RSA v Australia - 16 June 2007

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So Saturday it's us against the Ausies...

Any predictions or comments?

South Africa vs Australia at Newlands
Kick off: 15:00
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch judges: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (South Africa)
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I think if the Boks can pull themselves together, we are up for a good one!

Squad:

Backs - Frans Steyn, Percy Montgomery, JP Pietersen, Akona Ndungane, Ashwin Willemse, Waylon Murray, Wynand Olivier, Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Butch James, Derick Hougaard, Fourie du Preez, Ruan Pienaar, Ricky Januarie.

Forwards - Danie Rossouw, Pedrie Wannenburg, Bob Skinstad, Juan Smith, Schalk Burger, Pierre Spies, Bakkies Botha, Johann Muller, Victor Matfield, Albert van den Berg, Gary Botha, John Smit, BJ Botha, CJ van der Linde, Gurthro Steenkamp, Os du Randt.
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Any predictions? I think the boks can win but they will need to work very hard to achieve that...

I think that they will pull it through narrowly...
 
I think we'll win this easily. The Aussies haven't played for more than 40 minutes in any of their last 3 matches. Their highly vaunted backline has just disappeared and forgotten how to throw a pass and catch the ball. They'll need to come up with something they haven't done in years in this country to even get close to the Bokke tomorrow.

Just a comparison of the team with the one that last lost (away) to the Aussies

Last Year ... This Year
1 Os Du Randt ... Guthro Steenkamp
2 John Smit ... John Smit
3 CJ van der Linde ... BJ Botha
4 Johann Muller ... Bakkies Botha
5 Victor Matfield ... Victor Matfield
6 Solly Tybilika ... Schalk Burger
7 Juan Smith ... Juan Smith
8 Jacques Cronje ... Pierre Spies
9 Fourie du Preez ... Ruan Pienaar
10 Butch James ... Butch James
11 Bryan Habana ... JP Pietersen
12 Wynand Olivier ... Jean de Villiers
13 Jaque Fourie ... Jaque Fourie
14 Akona Ndungane ... Ashwin Willemse
15 Percy Montgomery ... Percy Montgomery
16 Chilliboy Ralepelle ... Gary Botha
17 Eddie Andrews ... CJ van der Linde
18 Albert van den Berg ... Johann Muller
19 Joe van Niekerk ... Danie Rossouw
20 Ricky Januarie ... Wynand Olivier
21 Meyer Bosman ... Michael Claasens
22 Jaco van der Westhuyzen ... Francois Steyn

This time we have a lot of first choice combinations and a pretty powerful bench!
The Aussies have a new front row (who cares), new wing (Gerrard out for Drew Mitchell) new fullback (Latham out for Huxley). They're definitely looking weaker without Chris Latham, Jeremy Paul, Mat Rogers & Clyde Rathbone.

That being said, they haven't conceded a point in their last 2 games so their defence is looking ok, so SA to only win by 20 :D
 
Last time SARU made a ruckus before a game we did poorly.
I hope the Boks can focus, we must win the home games, it is a must.

Arrrgghhhhhhh, dunno, i think we are to good for the Aussies, especially upfront, if our defence is solid we should be at least 10 points better.
Ons moet hulle lekker sag maak voor:D
 
im sure they going to win

habana is unfortunate but there are players just as good like spies de villiers januerie

but we will see
 
Match prediction

I'm not one to predict results but the Springboks have been in sparkling form of late. There have been a few glitches here and there especially with some of the front line combinations but I think there is so much skill, speed and talent in our front row to put Australia completely out of the game. Usually the quality of the front row determines the result although the back line seems to steal the lime light most of the time.
 
Ok, well i'm looking to my 'law of averages' for this. Although this didnt work in the cricket world cup, its gunna work tomorrow.

Go Aussies Go!!.
 
If i were a betting man i'd not have a clue which site to bet for.
So ... i'm gonna watch the game with my heart in my hand and hope that i don't squash it in anger, but end up accidentally throwing it at the screen in glee..
 
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I reckon 45-15 to SA.

We're going to hammer them. Aus rugby is shyte, it's been utter junk for 12 months even though we lost to them so badly last year.
 
dont get me wrong here,but with all the gossip/news and changes going on I hope our boys can put that aside and open a can of whip azz.

SA FTW!!! really cant say by how much
 
Sneeky said:
Takes boodels out back and kicks the living daylights out of him, in a nice way, of course :D
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Boodles drags Sneeky up table mountain and drops him of the cliff.

Now Boodles can watch his team bury the saffers without Sneeky trying out his kung-fo moves on me.

:p

Go Aussie Go!!!
 
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