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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Springboks vs Australia - Line-ups

South Africa vs Australia
2011 Tri-Nations
Saturday, August 13
Mr Price Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Heinrich Brüssow to return
Springboks
1. Beast Mtawarira
2. John Smit (captain)
3. Jannie du Plessis
4. Bakkies Botha
5. Victor Matfield
6. Heinrich Brüssow
7. Danie Rossouw
8. Pierre Spies
9. Fourie du Preez
10. Butch James
11. Bryan Habana
12. Jean de Villiers
13. Jaque Fourie
14. JP Pietersen
15. Frans Steyn
Replacements
16. Bismarck du Plessis
17. Gurthro Steenkamp
18. Gerhard Mostert
19. Jean Deysel
20. Francois Hougaard
21. Morne Steyn
22. Gio Aplon

Australia
1. Sekope Kepu, 2. Stephen Moore, 3. Ben Alexander, 4. Nathan Sharpe, 5. James Horwill, 6. Rocky Elsom (captain), 7. David Pocock, 8. Scott Higginbotham, 9. Will Genia, 10. Quade Cooper, 11. Digby Ioane, 12. Pat McCabe, 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14. James O’Connor, 15. Kurtley Beale

Replacements: 16. Saia Fainga’a, 17. Salesi Maafu, 18. Sitaleki Timani, 19. Ben McCalman, 20. Radike Samo, 21. Luke Burgess, 22. Anthony Fainga’a

Match Facts
• South Africa’s Test record against Australia
Played 72; Won 41; Lost 30; Drawn 1; Points for 1 367; Points against 1 278; Tries for 166; Tries against 133; Average score 19-18

• South Africa’s Tri-Nations record against Australia
Played 35; Won 17; Lost 17; Drawn 1; Points for 768; Points against 825; Tries for 72; Tries against 83. Average score 22-24

• South Africa’s record against Australia in Durban
Played 4; Won 2; Lost 2; Points for 72; Points against 74; Tries for 7; Tries against 7; Average score 18-19

John Smit... most Tests as captain
Records
• The Springboks’ starting line-up boasts a total of 810 caps, exceeding the previous record of 750 caps which was also against Australia in Bloemfontein, 2010

• John Smit will extend his world record of most Tests as a captain to 79 and his Tri-Nations record of most tests as a captain to 31. Richie McCaw of New Zealand is second on 27 Tri-Nations Tests

• John Smit and Victor Matfield will extend their shared South African career record of 22 caps against Australia

• Victor Matfield will extend his record as the most capped Springbok in the Tri-Nations to 42 appearances

• Jaque Fourie and Jean de Villiers will extend their record for most Springbok appearances as a centre pairing in the starting line-up in Tests to 23

• Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha will extend their world record for most appearances as a lock combination in the starting line-up to 61

• The following players will extend their Springbok records in a position:
Victor Matfield – 106 Test as lock
John Smit – 90 Test as hooker
Bryan Habana – 68 Test as wing
Jean de Villiers – 54 Test as centre
Butch James – 37 Test as flyhalf

Source: news24

2 comments:

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