God's Own Rugby Team...

[magpie in the 80's]

Habana (coco kabana)is icing his left shoulder on the sidelines as Burgess waits to put-in five from his line.
Giteau clears under serious pressure but Aus are penalised at the next play for pulling down Matfield at line-out time!
Steyn converts the penalty. the boks are back in town

AUST 13

S.A. 9

after 68M

[Thiele]

Go the Wallabies

[magpie in the 80's]

Four points separate these two here with Steyn kicking long to Tuqiri.
However, the young centre is penalised for holding on with the visitors deep in their own territory.
Not before a turnover sees 'the beast' fend off (roger the saint)Moore and charge to halfway!

[magpie in the 80's]

Much-needed changes for the tiring Wallabies as the Boks look very strong in these closing stages.
They have it fifteen out from the opposition whitewash as the hosts' new men look to earn their post-game beer.

[magpie in the 80's]

Giteau fails to find touch though! But the Wallabies have try-scorer Tuqiri to thank for now as he commits to (fannie)De Villiers with a big hit on halfway. This one is definitely going down to the wire

AUST 13

S.A. 9

after 76M

[magpie in the 80's]

The Boks go quickly from a Giteau touch-finding grubber and could be in trouble with Pietersen( im not the cricketer) isolated on his goal-line!
Australia turn it over and have possession inches from the whitewash - will they seal it here...

no as Elsom loses the ball.

AUST 13

S.A. 9

after 78M

[magpie in the 80's]

SA look to work their way out of their 22 but are turned over by Waugh(no im not one of the cricketing twins only their cousin) and co.
Slow ball from here on in i think as it appears the wallabies are milking the clock?!
No, as it comes back to (jimmy)Barnes and OMG he scores with a well-taken drop for a seven-point margin!

AUST 16

S.A. 9

after 79M

[magpie in the 80's]

And thats the ball game as a foot in touch ends the game here in Perth with Australia getting their Tri-Nations campaign off to a winning start!
Was it down to fresh legs or have the Boks been beaten fair and square they will be asking ?
It was a pulsating finish.

Australia DEFEAT South Africa
2............Tries........0
1............Pens........3
13..........Score.......9

Australia
TRY 35 Min (Tuqiri)
TRY 45 Min (Mortlock)
PENK 51 Min (Giteau)

South Africa
PENK 7 Min (Steyn)
PENK 53 Min (James)
PENK 70 Min (Steyn)


New Zealand next up for Kiwi Deans' men at ANZ stadium where we might get 80,000 turnout
When we might entice a special guest in MAGICKIWI to the commentary team

Thanks for joining me and my merry men here at the house of pain at subiaco oval in perth.

[JAS]

Well done the Wallabies...always like to see the Boks getting beaten

Thanks Mags (Robin Hood) for another fabulous commentary...great fun

Now grab a beer/wine and get your little butt over to the quiz forum

Regards
JAS

[Thiele]

Well done Wallabies

Well Done Rexy i mean Mags on a good call

[MagicKiwi]

big surprise that percy montgomery (captain) has been dropped

Percy's not the captain 80s. Smit is and Hatfield has been the acting captain while he's out.

[MagicKiwi]

Mags that call was "mag"nificent. I have to admit every time I see Januarie, I think of that song. Sick and tired you've been hanging on me....

I'd love to call the game this weekend but the skills you have far outweigh mine in that department. Reakon me and Mr MK will be on the edge of our seats! Can't wait! Flying out tomorrow morning and not back into Adelaide until next Wednesday so I'll find a PC somewhere over there.

Go All Blacks!!!

[Thiele]

both captains of both sides are of the game

[JAS]

Always hate trying to coose betwwen Aus and NZ...but after some thought...sorry MK that spear tackle on BOD is still a painful memory...I'll get over it one day though.

Still hope you have a fantastic time Look forward to hopefully hearing a bit about it when you get back.

Regards
JAS

[godoubleblues]

should be a cracking game this weekend
as Thiele said, no Mortlock for us and no McCaw for the All Blacks

so far it has been a great tri nations with all three teams evenly matched

[magpie in the 80's]

Welcome to Sydney for the coverage of the 2008’s Bledisloe Cup opener. Proudly brought to you by the team from SAFOOTY.

Hi everyone i'm M80's and tonight i hope to bring you a bone crunching game of rugby union against the awesome ALL BLACKS up against our very own WALLABIES.

The majority of the pre-match talk has centred on the coaches but one feels the loss of respective captains could become the deciding factor. Who will cope better without their leader in what promises to be a nail-biting contest 'til the end? There are also some mouth-watering match-ups all over the field with Carter vs Giteau, Barnes vs Nonu and Sharpe vs Williams just three of many interesting match-ups! So sit back and enjoy!

and a special hello to Mr and Mrs. MagicKiwi who have ventured over from Adelaide to witness this great clash.

[Thiele]

Have a good call Mags

[JAS]

Yay...go Mags

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

cheers JT and congrats again for winning SAFOOTY'S 2nd slaughter competition earlier today.

well ladies and gentlemen the players are making their way on to the ground in readiness for the national anthems in front of what seems to be around 85,000 fans.

1st up the national anthem of ...................................NEW ZEALAND sung by actor and Play School fame Jay Laga'aia

and now the national anthem of ...................................AUSTRALIA sung by Australian Idol runner up Jessica Mouboy

[magpie in the 80's]

Next up is the traditional Haka for New Zealand and the other rendition of Australia's anthem WALTZING MATILDA sung by our very own John Williamson.

Not far from the kick-off