24 October 2015 | ||||||
Twickenham, London | ||||||
World Cup Semifinal | ||||||
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Captain: Fourie du Preez | Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France) | |||||
Coach: Heyneke Meyer | Attendance: 80090 |
Position | Player | Province | Age | Prev Tests | Scoring |
Loose-head Prop | Tendai Mtawarira | Sharks | 30 | 73 | |
Hooker | Bismarck du Plessis | Sharks | 31 | 77 | |
Tight-head Prop | Frans Malherbe | WP | 24 | 10 | |
Lock | Eben Etzebeth | WP | 23 | 42 | |
Lock | Lood de Jager | Cheetahs | 22 | 17 | |
Flank | Francois Louw | Bath | 30 | 41 | |
Flank | Schalk (jnr) Burger | Suntory | 32 | 84 | |
Eighthman | Duane Vermeulen | WP | 29 | 33 | |
Scrumhalf (C) | Fourie du Preez | Suntory | 33 | 75 | |
Flyhalf | Handré Pollard | Blue Bulls | 21 | 18 | 5 penalties |
Left Wing | Bryan Habana | Toulon | 32 | 115 | |
Inside Centre | Damian de Allende | WP | 23 | 11 | |
Outside Centre | Jesse Kriel | Blue Bulls | 21 | 9 | |
Right Wing | JP Pietersen | Wild Knights | 29 | 64 | |
Full Back | Willie le Roux | Cheetahs | 26 | 32 | |
Reserve | Willem Alberts | Sharks | 31 | 36 | |
Reserve | Trevor Nyakane | Blue Bulls | 26 | 21 | |
Reserve | Adriaan Strauss | Blue Bulls | 29 | 52 | |
Reserve | Jannie du Plessis | Sharks | 32 | 68 | |
Reserve | Victor Matfield | Blue Bulls | 38 | 125 | |
Reserve | Pat Lambie | Sharks | 25 | 48 | 1 penalty |
Reserve | Jan Serfontein | Blue Bulls | 22 | 24 |
New Zealand: 2 tries, 2 conversions, 1 penalty, 1 dropgoal |
Team for the Semifinal against New Zealand: Back: JP Pietersen, Francois Louw, Duane Vermeulen, Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Jannie du Plessis, Bismarck du Plessis, Ruan Pienaar, Adriaan Strauss. Middle: Pat Lambie, Jesse Kriel, Jan Serfontein, Frans Malherbe, Willem Alberts, Damian de Allende, Handré Pollard, Tendai Mtawarira, Willie le Roux, Trevor Nyakane. Front: Ricardo Loubscher (asst coach), Bryan Habana, Johann van Graan (asst coach), Fourie du Preez (captain), Heyneke Meyer (coach), Schalk Burger (vice-captain), Ian Schwartz (team manager), Victor Matfield, John McFarland (asst coach). |