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Australia's Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom, cenre, along with his teammates. AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama
Interact with other Roarers here tonight as a beaten, battered and travel weary Springboks take on the Wallabies in Brisbane, still hurting from consecutive losses to the All Blacks and needing to kickstart their Tri Nations campaign.
The Wallabies are also coming off some mediocre form and will be eager to continue their run of successes in Brisbane against the South Africans, who have lost there a remarkable seven times in succession. Start leaving your thoughts, opinion, and observations from 7.30pm (AEST) ahead of an 8.05pm (AEST) kick-off.
Australia:Adam Ashley-Cooper; James O’Connor, Rob Horne, Matt Giteau,Drew Mitchell; Quade Cooper, Will Genia; Richard Brown, David Pocock, Rocky Elsom (captain); Nathan Sharpe, Dean Mumm; Salesi Ma’afu, Saia Fainga’a, Benn Robinson.
Reserves: Stephen Moore, James Slipper, Rob Simmons, Ben McCalman, Luke Burgess, Berrick Barnes, Kurtley Beale.
South Africa:
Zane Kirchner; Gio Aplon, Jaque Fourie, Wynand Olivier, Bryan Habana; Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar; Pierre Spies, Ryan Kankowski, Schalk Burger; Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw; BJ Botha, John Smit (captain), Gurthro Steenkamp.Reserves: Chiliboy Ralepelle, CJ van der Linde, Flip van der Merwe, Dewald Potgieter, Francois Hougaard, Butch James, Juan de Jongh.
Join The Roar rugby editor Christy Doran, former Wallaby Matt Toomua and a cast of regular and special guests as they look at the biggest issues in the game on The Roar Rugby Podcast. If you’re looking for great odds on the next game check out Aussie bookmaker PlayUp. Chances are you’re about to lose. Set a deposit limit.