Boks vs Aus #2 Live Thread

First the drudgery of the anthems, of course.

Early attacking signs by the Boks, Willie kicks possession away.

Oz rumbling, just losing possession a few yards form the line. Ominous signs for the Bok defense.

Boks actually showing some enterprise, good to see.

Easy chance at poles ignored, Pollard kicks for the corner. Maul coming up?

Great immediate counter by Aus, Eben penalized for crawling. Points lost.

Faf in trouble, yellow for slapping the ball out of the scrumhalf's hand . That was sublimely stupid.

Oz scores, slipping deftly through some poor Bok tackling. First Pollard then Orie missing their tackles.

Coolaid fluffs the conversion.

Pollard slots a penalty, 5-3.

Oz now to the corner with a kickable penalty. Their maul is a shipwreck but they shift the attack and score in the corner on the other side. The Oz big men making inroads through the Bok defence. Ikitau second try. Faf's yellow has hurt us, full credit to Oz for taking advantage.

Super conversion, 12 -3.

Good positional kick Pollard, lineout inside Oz 22. Boks attack but no real punch.

Strong scrum Boks, Nkosi drops the ball on attack but we have the penalty. 12-6.

Nkosi now with a great take from the air. Boks try to attack but Mostert now drops the pass. Penalty Oz.

We're not used to running Moolaa, give it time

15-6 .

Oodles of space and we manage to blow it with slow long passes instead of attacking the space. Am taken in the air.

15-9

How many replays do you need to make a decision? Holy shit.

No wonder a half of rugby is taking far over an hour these days when a TMO needs 5 minutes of replays to make a simple decision .

Oz at long last gets yellow for a shoulder in the tackle. Now let's get on with the game.

Boks moving from one end of the field to the other. Very lateral but slowly gaining ground. Faf kicks it into the corner. Oz clears to their 22.

Penalty Boks. Right in front. 15-12

Boks back to kicks from the base and so far it's working for them.

Massive counter ruck Oz as Boks drift laterally in attack again. End of half.

A more even game than last week despite the two Oz scores. Worrying stat for the Boks - only 72% tackle success.

Boks definitely appear more willing to run the ball, but there's no penetration. They just shift it to the wing who invariably finds himself out of space and with a defender in his face by the time the ball reaches him.

High speed start second half. Penalty tap from Faf eventually leads to him putting through a grubber from the 10m out for Am to chase in goal and score.

No conversion, 17-15.

Bongi with a shoulder niggle. Now would be a fine time to bring Marx on to drive home the advantage we have. Bongi's been a non-entity. He stays on for now though.

Aussies failing in the air and that's giving us the advantage.

Marx on now

What a kak performance...congrats Aussie,  you clearly played the better rugby in the passed 2 matches...Rennie is drastically improving Aussie Rugby...well done.

Ruckers died early in the second half. Pity .