{"id":14406,"date":"2012-09-08T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-1-rugby-australia-come-back-to-edge-springboks-in-perth\/"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:01:28","slug":"update-1-rugby-australia-come-back-to-edge-springboks-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-rugby-australia-come-back-to-edge-springboks-in-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Rugby-Australia come back to edge Springboks in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds quotes, detail)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Wallabies score two second half tries<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Habana gives Springboks first half advantage<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>PERTH, Sept 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Australia got their Rugby<br \/>\nChampionship campaign back on track with a scrappy 26-19 victory<br \/>\nover South Africa on Saturday, coming back from a first half<br \/>\ndeficit to register a fifth successive win over the Springboks.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back losses to the All Blacks in their first two<br \/>\nmatches of the inaugural competition had made this a must win<br \/>\ntest for the Wallabies and their coach Robbie Deans.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a poor first half where they fell behind to Springbok<br \/>\nwinger Bryan Habana&#8217;s 42nd test try, scores from forwards Scott<br \/>\nHigginbotham and Ben Alexander and a perfect kicking display<br \/>\nfrom Berrick Barnes just about got them across the line.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa, who drew 16-16 with Argentina in their last<br \/>\nouting, were still knocking at the door looking for a converted<br \/>\ntry to tie the match at the end of the match but will rue a lack<br \/>\nof a spark in their backline.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We went into the second half and felt that we hadn&#8217;t played<br \/>\nas much as we would have liked to,&#8221; Australia captain Will<br \/>\nGenia, on crutches after injuring his knee, said in a pitchside<br \/>\ninterview.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we came out with a lot more enthusiasm and energy. We<br \/>\nhave a lot of pride in what we do. We know we&#8217;re a good side and<br \/>\njust happy to get a good win against a quality opposition.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds quotes, detail) * Wallabies score two second half tries * Habana gives Springboks first half advantage PERTH, Sept 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Australia got their Rugby Championship campaign back on track with a scrappy 26-19 victory over South Africa on Saturday, coming back from a first half deficit to register a fifth successive win over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-14406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}