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Saturday, September 4, 2010

South Africa v Australia: Tri Nations Cup


Australia get a second bite at the cherry in ending their Highveld hoodoo when they tackle South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday, with the tournament wooden spoon still very much on the line.The visitors currently sit last on the Tri-Nations table but have a game in hand over the second-placed Springboks, who ran them down to win 44-31 last weekend at Loftus Versfeld. In a match in which tackles were missed rather than made, the embattled Springboks ground their noses over the finish line ahead of a Wallaby team short of finesse. The result also kept Australia's abysmal record at altitude (they have not won in 47 years) intact.

They could and should have won their last outing and now face South Africa for the second time in a week at altitude, however last week's Loftus experience will hold Australia in good stead for Saturday.

2010: South Africa won 44-31 in Pretoria
2010: Australia won 30-13 in Brisbane
2009: Australia won 21-6 in Brisbane
2009: South Africa won 32-25 in Perth
2009: South Africa won 29-17 in Cape Town
2008: South Africa won 53-8 in Johannesburg
2008: Australia won 27-15 in Durban
2008: Australia won 16-9 in Perth
2007: Australia won 25-17 in Sydney
2007: South Africa won 22-19 in Cape Town
2006: South Africa won 24-16 in Johannesburg
2006: Australia won 20-18 in Sydney


Prediction: Having come so close last week, the Wallabies will be itching for another crack at South Africa and we believe the holy grail of a win at altitude is achievable in Bloemfontein this weekend. Australia to win by three!

The teams:

South Africa: 15 Francois Steyn, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Ryan Kankowski, 20 Ricky Januarie , 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Gio Aplon.

Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O'Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Matt Giteau, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (c), 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Mark Chisholm, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Saia Fainga'a, 17 James Slipper, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Anthony Fainga'a.

Date: Saturday, September 4
Venue: Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 17:00 (15:00 GMT)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

All Blacks vs South Africa Live

New Zealand flanker Jerome Kaino has warned his team-mates to watch their discipline or risk paying the price against South Africa on Saturday.

The All Blacks entertain the defending champions in the opening match of the 2010 Tri-Nations - with Kaino believing the deadly accuracy of Springboks fly-half Morne Steyn could have a huge impact on the game.




"Our discipline comes into that," Kaino told NZPA.

"If we are solid in our discipline and don't give away silly penalties, I'm sure we'll take Morne out of the game."

The All Blacks have made three changes for the clash, with powerhouse centre Ma'a Nonu, veteran full-back Mils Muliaina and tighthead prop Owen Franks coming into the starting XV.

Israel Dagg, Benson Stanley and Neemia Tialata drop out of the matchday 22.

South Africa skipper John Smit believes the experience on his side's bench could prove the difference at Eden Park.

The likes of Danie Rossouw, Ruan Pienaar and Butch James have been named among the replacements for the clash - with all but Gio Aplon having reached double figures for Test appearances.

Devastating

In comparison, the All Blacks have opted to blood their rising stars - with Piri Weepu (37 caps) and Richard Kahui (10) the most experienced of the seven replacements.

And Smit has no doubt about the quality of options available to coach Peter de Villiers.

"He has players who can perhaps turn up the pace or give him a different feel," Smit old NZPA.

"We have big Danie as a loosie, which means if he comes on, he could be quite a devastating ball carrier.

"Gio can pretty much slot in the back three, speed things up and have a crack from out wide as well.

"There's a big flavour in our reserves, but it depends entirely on what Peter wants to do."

Rossouw is included in the Boks squad after overcoming a hip problem, while Botha has recovered from a hamstring injury.

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements:16 Corey Flynn, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Samuel Whitelock, 19 Liam Messam, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Richard Kahui.

South Africa:
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Jean de Villiers, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Replacements:16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 BJ Botha, 18 Andries Bekker, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Ruan Pienaar, 21 Butch James, 22 Gio Aplon.

