Final score SA 21 – 26 NZ

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Game starts at 15:00 SA time.

00 – Boks kick off, Kelleher takes the ball and is smashed by JP Pietersen.

01 – Boks on the attack, AB’s turn the ball over, kick back to Ashwin Willemse who carries up strongly.

03 – Bok scrum 10m out, Boks threaten the AB line, Bakkies bundled out into touch on the line.

04 – Penalty Boks – ABs coming in from the side. Monty converts. SA 3 – 0 NZ.

06 – Now ABs attack, Kelleher throws the dummy and through the gap. ABs swing it, Boks apply pressure, Carter finds touch. Bok lineout – shortarm to the Boks for numbers in lineout.

07 – Matfield disrupts AB lineout and Bakkies steals it.

08 – Another lineout turnover close to AB line, Butch nice half dummy and pass to Danie Rossouw who’s stopped short. Scrum Boks – ABs scrumming well.

13 – Tackler not rolling away – penalty ABs. Carter misses from close in.

14 – Collins catches off the kickoff and runs into his own player Woodcock – who knows he’s been in a collision.

15 – Boks are attacking like they did last week but not converting their pressure into points. Os putting in some big hits around the field. Boks pressuring Carter well. Boks dominating the lineouts, ABs the scrums.

18 – Rocokoko comes in from the wrong side. Penalty just inside the Bok half – Ruan Pienaar steps up and converts! Boks 6 – 0 ABs

20 – Boks get good turnover ball on ABs 22m, Pienaar to Matfield who kicks!

22 – Possession SA 58% – ABs 42%. Knock on Kelleher, scrum Boks on their own 22m.

26 – Monty breaks from loose play, tackled on the left hand touchline. Brilliant turnover from McCaw.

29 – ABs attacking Bok line, advantage, penalty 5m out near the left touchline. Carter steps up and converts. Boks 6 – 3 NZ.

34 – De Villiers breaks, passes to Pienaar who is isolated and holds on to the ball. Penalty ABs. Carter misses a sitter yet again. Boks 6 – 3 ABs.

37 – Bakkies coming in from the side just outside Bok 22m. Carter kicks it over this time (2/4). Boks 6 – 6 ABs.

38 – ABs on the up. Bok runners being isolated. Lack of structure at the moment from SA.

39 – Butch kicks into the ABs corner, Muliani runs it out. Bok ball, clinical lineout, Boks drive. Over the line and Schalk scores! Monty shites the conversion. Boks 11 – 6 NZ.

40 – Half time. “A guy like Schalk Burger’s priceless!” John Smit being interviewed on the sideline. Possession now 43% SA 57% ABs.

40 – ABs kick off, gathered by the Boks.

42 – Mauger drop kick half way between the Bok 10m and 22m. Boks 11 – ABs 9.

43 – Ruan kicks into the corner – AB ineout 5m out from their line.

44 – Mauger tackled by Fourie in midfield, pops the ball up. Straight into Butch’s hands. Runs in for the try. Monty converts. SA 18 – 9 NZ.

47 – ABs attack – Mauger grubber into corner – Ruan covers and dots the ball down in touch. Bit of agro off the ball – Monty takes on So’oialo after Rodders hurts Ruan in the tackle. Ref calms the players down.

48 – More turnover ball for the ABs. On Bok 22m. Slick passing from ABs. Pietersen intercepts. Dumped by Rocokoko.

49 – ABs doing a good job of turning the ball over, slowing it down and isolating the Boks in the tackle. Not enough support for the ball carrier from the Boks and lack of clearing out at the ruck. AB ball – to Toeava on the wing – leaves Fourie for dead but De Villiers tackles him into touch.

50 – Oliver off, Mealamu on. Bobby gives away a penalty for hitting McCaw off the ball. Carter misses to the left. Poor kicking game so far from Carter. Bobby off, P3 on.

53 – Os off, CJ on. Frans Steyn on,  Butch off. Steyn drops a sitter of a pass. AB scrum on SA line – professional foul by P3 and he is yellow carded – hands in the ruck in the red zone. Carter kicks the penalty over this time. Boks 18 – 12 NZ.

54 – SA down to 14 men.

58 – Good move by ABs – out to Rocokoko – tackled into touch by Jaque Fourie. Lineout Boks – Monty banana kicks into touch. AB lineout – ball down the line and Carter knocks on in midfield after bad pass. Bok defensive scrum.

61 – Relentless attack by ABs, slick passing, Woodcock takes it in midfield and loses the ball as he’s tackled by BJ. Ruan kicks out. ABs win lineout attack again, turnover, Steyn kicks, Flavell gathers and kicks out. Bok lineout on AB 22m line.

64 – Bakkies wins, pick and go, Schalk drives it up, Pienaar to De Villiers who is smothered in the tackle. Mealamu goes into the side of the ruck and is penalised. Monty kicks it over. Boks 21 – 12 NZ. Muller on for Bakkies, Meisiekind on for Willemse, McAlister on for Mauger.

67 – Steyn hoofs the up and under, So’oialo gathers and runs it up strongly after Pietersen misses the tackle, multi phase attack by ABs on the Bok line. McCaw crashes over for the try. Carter converts. SA 21 – 19 NZ.

70 – ABs running the Boks ragged at this stage, attack after attack, McDonald gathers, passes to Rocokoko who saunters over for the try untouched. Carter converts Boks 21 – 26 NZ.

74 - Bok defensive lineout, ABs penalised, Steyn kicks into touch on the half way line. ABs attack from lineout, back to near the Bok line. Bok scrum 10m out.

77 – Another howler from Steyn, tackled over the line, AB scrum 5m out.

80 – Siren goes, ABs have the ball. Final whistle. ABs win 26 – 21.

Man of the match: Rodney So’oialo