7 days ago Autumn Nations Series Autumn Nations Series 2024: Everything you need to know about round three
The Autumn Nations Series 2024 resumes this weekend and the southern hemisphere sides will hope to continue their dominance.
It's all over! The referee has blown their whistle to end the game.
Jesse Kriel (South Africa) is shown a yellow card
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu comes on.
Bongi Mbonambi comes off.
Tom Lynagh has kicked a conversion.
A wonderful passing move by Australia is finished off by Hunter Paisami
Tom Wright played a key part in that try.
South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Bongi Mbonambi getting some game time.
South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu being replaced.
Marco van Staden (South Africa) is shown a yellow card
Australia make a substitution with Carlo Tizzano coming on.
Australia make a substitution with Nick Frost coming off.
Cheslin Kolbe looks to land a drop goal but it misses, sailing past the right handside of the posts.
Malcolm Marx (South Africa) is shown a yellow card
Australia make a substitution with Lukhan Salakaia-Loto coming on.
Australia make a substitution with Jeremy Williams coming off.
The defensive line has been broken as Kurt-Lee Arendse goes through the gap.
Australia sub Nick Frost comes onto the field.
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto departs for Australia.
South Africa sub Handre Pollard comes onto the field.
Damian de Allende departs for South Africa.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the right.
Great hands by South Africa leads to a try for Kurt-Lee Arendse
Spellbinding play by Jesse Kriel is finished off with a try.
The defensive line has been broken as Jesse Kriel goes through the gap.
Australia sub Luke Reimer comes onto the field.
Carlo Tizzano departs for Australia.
Australia sub Tom Lynagh comes onto the field.
Noah Lolesio departs for Australia.
The South Africa supporters go wild as Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu successfully kicks the conversion.
South Africa are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Kwagga Smith touching down.
Spellbinding play by Grant Williams is finished off with a try.
Tate McDermott comes on for Australia.
Jake Gordon leaves the field.
Zane Nonggorr comes on for Australia.
Allan Alaalatoa leaves the field.
Kwagga Smith comes on for South Africa.
Elrigh Louw leaves the field.
Marco van Staden comes on for South Africa.
Siya Kolisi leaves the field.
What a run here by Andrew Kellaway as they get over the gainline!
Jeremy Williams comes on.
Nick Frost comes off.
Vincent Koch comes on.
Frans Malherbe comes off.
Gerhard Steenekamp comes on.
Ox Nche comes off.
Salmaan Moerat comes on.
Eben Etzebeth comes off.
What a run here by Dylan Pietsch as they get over the gainline!
Grant Williams comes on.
Cobus Reinach comes off.
What a run here by Rob Valetini as they get over the gainline!
Malcolm Marx makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.
Cobus Reinach makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.
Australia make a substitution with James Slipper coming on.
Australia make a substitution with Isaac Kailea coming off.
Australia make a substitution with Josh Nasser coming on.
Australia make a substitution with Matt Faessler coming off.
The second half kicks off.
The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
What an effort there by Kurt-Lee Arendse as they score the try.
Fabulous play by South Africa has led to Kurt-Lee Arendse being able to wriggle through a gap.
Ben-Jason Dixon sets up the try.
Andrew Kellaway (Australia) is shown a yellow card
Trouble here as Kurt-Lee Arendse breaches the defence.
Malcolm Marx comes on.
Bongi Mbonambi comes off.
Dylan Pietsch comes on.
Filipo Daugunu comes off.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by South Africa is finished off by Pieter-Steph du Toit
That's a great try assist by Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
This is dangerous for the defence as Damian de Allende bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
This is dangerous for the defence as Hunter Paisami bursts through to advance the Australia attack.
This is dangerous for the defence as Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
A gap opened in the defence and Pieter-Steph du Toit took full advantage.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu converts the try.
Nobody could stop that maul! Siya Kolisi places the ball down for the try.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu steps up to take the penalty but pulls it wide and to the left.
We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.
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Overall a pretty sh1t game to watch. Boks need to be more accurate could have scored many more tries. Allowed the Aussies to make the game scrappy.
But they’ve got one more warm up game against the Aussies to sharpen their knives for the AB tests.
The Aussies are poor. Lots of work to do Joe. The only time they looked dangerous was when they had a run from wide - when the Boks were down to 13.
Difficult to say what the Aussies can improve on by next week to be more competitive. Probably set pieces. But they don’t look to have the personnel to do it.
Created problems at the rucks. So maybe keep that up.
I missed the game. Forgot it was early. Will have to find it somewhere and watch it. See KLA scored another couple tries. How did SFM do?
Penalty after penalty by Wallabies in red zone in both halves, but ref does not issue even a warning until there are 3 on the same possession. South Africa commits 2, both outside red zone, warning. Their first in red zone, yellow card. He is the Aussies best player.
World Rugby trialing a new rule.
When the home team is behind by 33 points to nil, send off a few opposition players and even it out a bit. Ignore forward passes or knock-ons.
Kolbe. Packing down at tighthead now.
He is MOM.
New Zealand. Take note on how to win with 13 players.
World Rugby trialing the new use it rule. The scrum half has 5 seconds to use it. But only occasionally. Sporadically even. Within a range of 10 seconds.
Tony Brown’s attacking strategy:
Just give the ball to Kurtley.
Come on Boks. Just another 7 pointer so Finn can get the 40 point call.
TMO will probably upgrade it to a red. Here’s Aussies chance to get on the board.
Pieter, would you like a lineout, a scrum or a shot at goals?
Scrum
Luke Pearce doing his bit to keep Australia in the contest.
World rugby trying a new rule. You can drop a ball on the mark.
Noted.
Sold out Brisbane stadium? Looks like half the Aussies have gone home already.
Mostly Saffie fans remain.
Well the boks should be up 4 tries to nil by now. Maybe 40 points is on Finny Boy.
Never seen that in a lineout before. Wowsers.
Brisbane. Aka Little Loftus.
The Springboks. We’re not Wales.
~ J. Stransky (2024).
Boks by 10.