Scorers
South Africa
Tries –
Pen – M Steyn 5
Con –
Drop – M Steyn
Cards –
New Zealand
Tries – R Kahui
Pen –
Con –
Drop –
Cards –
Match Officials
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Andrew Small (England), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Television match official: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa)
Timekeeper: Paul Ackermann (South Africa)
Statistician: Jacques Hugo (South Africa)
Assessor: Tappe Henning
Teams
South Africa: 15 Pat Lambie , 14 JP Pietersen , 13 Jaque Fourie , 12 Jean de Villiers , 11 Bryan Habana , 10 Morne Steyn , 9 Fourie du Preez , 8 Pierre Spies , 7 Willem Alberts , 6 Heinrich Brussow , 5 Victor Matfield (captain) , 4 Bakkies Botha , 3 Jannie du Plessis , 2 Bismarck du Plessis , 1 Gurthro Steenkamp
Replacements , 16 John Smit , 17 Tendai Mtawarira , 18 CJ van der Linde , 19 Danie Rossouw , 20 Ashley Johnson , 21 Francois Hougaard , 22 Butch James
New Zealand: Israel Dagg, Isaia Toeava, Richard Kahui, Sonny Bill Williams, Hosea Gear, Colin Slade, Jimmy Cowan; Liam Messam, Adam Thomson, Jerome Kaino, Ali Williams, Sam Whitelock, John Afoa, Keven Mealamu, Tony Woodcock.
Reserves: Andrew Hore, Ben Franks, Jarrad Hoeata, Victor Vito, Andy Ellis, Piri Weepu, Cory Jane.
NUOVA ZELANDA – AUSTRALIA 30-14
Nuova Zelanda: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu (55′ Colin Slade), 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu (69′ Sonny Bill Williams), 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Piri Weepu (60′ Andy Ellis), 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino (71′ Adam Thomson), 5 Ali Williams (66′ Samuel Whitelock), 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu (60′ Andrew Hore), 1 Wyatt Crockett (50′ Ben Franks)
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 Ben McCalman (55′ Scott Higginbotham), 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (c), 5 James Horwill, 4 Rob Simmons (53′ Dan Vickerman), 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore (69′ Saia Fainga’a), 1 Sekope Kepu.
Arbitri: Craig Joubert (Sud Africa); Marius Jonker (Sud Africa), Christie du Preez (Sud Africa); Glen Jackson
Marcatori: 6′ cp. Carter, 8′ m. Nonu tr. Carter, 27′ m. Mealamu tr. Carter, 47′ dr. Carter, 51′ m. Ioane tr. Cooper, 53′ m. Sivivatu tr. Carter, 68′ cp. Carter, 76′ m. Elsom tr. Cooper
Si sa che resterà nella madre patria ancora per un anno almeno, ma dove? Rumors neozelandesi fanno sapere che il talentuosissimo centro ha firmato il contratto con la squadra che lo vedrà protagonista nel prossimo Super Rugby. Quale? Al momento non e’ dato sapere, ma di sicuro non ha firmato con i Crusaders: bye bye Christchurch.
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