SportRugbyRugby UnionThe Springboks look to kick off their campaign with a win over the Wallabies in Brisbane
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Australia will be hoping to continue a good start to life under Joe Schmidt as they welcome world champions South Africa to Brisbane.
The Wallabies are three wins from three under their new head coach, following up a series win over Wales with a narrow victory over Georgia. The intensity ratchets up with the Springboks in town, though, as the two sides look to kick start their Rugby Championship campaigns.
The double World Cup winners have a curiously poor recent record in this tournament, their triumph in 2019 their sole competition crown since Argentina’s addition. But with New Zealand rebuilding a little under their own new boss, Rassie Erasmus may spy an opportunity to add more Southern Hemisphere silverware to his collection.
The Springboks boss hands eye-catching first starts to Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Elrigh Louw in an otherwise settled side, while Schmidt throws abrasive flanker Carlo Tizzano into the fray for a first cap in the first of back-to-back meetings between these two on Australian soil.
Follow all the latest action from Suncorp Stadium below:
1723270641TRY! Australia 0-28 SOUTH AFRICA (Kwagga Smith, 62 minutes)Too much punch, too much power – four scores for the Springboks as they re-assert their authority!
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:17
1723270578Australia 0-21 South Africa, 60 minutesTate McDermott replaces Jake Gordon at scrum half as his forwards concede a lineout penalty. Marco van Staden and fellow back-row replacement Kwagga Smith punch forward with menace, and there are three advantages being played as South Africa use the hands to the left.
Has Kurt-Lee Arendse somehow tightroped the touchline and scored? No, a toe on the chalk denies him, but the Springboks have their pick of the penalties. They take the left-most of them and will set a scrum five metres out.
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:16
1723270425Australia 0-21 South Africa, 58 minutesFrisky carrying from Len Ikitau and Rob Valetini, might they are about the only two positive involvements Australia can muster in the movement. Jeremy Williams is isolated as he carries and Marco van Staden – on for Siya Kolisi – picks pleasingly at the carcass. Penalty to South Africa.
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:13
1723270269Australia 0-21 South Africa, 56 minutesAt last, signs of life from Australia in phase play, generating depth and pace in their play and making inroads down the left. That’s the first time, really, that they’ve got to the edge of the Springboks’ blitz.
A stray South African hand in the tackle ends the adventure within five metres of the visitors’ 22.
(Getty Images)Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:11
1723270152Australia 0-21 South Africa, 52 minutesTight five changes for both teams – props Gerhard Steenekamp and Vincent Koch relieve the Springbok starters; Jeremy Williams takes Nick Frost’s place at lock for the Wallabies. Steenekamp and Koch pick up where Ox Nche and Frans Malherbe left off, earning a scrum penalty immediately.
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:09
1723270085Australia 0-21 South Africa, 53 minutesHe can, but it’s another opportunity gone for the Wallabies! Eben Etzebeth and co. dismantle the maul, and a loose ball is bobbled forward after Etzebeth corrals Jake Gordon.
He really is a remarkable player. This is cap number 123 for the 32-year-old and he’s still just about the best lock on the planet. That is his last act, though – Salmaan Moerat replaces him in the row.
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:08
1723269930Australia 0-21 South Africa, 52 minutesThe Wallabies’ walking wounded are cleared to continue as Australia launch an assault on the South Africa 22. Dylan Pietsch makes a bright carry before Pieter-Steph du Toit locks him in a barbarous embrace. Entirely legal, unlike South Africa’s fringe defence, which is offside.
Back to that left corner. Can Josh Nasser get his throw right this time?
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:05
1723269829Australia 0-21 South Africa, 51 minutesIt’s all gone a little hectic all of a sudden. A blind flicked offload out the back from South African hands buries itself in Rob Valetini’s midriff, and the big back rower tonks a kick ahead for faster men to get after. The Springboks get back and clear their lines, but there are broken bodies eveywhere, including James Slipper and Valetini himself.
Cobus Reinach, who threw that intercept to Valetini, is replaced by Grant Williams.
(Getty Images)Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:03
1723269741Australia 0-21 South Africa, 50 minutesA couple of Wallaby catchers get themselves in a tangle and nearly fumble what should be a simple mark. In fact, they probably did – Tom Wright is a little lucky that Luke Pearce looks favourably on his catch and grants the full-back a free kick despite his drop. Wright, perhaps recognising he’s been fortunate, hurriedly snaps a kick away to touch.
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:02
1723269645Australia 0-21 South Africa, 49 minutesThe Springboks threaten to go the length of the field in transition, Cobus Reinach buzzy and busy and Eben Etzebeth absolutely monstering a tackler in contact. The lock is eventually dragged away into touch, to Australia’s relief.
Harry Latham-Coyle10 August 2024 07:00
