{"id":4494,"date":"2011-10-03T12:11:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T10:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2011-10-03T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T10:11:23","slug":"springboks-ready-for-wallabies-in-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/springboks-ready-for-wallabies-in-quarter-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboks ready for Wallabies in Quarter Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa will forget that they were beaten twice by Australia this year when the two sides meet for their quarter-final Rugby World Cup clash.<\/p>\n<p>The quarter-finals matches were decided on Sunday and became a case of the northern hemisphere versus the southern hemisphere teams. All the Tri-Nations teams find themselves on the same side of the quarter-finals round.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Boks&#8217; poor Tri-Nations showing, they do know the Australians pretty well, considering that teams from these nations also contest the Super 15.<\/p>\n<p>The Boks have welcomed the quarter-final fixture and are said to be more relaxed now that their families have started arriving in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Bok coach Peter de Villiers said: &#8220;Australia won&#8217;t be easy, but they will be easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Wallabies will be less physical than Samoa but he is confident that the Australians will try to be more physical in this game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Secondly, we understand Australia and we know what they do. We&#8217;ve been playing them for years, and they&#8217;re not likely to change anything this coming week. For them it will be easier and for us it will be easier,&#8221; said De Villiers.<\/p>\n<p>The coach added that Australia might be challenged by the Boks&#8217; scrum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be a challenge for them on the scrums, especially as our scrum is exceptionally good at the moment. We use it as a good platform to play from and a guy like Pierre (Spies) gets enough time to go off the back of it. Our lineouts aren&#8217;t bad either,&#8221; De Villiers told media.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Australia &#8211; who are also dealing with an injury predicament &#8211; have called up winger Lachie Turner and Matt Hodgson to replace the injured Drew Mitchell and Wycliff Palu.<\/p>\n<p>It was during Australia&#8217;s 68-22 win over Russia on Saturday that Mitchell damaged his left hamstring.\u00a0 He joins a long list of injured players in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quarter-final fixtures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ireland v Wales, Wellington 07:00<\/li>\n<li>England v France, Auckland 09:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa v Australia, Wellington 07:00<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand v Argentina, Auckland 09:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*kick-offs in South African time<\/p>\n<p>Kemantha Govender, BuaNews<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editors Notes:<\/strong> I think it is safe to say that the All Blacks have drawn the easiest game of the semi-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa will forget that they were beaten twice by Australia this year when the two sides meet for their quarter-final Rugby World Cup clash. The quarter-finals matches were decided on Sunday and became a case of the northern hemisphere versus the southern hemisphere teams. 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