Monday, July 26, 2010

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2010 Investec Tri Nations Cup Live

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Please note: Game dates/times are stated in NZ times – not local time.
Date Game Venue Time(NZ) Result
10 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Auckland 7:35 pm 32-12

17 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Wellington 7:35 pm 31-17

24 Jul Australia v South Africa Brisbane 10:00 pm 0-0

31 Jul Australia v All Blacks Melbourne 10:00 pm 0-0

07 Aug All Blacks v Australia Christchurch 7:35 pm 0-0

22 Aug South Africa v All Blacks Johannesburg 3:00 am 0-0

28 Aug South Africa v Australia Pretoria 3:00 am 0-0

04 Sep South Africa v Australia Bloemfontein 3:00 am 0-0

11 Sep Australia v All Blacks Sydney 10:00 pm 0-0

New Zealand's Adam Thomson is tackled by Australian players in the coursework of his side's Bledisloe Cup victory in Hong Kong Photograph.

A chapter ended and four more began. Closure came with the finish of the 2008 Bledisloe Cup series, won 3-1 by New Zealand thanks to a second-half performance that stood in stark contrast to their tatty first.
The new was provided first by the fixture itself, a trans-Tasman Check shifted to the outer reaches of the South China Sea. Hong Kong now stands not as the hub of the 7s circuit, but as a new trading post on the international scene. Might the Lions warm up here one day on their way to Australia or New Zealand?
The other sense of fresh beginning was created by the sense of stop-off in the tropics for four teams en route to our chilled northern climes. This was an introductory match to a November of the All Blacks and the Wallabies flogging themselves around Europe. There were signs of excellence; there were moments of frailty. There were aspects to worry Europe and elements to give the elderly continent grounds for optimism.
Australia had by far the better of the first half. It wasn't that the configuration of Dan Carter at inside-centre, with Waikato's Stephen Donald at outside-half, looked like an experiment best abandoned right here and now, but also that Matt Giteau on the other side was in sublime form. And Luke Burgess as his scrum-half looks one to mark closely.
As long as Giteau had the ball in hand, Australia looked able to winning. As early as the sixth minute, they was taking on second-row Brad Thorn inbroken play and slipping the sweetest of passes to Drew Mitchell, who scored between the posts. In these early minutes, New Zealand had no shape beyond a vague notion to run the ball from deep. They ran in to nothing but trouble and their skills suffered accordingly. Sitiveni Sivivatu's hands looked fragile, AliWilliams boomed passes in to emptiness, and in general there was a uncharacteristic lack of precision.

They stayed in contact because Giteau could not keep the ball off the floor for the whole half. At the breakdown, Richie McCaw delayed release and the remainder of the forwards attacked the situation with their utterly characteristic aggression. Australia struggled to control the rucks they set up.
And they struggled to scrape the ball back at the scrummage . Every time there was a scrap for the ball on the floor - at the bottom of the breakdown, or the tunnel of the scrum - Australia suddenly looked anything but masters of possession. They gave away penalties, four of them kicked by Carter.

Still, with the ball safely above ground, in their hands, Australia struck again. Ryan Cross made ground in midfield, Mitchell down his touchline, a movement building patiently until suddenly the ball started bouncing around as McCaw tackled the winger and Adam Thomson, on as a blood replacement for Rodney So'oialo, ripped it clear.

In lieu it fell back in to Wallaby hands, in particular - and only for a fraction of a second - in to George Smith's. The wing forward gave and took in half a stride, and Mitchell was over again.
Carter kicked a third penalty, but the threat of an All Black try was summed up by Donald's chip from a scrum in the Australian 22, a set-move that was basically covered and smothered by Burgess.
It was the finish of All Black inadequacy. In the second half, Donald stayed on long to see the scores levelled, Carter combining with Conrad Smith, Isiaia Toeava and at last Sivivatu in a passing movement that had an elegance and swiftness of its own.

