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Recap: Springboks v Australia LIVE | Rugby Championship
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Follow all the action from the opening round of The Rugby Championship live on RugbyPass as South Africa host Australia at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
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South Africa have played Australia 10 times at Ellis Park in downtown Johannesburg, winning nine and losing just once – 9-11 back in 1963. The last time they played at Ellis Park was in 2008, when the Springboks won 53-8, scoring eight tries to one.
SPRINGBOKS v AUSTRALIA
Warrick Gelant 15 Tom Banks
Sbu Nkosi 14 Dane Haylett-Petty
Jesse Kriel 13 Tevita Kuridrani
André Esterhuizen 12 Samu Kerevi
Makazole Mapimpi 11 Reece Hodge
Elton Jantjies 10 Bernard Foley
Herschel Jantjies 9 Nic White
Francois Louw 8 Isi Naisarani
Pieter-Steph du Toit 7 Michael Hooper
Rynhardt Elstadt 6 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto
Lood de Jager 5 Rory Arnold
Bongi Mbonambi 2 Folau Fainga’a
Tendai Mtawarira 1 James Slipper
Replacements
Lizo Gqoboka 17 Harry Johnson-Holmes
Marcell Coetzee 20 Jack Dempsey
Cobus Reinach 21 Will Genia
Frans Steyn 22 Matt To’omua
Dillyn Leyds 23 Kurtley Beale
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I’d say France was far more hard done by in the 2011 final than the All Blacks in this game. Joubert simply refused to call a penalty against the All Blacks in the last quarter even directing an All Black to drop a ball he picked up in an offside position rather than penalizing him. This article also totally discounts the efforts of PSTD. Ask Jordie how well he played. Or the backup flank who played hooker for the entire game. Siya was also a brilliant tackle by Richie from scoring a blinder. Pollard was also fantastic. Look I don’t like the boks style but the only thing more questionable than the content of this article is the timing of it. Get over it already
Go to commentsDad Marty was also a handy rugby player for Linwood back in the day. Great bloke. Sensational softball career.
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