Springboks surge into half-time lead

South Africa 20 Australia 10

A late scoring rally by South Africa has given the Springboks a 20-10 lead against the Wallabies in Game One of the Tri-Nations in Cape Town today.

South Africa rallied back from the blow of Wendell Sailor's try for Australia and in the last minutes of the first half Victor Matfield went over the try line to finish off a brilliant counter-attack to help push the Springboks into a 20-10 lead.

Half-time score: South Africa 20 (Matfield try, Koen 2pens, 2conversions) Australia 10 (Sailor try, Burke conv, Burke drop goal).