And then Carter took over at 10. It didn't instantly lead to total control - Toeava, for example, ran elusively one minute, only in the next to have a kick charged down in his 22 - but Australia's creativity was reduced, to zero.

The winning try came when the All Blacks successfully chased a 22 restart and went all the way downfield. Carter's small grubber was collected by Ma'a Nonu - on for Donald - before Sivivatu floated a long pass out to his unmarked captain.

There was still a chance for Giteau to generate something out of that near-zero, slipping another beauty of a pass out of the tackle to Mitchell. Carter was covering and bundled him in to touch.
When play went the other way, to Peter Hynes on the right, they was tackled and nobody on his side arrived for a lovely four seconds. In the tropics, the Wallabies had come to rest.

So, on they both come, heading our way, the All Blacks on a grand-slam mission around the home unions, Australia hoping to bounce back, first in Padua against France. Both will be better for this ground-breaking game under their belts; both look some way off unbeatable.

Live Updates Result: All Blacks vs Australia

The All Blacks are taking on Australia at Eden Park in Auckland in their first Tri-Nations match-up.
Can the All Blacks get their bid to win the event off to a flyer or will the Aussies pull off an upset?
Check back here for live, minute-by-minute updates on the match.
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Fulltime: The final siren goes and Weepu kicks the ball out of play.

The first game of this year's Try Nations goes to the All Blacks, 22-16.

79mins: After sustaining some heavy pressure in the last four minutes, the All Blacks turn the ball over.
 In the event that they can hold onto the ball now the All Blacks will have this game wrapped up.

73mins: As the All Blacks return the dropout, Al Baxter commits a penalty in the ruck and gives Stephen Donald the chance to extend the All Blacks' lead.

Donald converts the penalty to make the score 22-16 in the All Blacks' favour.

71mins: The Wallabies have an attacking scrum inside the All Blacks' twenty-two. As the ball comes to the left Drew Mitchell knocks on.

Weepu immediately bombs a kick way in to the Australian half, the ball rolls in to the Wallabies' in objective and is touched down for a 22-drop-out.
 
68mins:
The All Blacks finally have their line-outs in order as Kaino hauls a long throw in.

This might set up a great attacking opportunity as the All Blacks have possession inside the Australian twenty-two.

64mins: It is Giteau's turn for a penalty kick now. They could pull Australia level again with a simple kick, but Giteau pulls it to the right.

The momentum of this match appears to be swinging in the All Blacks' favour.

61mins: Stephen Donald slots the penalty to make it 19-16 to the All Blacks.

60mins: Wonderful play by Jerome Kaino! As the Wallabies look to clear the ball from deep inside their own half, Jerome Kaino charges down the kick and collects the ball cleanly.

The All Blacks spread the ball left as the probe for an opening. As Conrad Smith takes the ball in to the ruck, an Australian hand illegaly holds the ball. Penalty to New Zealand.

54mins: The game is locking up with the ball spending plenty of time in the midst of the park. It may take a moment of brilliance to open this game up again.

49mins: Owen Franks is pulled up for hitting Ryan Cross. The touch judge made the call as the referee didn't see it.

Franks gets away without actual punishment with only a penalty going to the Wallabies.

46mins: The minute the All Blacks get their nose in front they give away another penalty. This time Nonu was to blame in the ruck.

Giteau gets the kick and it is all tied up again, 16-16.

44mins: The All Blacks get yet another penalty and the chance to take the lead for the first time in the match. This time the kick is difficult but Donald holds his nerves to take the points.

16-13 to the All Blacks.

42mins: Stephen Donald gets the chance to draw the All Blacks level from right in front with a penalty. They slots the kick coolly.

The scores are all tied up at 13-13. This game is heating up.

Halftime: The halftime siren goes and the score at halftime is 13-10 to the Wallabies.

38mins: The All Blacks have a great chance with another attacking line-out on the Aussies 22.

The ball flies right over the line-out and Richie McCaw takes the ball. the ball comes out to Cowan who knocks on.

