Sabato a Sydney scatta il Tri-Nations 2011 con Australia-Sudafrica (l’ultimo prima dell’ingresso dell’Argentina).
Tra i titolari annunciati dal ct sudafricano De Villiers – dopo le polemiche sugli “infortuni” – ci sono tre esordi: i piloni Kruger e Greyling e il terza linea Johnson. Debutto in panchina per McLeod
15 Gio Aplon (DHL Western Province)
14 Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
13 Juan de Jongh (DHL Western Province)
12 Wynand Olivier (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
11 Lwazi Mvovo (The Sharks)
10 Morne Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
9 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster)
8 Ashley Johnson (Toyota Free State Cheetahs)
7 Danie Rossouw (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
6 Deon Stegmann (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
5 Johann Muller (Ulster)
4 Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
3 Werner Kruger (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
2 John Smit (cap, The Sharks )
1 Dean Greyling (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
Replacements
16 Chiliboy Ralepelle (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
17 CJ van der Linde (DHL Western Province)
18 Alistair Hargreaves (The Sharks)
19 Jean Deysel (The Sharks)
20 Charl McLeod (The Sharks)
21 Adrian Jacobs (The Sharks)
22 Patrick Lambie (The Sharks)
Il Grillotalpa 