All Blacks 31 (13)
Tries: Ma’a Nonu, Mils Muliaina, Rene Ranger, Israel Dagg
Conversion: Dan Carter
Penalties: Carter (2), Piri Weepu
Springboks 17 (7)
Tries: Jean de Villiers, Schalk Burger
Conversions: Morne Steyn (2)
Penalty: Steyn
Match stats:
Score: All Blacks 31, Springboks 17
Possession: All Blacks 53%, Springboks 47%
Lineouts: All Blacks won 6, lost 4, Springboks won 12, lost 0
Scrums: All Blacks won 5, lost 0 with 4 resets, Springboks won 10, lost 0 with 2 resets
Rucks: All Blacks 84, Springboks 70
Mauls: All Blacks 0, Springboks 1
Linebreaks: All Blacks 7, Springboks 4
Tackles made: All Blacks 77, Springboks 90
Tackles missed: All Blacks 9, Springboks 16
Turnovers: All Blacks lost 8, 2 from ruck/maul, 4 from lineout/scrum, 2 from other. Springboks lost 11, 5 from ruck/maul, 0 from lineout/scrum, 6 from other
Errors: All Blacks 10 – 10 handling, 0 kicking, 0 other. Springboks 10 – 9 handling, 0 kicking, 1 other
Infringements: All Blacks 10 penalties, Springboks 8, 1 Free Kick.
More of last week against a hungrier AB side but there was a definite lift after Ruan Pienaar and Gio Aplon came on. Would prefer to see Jean de Villiers at inside centre. I think the AB’s have already done enough to win Tri-Nations as I can’t see Oz taking them out home or away.