With the Tri Nations wooden spoon on the line, South Africa and Australia provided rugby fans with a great spectacle this weekend.

For most of the game, it appeared as if we were in for a repeat of last weekend's game in Pretoria. The Aussies took a commanding lead in the first half by 31 points to 6. The Springboks then manufactured an amazing come back to lead by one point, 39-38 with five minutes left. Apart from an O'Connor try the Aussies had given a poor performance during the second half but credit has to go the Boks who played out of their socks in the second session.

However this week the game had a different ending with Kurtley Beale landing a massive 55 metre penalty kick to end the game, with the scoreline 41 to 39 to Australia and the wooden spoon firmly in the hands of the South Africans.

Despite the spoils of this year's Tri Nations being handed out, there is still one game left. A game meaningless in terms of the standings but definitely not meaningless to Australians and New Zealanders. Judging by the standard of rugby in this year's Tri Nations we should be in for another corker next weekend in Sydney. Enjoy!

 

2008 Mar	Jul	Aug	Sep	Nov	2009 Mar	May	Jul	Sep	Oct	2010 Mar	Jun	Sep
178	175	172	174	172	172	172	167	161	161	161	164	169	New Zealand	1
150	153	155	153	156	156	156	153	152	152	157	152	152	Australia	2
152	154	161	161	164	164	164	152	159	159	154	156	151	South Africa	3
127	133	133	133	135	139	139	139	139	139	139	139	139	Ireland	4
138	132	132	132	133	133	133	137	137	137	143	136	136	France	5
133	133	133	133	126	133	133	136	136	136	132	136	136	England	6
131	130	130	130	128	130	130	132	132	132	131	131	131	Wales	7
144	138	132	132	131	131	131	128	128	128	127	129	129	Argentina	8
116	120	120	120	124	122	122	122	122	122	124	127	127	Scotland	9
110	110	110	110	110	110	110	122	122	122	122	122	122	Lions	10