Lions 18 – 32 Blue Bulls
Vodacom Blue Bulls – Tries: Gerhard van den Heever, Jacques-Louis Potgieter; Conversions: Potgieter (2); Penalties: Potgieter (6).
Xerox Lions – Tries: Deon van Rensburg, Warren Whiteley; Conversions: Elton Jantjies (1); Penalties: Jantjies (2).

Cheetahs 13 – 25 Sharks
Vodacom Free State Cheetahs – Try: Tewis de Bruyn; Conversion: Louis Strydom; Penalties: Strydom (2).
The Sharks – Tries: Patrick Lambie (2), Eugene van Staden; Conversions: Lambie (2); Penalties: Lambie (2).

Western Province 54 – 13 Pumas
Vodacom Western Province – Tries: Gio Aplon (2), Pieter Louw (2), Anton van Zyl, Lionel Cronje, JJ Engelbrecht; Conversions: Willem de Waal (3), Cronje (2); Penalties: De Waal (3).
Pumas – Tries: Shaun Venter, Torsten van Jaarsveld; Penalty: Elgar Watts.

Leopards 27 – 41 Griquas
Platinum Leopards – Tries: Michael Bondesio (2), Palm Koch; Conversions: Niell Jacobs, Clayton Durand (2); Penalties: Jacobs, Durand.
GWK Griquas – Tries: Bjorn Basson (2), Frikkie Spies, Naas Olivier, Sarel Pretorius; Conversions: Olivier (5), Penalties: Olivier (2).

Australia lost to New Zealand in Melbourne on Saturday 31 July in the first Bledisloe Cup encounter of the year.

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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Bulls 23 – 25 Cheetahs
Vodacom Blue Bulls – Tries: Derick Kuün, Stefan Watermeyer; Conversions: Jacques-Louis Potgieter (2); Penalties: Potgieter (3).
Vodacom Free State Cheetahs – Try: Skipper Badenhorst; Conversion: Sias Ebersohn; Penalties: Louis Strydom (5), Ebersohn.

Griqaus 26 – 20 Lions
GWK Griquas – Tries: Jacobie Adriaanse, Bjorn Basson; Conversions: Naas Olivier (2); Penalties: Olivier (4).
Xerox Lions – Tries: Jano Vermaak, George Earle; Conversions: Herkie Kruger (2); Penalties: Kruger (2).

Leopards 23 – 42 WP
Vodacom Western Province – Tries: Brok Harris, Frikkie Welsh, Paul Bosch, Pieter Louw, Conrad Hoffmann, Pieter Myburgh; Conversions: Willem de Waal (3); Penalties: De Waal (2).
Platinum Leopards – Tries: Deon Scholtz (2), Jovan Bowles; Conversion: Jean Tiedt; Penalty: Tiedt; Drop goal: Neill Jacobs.

Sharks 27 – 17 Pumas
The Sharks – Tries: Keegan Daniel (3), Charl McLeod; Conversions: Patrick Lambie (2); Penalty: Lambie.
Pumas – Tries: Christo Le Roux, Ronnie Uys; Conversions: Ricardo Croy (2); Drop goal: Croy.

Reports from a source with impeccable connections to the Boks are that significant differences exist between the coaching style espoused by assistant coaches Dick Muir and Gary Gold, while head coach Peter de Villiers is said to be wavering. (more…)