35mins: The rain has found it’s way to Eden Park as a shower sweeps across the pitch. Will the moisture impact the direction of this game?

30mins: After some messy ruck play by Horwill, the All Blacks get the chance to pull level with a penalty.

Donald slices the kick well wide.

25mins: The All Blacks score! After some great build-up play, Conrad Smith runs an ideal line and off-loads to McCaw in the tackle. McCaw smashes through a tackle to bundle the ball over the line.

The kick is simple and Donald slots it calmly. 13-10 to the Wallabies.

23mins: The All Blacks get their first attacking line-out and this time nail the take uncontested.

The play spreads left. Nonu takes a tackle, now the play heads out the right. This is a great build-up by the All Blacks.

21mins: Matt Giteau gets the chance to extend the Wallabies' lead with another penalty.

Giteau hits the post, but the ball found it is way over to collect the four points. 13-3 to the Wallabies.

18mins: After a sloppy turn-over by the All Blacks, the Wallabies counter quickly and look definite to score out on the left through Burgess.

Muliaina manages to hold up Burgess who knocks-on.

12mins: It’s attempt number 2 for Stephen Donald, and this time they slots the penalty with ease.

10-3 to the Wallabies.

10mins: Stephen Donald gets the chance to put the All Blacks on the board with a penalty. But they pulls it to the left of the up-rights.

8mins: The Wallabies are well on top at the moment with the All Blacks loosing four of their own line-outs.

The pressure forces a penalty for Australia right on halfway, which Giteau converts.

10-0 to the Wallabies.

3mins: The wallabies score the first try of the match. Adam Ashley-Cooper broke the All Blacks' line, then the ball popped out for Berrick Barnes who had four options outside, but went himself to score out wide.

Matt Giteau converts convincingly to make the score 7-0 to the wallabies.

1min: The first line-out goes the All Blacks' way as the Wallabies close the gap on their own line-out and are penalised.

Kick-off: Stephen Donald kicks off, Luke Burges recieves and takes it in to the chasing All Blacks.

7:25pm: The teams leave onto the pitch. This will be George Smith's 100th check match for the Wallabies.

7.15pm: There's a few hi-profile changes for the All Blacks tonight. Richie McCaw returns at number 7, Stephen Donald takes over from Luke McAlister at 10 and Cory Jane will start out on the wing than the out of form Joe Rokocoko.
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7:00pm: In the work of our live updates of the All Blacks VS Spain match, James emailed in to share his thoughts on the haka VS national anthem debate.

"So I am sitting here speaking over Skype to a mate in Aussie (he is a Kiwi, ditched 5 years ago) and we are speaking about the anthem. Came across your minute-by-minute updates and I saw "A poor hard work from New Zealand in singing the national anthem. Advantage Italy". This junk's been going on all week! The Haka is New Zealand's anthem. The Italians take pride in their anthem, because that is their iconic national "performance". The Haka is ours. And we are getting it limited by taking out the "cut-throat" at the finish, what is the world coming ? Did you notice how they had possibly 5 seconds of "live-time" on the AB's in the work of the anthem?
The rest was on fans, or the girl with the tinfoil around her neck."

Let us know what you think. Is it important to sing the national anthem loud and proud? Or ought to they let the haka do the speaking?

6:45pm: Conditions in Auckland are a bit breezy, with rain expected. Conditions under foot are nice however, which ought to permit for flowing rugby tonight.



