playing like fucking palookas.
@robdylan (Comment 63) : I didnt know about it, I just select players untill I cant anymore. U can exchange Stegman with Raubenheimer please.
@Jarson (Comment 66) : @robdylan (Comment 63) : Next time I’ll have u check my squad before the tournament kicks off
Kirchner, Spies, Olivier: Bull quotas.
The World’s Best 13 is playing kak.
Habana is just trying to get some ball – nothing meanigful come his way in about 10 games.
@Jarson (Comment 66) : I’ll do it for you after the game.
Come on guys: adapt to the damn refs – they are NOT gonna change!
Are they hosting World Cup games in Australia next year?
Can’t wait to hear Snor’s excuses this week.
Can anyone explain that yellow…
@robdylan (Comment 69) : Thanx, will u adjust the points accordingly?
this ref cheats too. There is NO WAY that was a yellow card
BTW it’s 20-3.
Aussies have 90% possession in the 2nd half.
This is amazing! I’d forfeit the tournament if I were the coach.
@Jarson (Comment 77) : The reffing’s bad but come on.
Must say…although we have seen nothing flashy from Spies with ball in hand he is doing hard grafts at the ruck and on attack…made a try saving tackle chasing from far back and has made quite a few around the park….
@robdylan (Comment 74) : It was. In the same way Pocock’s was.
Aussies are getting away with murder at the breakdowns
Cooper yellowed for a dangerous tackle.
A Non-Saffa got a yellow
Steyn and Olivier off for James and de Jongh.
De Jongh is on…very poor tackler but against Matt so should not make a dif…
De Jongh and James on!
Don’t quite get the Potgieter Kanko swap…
Habs spills a 85% try scoring chance…after 15 phases.
Potgierter making good ground when he has ball in hand though…
Quick tap by Ru results in the best 13 getting over.
Pienaar misses an easy conversion…
Ru misses the conversion.
Wallabies 23 – 8 Bokke
63 mins.
Cooper back on.
Penalty against Schalk for coming in from the side.
35m out and 15m from left-hand touch. Giteau setting up.
We just don not protect our ball well at the ruck…it is like were NEVER taught how!!!
I’ll be getting my 1st SB points today
@klempie (Comment 94) : Missed.
Roussow off….was great in carrying the ball today…although his hands let him down twice…but then again he did have hand on ball more than anyone except Pienaar…
Why the hell did Aplon run inside there?
Even if 3 players tackle Spies he still moves forward…
He is one strong man…only seeing his space in defense but still a strong ball carrier…
Steenkamp gets driven over off a lineout.
Another SAFFA try!
Ru misses again and gets taken off for Hougaard.
Wallabies 23 – 13 Bokke
73 mins
Great mauling there from Burger and Spies there in front and Steenkamp gets a well deserved try (even though he has been quiet-ish today)…
Mitchell puts Kirchner into touch for a 5m Wallaby lineout.
That was embarrassing.
PdV: clean this shit up or get out.
Nice
We have no back-up kicker when Morne Steyn is off…Pienaar missing two easy kicks…
It is almost like the Bokke have not been practicing the basics…
Dumb move from De Jongh….really now!??!
Oh our Springboks are well behaved! The conspiracy thickens
No log points from this game either for the Bokke!??!
The way Hougaardt is playing he should start the next test…
Bokke defeated comprehensively…..
Well done Australia and well done Bokke for embarrasing yourselves again.
Time to clean out the closet.
what a waste of 2 hours of my life, watching Fat Barney and the Bulls-Stormers invitational side.
we’re not winning the 2011 World Cup with this lot. Time to clean out all the tired old shit and start afresh. I’m afraid that includes the entire coaching staff.
Could this be the worst starting sequence for a Trinations by the Bokke? Warrants some research.
I’m looking forward to Snor’s post-match.
@robdylan (Comment 117) :
The problem with PdV team is they are not consistent…and to win a WC you need to be consistent…
@robdylan (Comment 117) :
We all know from the S14 that Muir is not worth a mention as a coach…
@Hmmm (Comment 121) : Is that the same Muir that took the Sharks from stone last in 2005 to top of the log in 2007?
I wonder who and what are going to get blamed and why
Die Blou Bok weet nie wie sy pa is nie . . .
@Hmmm (Comment 120) :
Bok looked too slow today !
@klempie (Comment 122) :
Yes…the exact same one…his lost his mojo…
@Jarson (Comment 73) : I take it as a ‘no’ then
Did anyone notice the distinct LACK of smack-talking in the media by a certain individual when we were putting 40 points past the 4th best side in the world 5-6 weeks ago?
I don’t care what anyone says, but if I had a boss behaving like a retard, yes, I would be expected, under company policy, to present a united front, but I can tell you that I wouldn’t be motivated to go to the wall for the guy.
@Hmmm (Comment 126) : You’re basing his performance on an unsavable team lol. Remember, Ludeke was also once at the helm of that proud union.
@Original Pierre (Comment 124) :
Too Many players who have played too much rugby, need to start working fresh players in.
@RobBartlett (Comment 131) : Agree. The competition is as good as over for us so we might as well give more deserving players a chance.
Smit, Matfield, Spies and Habana need to be rested for the remainder of the TN.
@Jarson (Comment 1) :
Same here.
@klempie (Comment 129) :
And the Bokke!??!
So much to say, so much to say, but I don’t wanna…
The Boks are not up to it, there gameplan, their discipline, their execution, their vision, the interplay… Their everything, we are being exposed here… And I think it is a good thing, this team has a very soft underbelly, their leadership is poor and their rugby is now officially outdated in SH rugby. Ruan had a great game of what I saw, I left after BJ got carded… Saturdays are there for enjoyment and I am not enjoying SA Rugby at present. This leaves a sour taste in my mouth. DeVilliers needs to man up here and say that he is at fault… Like that would happen. If he can’t do that, he should admit that his players and his game plan are not where they should be… Defensively vulnerable, offensively impotent and greedy… They are in a rut, hence the tight decisions are against them… They need to play positive rugby and I hope to see a revitalized squad for the home leg that includes JPP, Deysel, Mvovo and Lambie. What are we to lose?
@rhineshark (Comment 132) : yep.
@robdylan (Comment 117) : Indeed, and I am afraid we’ve left it too late…