Junior Springboks Beat Wallabies

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30213, 19 August 1963, Page 15

Junior Springboks Beat Wallabies

(N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) SPRINGS, August 18. A partisan crowd of about 35,000 wildlycheered the Junior Springboks to a convincing, 12-5, victory over the Australian Rugby side at Springs on Saturday.

Australia has now played 19 of the 24 matches of the tour of South Africa and Rhodesia and won 13. drawn one and lost five The Junior Springboks won on goal kicking, but went close to scoring at least three tries in the closing stages They scored a try by the breakaway. K. du Piesanie In the fifteenth minute of the second half, two penalty goals by the giant Western Province forward. T. Naude, and a field goal by the Northern Transvaal full-back, M GrundEgh. Try By Darla Australia’s only points came from a fine try by the New Zealand breakaway, G. Davis in the thirteenth minute of the game T. Casey added the extra points with a great kick from near the sideline.

But Australia did not really look like scoring again, although twice with the overlap there, I. Moutray failed to take the opportunity. The first half see-sawed but the Wallabies did little

except defend in the second half In the closing stages C. Dirksen, W. Mans and P Prinsloo went close to scoring. One magnificent tackle by Casey saved a try when Mans made a dashing run. Earter, K Caitchpole, who covered well, stopped a possible try with a punishing tackle of D.rksen, Both of Naude's kicks rebounded off the right post, the first of them a wellangled kick from 43 yards. Moutray Weak P Ryan, the Wallabies other full-back, who replaced R Marks on the right wing did not have an outstanding game, particularly in defence The outside centre, Moutray was a major disappointment in a languid display. He probably will lose his test place if Marks is fit to play In the tough forward struggle, D. Shepherd, E Heinrich and J. Freedman did not impress sufficiently to suggest they will replace J O’Gorman. J. Guerassimoff and P. Crittle from the test pack.