Category: Tri Nations

Match details

Date: Saturday, August 28
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Teamsheets

Springboks – 15 Frans Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Juan de Jongh.

Wallabies – 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (c), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Saia Faainga, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 James Slipper, 18 Ben McCalman, 19 Scott Higginbotham, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Faainga.

Springboks 22 (16)
Try: Schalk Burger
Conversion: Morne Steyn
Penalties: Morne Steyn (5)

All Blacks 29 (14)
Tries: Tony Woodcock, Richie McCaw, Israel Dagg
Conversion: Dan Carter
Penalties: Dan Carter (4)

Trinations table
Tm P W L B P
NZ 5 5 0 3 23
OZ 3 1 2 0 04
SA 4 0 4 1 01

Match details

Date: Saturday 21 August 2010
Kick-off: 17.00 RSA (15.00 GMT)
Venue: FNB Soccer City, Soweto
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ire), Simon McDowell (Ire)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Teamsheets

Springboks – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit, 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Francois Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Wynand Olivier.

All Blacks – 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Subs: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 John Afoa, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Israel Dagg.

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Australia 28 (14)
Tries: Drew Mitchell, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Rocky Elsom
Conversions: Matt Giteau (2)
Penalties: Matt Giteau (3)

New Zealand 49 (32)
Tries: Dan Carter, Mils Muliaina (2), Richie McCaw, Cory Jane, Joe Rokocoko, Corey Flynn
Conversions: Dan Carter (4)
Penalties: Dan Carter (2)

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Australia 30 (17)

Tries: Drew Mitchell, Will Genia
Conversion: James O’ Connor
Penalties: Matt Giteau (5), O’Connor

South Africa 13 (3)

Tries: Jacque Fourie, Gurthro Steenkamp
Penalty: Morne Steyn

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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

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