The Wallabies team to play the Springboks in Sunday’s RWC Quarter Final has been announced and there are no real surprises.
Australia:
Kurtley Beale, James O’Connor, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Pat McCabe, Digby Ioane, Quade Cooper, Will Genia, Radike Samo, Rocky Elsom, David Pocock, James Horwill, Dan Vickerman, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, Sekope Kepu.
Reserves: Tatafu Polota-Nau, James Slipper, Nathan Sharpe, Ben McCalman, Luke Burgess, Berrick Barnes, Anthony Faingaa.
Of note: McCabe at no. 12 instead of Barnes, four/three split on the bench with Faingaa added, Sharpe into the reserves for Simmons, Higginbotham dropped, McCalman not Hodgson the no. 7 backup.
South Africa:
Patrick Lambie, JP Pietersen, Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers, Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn, Fourie du Preez, Pierre Spies, Schalk Burger, Heinrich Brüssow, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Jannie du Plessis, John Smit, Gurthro Steenkamp
Reserves: Bismarck du Plessis, CJ van der Linde, Willem Alberts, Francois Louw, Francois Hougaard, Butch James, Gio Aplon
Venue:
Wellington Regional Stadium (The Caketin)
Sunday, 9 October 2011 – 6:00pm NZ, 4.00pm EDT, 3.00pm BrisVegas
Match Officials:
- Referee: Bryce Lawrence (NZL)
- Touch Judge: Dave Pearson (ENG)
- Touch Judge: Romain Poite (FRA)
- TV match official: Giulio De Santis
