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Trinations Game 4: SA v Oz Squads 12 views
11 August 2011 by deep
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Springboks in South Africa have a point to prove.
Now the tables are turned - it's the Wallabies who have a long flight and a hard game in a foreign land. And there's one thing certain, the Springboks are pissed! The crew who didn't go on tour recently want revenge and will be welcoming a chance to make things right.
The last two games bear no reflection on the coming game. An injection of top players back in the ranks, plus collective hurt from a couple of hidings, plus home ground advantage will fire this side up, setting the Springboks as the team to beat.
As predicted, last week the All Blacks exposed serious weaknesses in the Wallabies game. Constant pressure and a complete defensive pattern stymied the 'twinkle' effect that the Aussies bring to the current game. Check out some pics
Can South Africa do the same? The answer is yes. They won't do as good a job as the AB's did, instead adding their own crunching flavour to the mix. We'll still surely see some exciting fireworks from the classy Oz backline, but come the final whistle it'll be the Springboks in front by a nose.
South Africa
15 Franscois Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Butch James, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Danie Rossouw, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Tandai Mtawarira.
Reserves: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Morne Steyn, 22 Gio Aplon.
Australia
15. Kurtley Beale, 14. James O'Connor, 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12. Pat McCabe, 11. Digby Ioane, 10. Quade Cooper, 9. Will Genia, 8. Scott Higginbotham, 7. David Pocock, 6. Rocky Elsom, 5. James Horwill, 4. Nathan Sharpe, 3.Ben Alexander, 2. Stephen Moore, 1. Sekope Kepu.
Reserves: 16. Saia Fainga'a, 17. Salesi Ma'afu, 18. Sitaleki Timani, 19 Radike Samo, 20. Ben McCalman 21. Luke Burgess, 22.Anthony Fainga'a
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