A greater script for a sport of rugby union could not be created, if you have been supporting the residence side South Africa at minimum. The house-facet was down 16 details to 10 at half time, and only managed to draw the match at Newlands Stadium on 71 minutes. And as would be created in the identical script, the younger alternative Francois Steyn scored the two the rating-levelling kick and profitable kick – drop kicks, a single of them no fewer than 45 metres from the poles, shut to the touchline. I have questioned the very same guy’s deficiency of experience and choice generating capabilities but right now, really thankfully for South Africa, Frans Steyn came excellent and did it beneath some major strain way too.
The Springboks dominated most of the sport (this showed in the publish-match stats with the Boks possessing possession stacked 60%-40% in their favour) and the scoreline should have been a heck of a good deal greater than 22-19 at ful time and it should definitely not have had the South African rugby staff trailing at the crack. The result in of the details not possessing a accurate reflection on the match was partly the Springboks un-compelled glitches and partly the Wallabies dashing defence. A tactic employed by the Springboks them selves. A lot of the time when the SA Rugby crew located on their own on the assault in the Australian’s 22 they gave the ball absent in silly manners knock-ons, the ball kicked absent in a promising go and even an attacking scrum awarded to South Africa currently being overturned to a penalty for Australia because of to Schalk Burger finding into some “argy-bargy” immediately after the whistle experienced been blown.
The just one and only check out for the Boks was scored by centre Jacques Fourie on 13 minutes. Butch James kicked off with a grubber that set up a couple phases for South Africa right after which Butch James was invloved again well buying the ball up off his toes and pass the ball out to Fourie sending him in for the try in the corner. Shortly later on – in what appeared to be an oversight the referee Barnes as an Australian moved associated some obstructive operating in mid-discipline, the Cape City stadium was hushed as Matt Giteau went above future to the posts for the Wallabies only attempt of the match. A further blunder by the referee and his workforce was the yellow-carding and resultant 10 minutes off handed to Pierre Spies. Spies appeared to simply be generating his way back again on-side when a George Gregan move strike him, this was in some way adjudged to be deserving of a sin-bin.
There ended up definite highlights in the match for the Boks, with some deft passing concerning forwards and backs as properly as some very long passages of play exactly where the Springboks held onto and shielding the ball pretty properly, enjoying in near to the place of breakdown.
Australia’s highlights in the match were being Stirling Mortlock’s accuracy with his boot and their superb defence. They have verified that they will not be walk overs by any extend of the creativity in this Tri-Nations collection.
Person of the Match went to Schalk Burger for the several operates into hard get in touch with and his ever-persistent competing for the ball at the points of breakdown.
All in all a terrific exam match to look at, going down to the wire and Francois Steyn winning about the hearts of the Newlands marketed out crowd by placing around his match-winning fall-kicks.
