Springboks VS All Blacks

21 August 2010 17h00 [GMT+2]

FNB Stadium – Soweto

Springboks: 15. Gio Aplon, 14. JP Pietersen, 13. Juan de Jongh, 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. Flip van der Merwe, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. John Smit (capt), 1. Gurthro Steenkamp.

Reserves: 16. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17. CJ van der Linde, 18. Danie Rossouw, 19. Francois Louw, 20. Ricky Januarie, 21. Butch James, 22. Wynand Olivier.

All Blacks: 15. Mils Muliaina, 14. Cory Jane, 13. Conrad Smith, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 11. Joe Rokocoko, 10. Daniel Carter, 9. Jimmy Cowan, 8. Kieran Read, 7. Richie McCaw (capt), 6. Jerome Kaino, 5. Tom Donnelly, 4. Brad Thorn, 3. Ben Franks, 2. Keven Mealamu, 1. Tony Woodcock.

Replacements: 16. Corey Flynn, 17. John Afoa, 18. Samuel Whitelock, 19. Victor Vito, 20. Piri Weepu, 21. Aaron Cruden, 22. Israel Dagg.

  • Date: Saturday 21 August 2010
  • Kick-off: 17h00 [GMT+2]
  • Venue: FNB Soccer City, Soweto
  • Referee: Nigel Owens [Wales]
  • Assistant referees: Alain Rolland [Ireland], Simon McDowell [Ireland]
  • TMO: Shaun Veldsman [South Africa]

My two cents:

  • Both teams look pretty decent.
  • I’m glad to see PDV didn’t do anything silly with the selections.
  • I thought Weepu has been good so far, I would have retained him.
  • Why the hell do the Springboks get Northern Hemisphere referees AGAIN?
15 Gio Aplon, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 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 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (captain), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.