2010 Investec Tri Nations Cup Live


Please note: Game dates/times are stated in NZ times – not local time.
Date Game Venue Time(NZ) Result
10 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Auckland 7:35 pm 32-12

17 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Wellington 7:35 pm 31-17

24 Jul Australia v South Africa Brisbane 10:00 pm 0-0

31 Jul Australia v All Blacks Melbourne 10:00 pm 0-0

07 Aug All Blacks v Australia Christchurch 7:35 pm 0-0

22 Aug South Africa v All Blacks Johannesburg 3:00 am 0-0

28 Aug South Africa v Australia Pretoria 3:00 am 0-0

04 Sep South Africa v Australia Bloemfontein 3:00 am 0-0

11 Sep Australia v All Blacks Sydney 10:00 pm 0-0

All Blacks defeat Australia may be in Tri Nations rugby opener

The All Blacks have defeated Australia 32 points to 12 in the opening match of the rugby union 2006 Tri Nations at Jade Stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. This victory cements them as favorites to take out the Tri Nations this year- a contest which has adopted an expanded seven round format this year. The All Blacks entered the match as firm favorites despite the Wallabies strong start to the season- winning seven from seven under new coach John Connolly.


The All Blacks preformed a spirited rendition of their much talked of Kapa O Pango haka before the match, but it was Australia who opened up the scoring in the match, when Chris Lathem regathered the ball off a chip kick and handed it to Mat Rogers who sprinted down the left sidelined and passed to Lote Tuqiri who scored the try. Stirling Mortlock converted the try to take Australia out by seven points. Australia's Rocky Elsom was sent to the sin bin in the 27th minute. Down one man Australia were unable to hold out the All Blacks after a messy line out. Keven Mealamu pounced on loose ball to score the All Blacks' first try. Daniel Carter, after missing one earlier penalty goals, successfully converted the try. Seven minutes from half-time, Mealamu barged over to score his second try of the match with Carter again converting. The All Blacks entered the half-time break leading the Wallabies 14 points to seven.

The All Blacks extended their lead over Australia seven minutes in to the second half, with Carter kicking a successful penalty objective, to take the score to 17 points to seven. The television-match-official then awarded New Zealand another try after Richie McCaw grounded the ball through the legs of Stephen Larkem. Carter converted to take New Zealand's lead to 24 to seven with 30 minutes left on the clock. Scott Fava came on for Australia in the 50th minute, and soon scored a try for Australia. Mortlock missed the conversion, and the score was at 24 to 12 in favour of the All Blacks. Carter added another penalty objective for the All Blacks in the 55th minute to take the score to 27 points to 12. A re-gathered charge down of an Australian kick saw Carter pass to Isaia Toeavo who ran down the field to score a late try. Carter's conversion hit the upright and bounced out leaving the final score at 32 to 12 to the All Blacks. Australia face South Africa at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane next week.

2010 Investec Tri Nations Cup Live

Please note: Game dates/times are stated in NZ times – not local time.
Date Game Venue Time(NZ) Result
10 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Auckland 7:35 pm 32-12

17 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Wellington 7:35 pm 31-17

24 Jul Australia v South Africa Brisbane 10:00 pm 0-0

31 Jul Australia v All Blacks Melbourne 10:00 pm 0-0

07 Aug All Blacks v Australia Christchurch 7:35 pm 0-0

22 Aug South Africa v All Blacks Johannesburg 3:00 am 0-0

28 Aug South Africa v Australia Pretoria 3:00 am 0-0

04 Sep South Africa v Australia Bloemfontein 3:00 am 0-0

11 Sep Australia v All Blacks Sydney 10:00 pm 0-0

Rugby Tri Nation 2010 Live Streaming TV

2010 Investec Tri Nations Cup Live


Please note: Game dates/times are stated in NZ times – not local time.
Date Game Venue Time(NZ) Result
10 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Auckland 7:35 pm 32-12

17 Jul All Blacks v South Africa Wellington 7:35 pm 31-17

24 Jul Australia v South Africa Brisbane 10:00 pm 0-0

31 Jul Australia v All Blacks Melbourne 10:00 pm 0-0

07 Aug All Blacks v Australia Christchurch 7:35 pm 0-0

22 Aug South Africa v All Blacks Johannesburg 3:00 am 0-0

28 Aug South Africa v Australia Pretoria 3:00 am 0-0

04 Sep South Africa v Australia Bloemfontein 3:00 am 0-0

11 Sep Australia v All Blacks Sydney 10:00 pm 0-0