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Great try by Habana, he may not score as often as he used to but he's still a quality player.

SA should be winning this one with so many missed penalties, that's not to say they deserve to be leading. Game has the feeling that it hasn't really started yet. NZ haven't been that impressive, Dagg & Nonu for me has been the standout players for them in the first half.

Half is ending as it started, good intensity but poor decisions and accuracy from SA.

Dagg did brilliant there to recover that situation. Was a pretty decent kick from Pinaar initially.

Rolling maul is SA's best weapon so far. But you always worry for the Boks when their kicking isn't going well.

SA pass it into touch again when the overlap was on.

Steyn's woes with the boot continue. Missed penalties could be costly for SA.

Two good offloads in that move for the try, Dagg did an immense amount of work in that move well deserved try for him. SA need to get back to the intensity they had in the first 10 minutes or NZ could have one of their purple patches that can decide a game early on.

They're definitely flat, but then they haven't really clicked into top gear so far this RC. As a neutral it's been good to see NZ having to defend for extended periods as good defence can be entertaining too.

So far the Boks intensity has been at a much higher level than it's been so far in the RC, unfortunately for them the same can't be said about their accuracy. For NZ Weepu is playing to his status, a player who's no longer automatic first choice and you can see the rustiness and...

That's a good point IS, I think Deans is under massive pressure for his position at the moment. If he wants to continue as Aus coach (I think he wants to stay until at least after the Lions series) he'll pull out all the stops to try to win the 3 remaining games in the RC and who can blame him...

Agree on the difficulty of getting Burgess released. French clubs are probably the hardest to get players released from unless they have a clause in their contract and they don't allow too many of those. I think it's a difficult one on picking players not playing domestically. Outside of Genia...

3 Hooper 2 AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 1 Samo

From the playing personnel point of view I thought AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) had a very good game, should be 1st choice 13. QC (Quade Cooper) looked good when he took it to the line and he set the tone by standing so flat, decision making wasn't great at times. Barnes had a poor game and gave some poor passes when a break/try was...

Great win for the Wallabies, yes there is still a lot that needs improving but today was a step forward compared to the 2 NZ tests. Pity about so many injuries though. Apart from their kicking SA didn't do too much that well. Didn't bring the intensity you expect from a SA team and they have a...

74 minutes and first time I can remember SA bringing any real intensity.

Think that was a try on 1st viewing, but Genia gone now in the background?

Lucky pen for SA there, looked like the SA went down on one knee for a second before winning the pen.

Great covering tackle for AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) there he's looked really good the whole game. 13 is definitely his best position and he should be picked there 1st instead of being the one to fill in after the rest of the backline is picked.

My thoughts on the 1st half. Australia's performance is much improved, streets ahead of what you produced against NZ. Look good with ball in hand, standing flat and taking the ball up you're causing SA problems. Back play hasn't been perfect, some of your moves have looked like they're happening...