30 September 2017 | ||||||
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||||||
The Rugby Championship Match | ||||||
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Captain: Eben Etzebeth | Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) | |||||
Coach: Allister Coetzee | Attendance: 33000 |
Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 32 | 94 | |
Hooker | Malcolm Marx | Lions | 23 | 9 | |
Tight-head Prop | Ruan Dreyer | Lions | 27 | 2 | 1 try |
Lock (C) | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 25 | 61 | |
Lock | Franco Mostert | Lions | 26 | 13 | |
Flank | Siya Kolisi | WP | 26 | 23 | |
Flank | Francois Louw | Bath | 32 | 52 | |
Eighthman | Uzair Cassiem | Cheetahs | 27 | 5 | |
Scrumhalf | Ross Cronjé | Lions | 28 | 4 | |
Flyhalf | Elton Jantjies | Lions | 27 | 18 | 3 conversions, 2 penalties |
Left Wing | Courtnall Skosan | Lions | 26 | 7 | 1 try |
Inside Centre | Jan Serfontein | Blue Bulls | 24 | 33 | 1 try |
Outside Centre | Jesse Kriel | Blue Bulls | 23 | 23 | |
Right Wing | Dillyn Leyds | WP | 25 | 3 | |
Full Back | Andries Coetzee | Lions | 27 | 7 | |
Reserve | Jean-Luc du Preez | Sharks | 22 | 8 | |
Reserve | Steven Kitshoff | Bordeaux | 25 | 17 | |
Reserve | Trevor Nyakane | Blue Bulls | 28 | 32 | |
Reserve | Damian de Allende | WP | 25 | 25 | |
Reserve | Pieter-Steph du Toit | WP | 25 | 27 | |
Reserve | Rudy Paige | Blue Bulls | 28 | 10 |
Australia: 3 tries, 3 conversions, 2 penalties |
Team for the Bloemfontein test: Back: Malcolm Marx, Uzair Cassiem, Franco Mostert, Jean-Luc du Preez, Damian de Allende, Steven Kitshoff, Handré Pollard, Ruan Dreyer Middle: Ross Cronjé, Courtnall Skosan, Elton Jantjies, Dillyn Leyds, Wade van Niekerk (presented jerseys), Jesse Kriel, Andries Coetzee, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Rudy Paige Front: Trevor Nyakane, Francois Louw, Siya Kolisi, Allister Coetzee (coach), Eben Etzebeth (captain), Ian Schwartz (manager), Tendai Mtawarira, Jan Serfontein, Pieter-Steph du Toit |