Oz vs Boks Live Chat & Banter

 Oz had 10 phases but Skelton spills it while on attack. Boks cleared well.

 Small mistakes by OZ, knock-on by Ginea while on attack from behind the ruck. Boks on attack & looking good, on 1 meter mark.
Jamie is injured & off (neck twist), some Bok fans will be happy.
Oz feed to the scrum, let's see what the Boks can do.

 Boks put on a good drive but Oz clear the ball. From the line out Boks run it & get a penalty. Kick is good 3-0 after 15 mins 28 secs.

 Matfield limps off, some Boks fans are cheering. Ol' timers are dropp ing like flies.

 Hi Cloudy, yeah they may be but surely CleverMike is celebrating somewhere as two of his Unfavorites are off, same for Saffex & Beeno

 Not a very impressive game so far, burger is playing well.

 Folau made a great play almost scored but wee willie tackled him low.

 boks monst ored the Oz pack, penalty to Boks.

 Pollard gets three more, exciting stuff Cooper misses a penalty... more exciting stuff

 Penalty against Oz, does Nigel have an SA passport?

 I would like to see Po*ock play as he is tougher than Hooper & this is needed against the Boks. Bismark gets a great turnover.  Willie with a poor clearing kick.

 Good try to Oz, Cooper back on the inside of Cooper. Where was the defence. 7 - 6 Oz after 34 mins.

 Good try to the Boks. 13-7 as Pollard makes the kick off the post.

 ...try set up by Willie Le Roux who attracted all the defenders before offloading...Hope QC and Genia are still playing when we meet them...too easy

 Oz tried some running from inside their 20 & it was intercepted by de Allende. Oz holds as Cooper gets the turnover & clears it. A little bit more interesting as the game progresses. You might have to slow down on the knitting Cloudy

 Hi Brycy, Genia is off with an injury, let's see how Phipps does. Oz need Po*ock as Hooper cannot handle the Boks loose forwards.

 Kriel scores a great try, looked very good.

 Looks like Boks have Oz' number in this game. Can that arrogant twit of an Oz coach change things up?

 Poc)ock is on after 45 mins. Good call, don't know why the took Higgs off though he is a big strong guy.

 Bismarck is having it all his own way with turnovers. Oz scrum, they have to show something here.

 Poor pass by Cooper ' Draaaknee knocks on.  They are taking Bismark off, strange as he is having a good game.

 Boks win a scrum penalty. Oz scrum looks like it had not improved.

 20-10 to Boks after 54 mins but Boks are dominating game.

 Oz wins a penalty scrum - tighthead.

 Cooper really messes up on the penalty kick, what a disaster.

 The wee Lambie is on. Giteau is off with blood but may not be back as he took a shot to the ribs.

 Oz are not able to hold on to the ball as they attack the try line again. Scrum, Bok ball. Oz win a scrum penalty & want another scrum.

 Hooper scores the try off the scrum. Falou helped set that up. 6 mins left in the game, kick is good. 17-20 to Boks.

Did the Oz score? TMO will tell us!

Try to OZ 1.43 mins after time was up. Oz stole it as the Boks looked better for most of the game. Congrats Oz, tough game Boks.
24-20 to Oz. Didn't look possible for most of the game.

 Boks threw the match away.  Well done Ozz for hanging in there.  Meyer fcked up by using too many subs.

 ...JW, Let the blame game commence...notice the improvement when QC and Genia went off?...might have to get that choking emoticon out ready for our mate  Bean Brain..

 so poor performance from both teams!!!!!!!!!!
aussies did nothing on attack but were even poorer on defense, they let some huge gaps and some easy tries.
True that this was their first match of the season but they have to improve huge if they want to reach the QF in that difficult pool they have in RWC.

and what to say about the boks who lost against this so poor team? they were even poorer

Aww no, now we are in for anguish and hand ringing on this site. My take on it was the Boks looked good up until the end and they let it slip away. Front row was replaced & that was when things started to go down hill. Oz substitutions were good. Did Meyer lose the game?
Backs had some good moves, forwards were dominant in scrums until the last quarter or so. Boks can only blame themselves for the loss as the win was well within their grasp.

To Claydog, our resident Aussie, congrats ...

 Ditto, congrats Claydog!