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All Blacks defy critics to stun Springboks at Ellis Park fortress

New Zealand's number eight Ardie Savea runs with the ball during the Rugby Championship international rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on August 13, 2022. (Photo by WIKUS DE WET / AFP) (Photo by WIKUS DE WET/AFP via Getty Images)

Centre David Havili and lock Scott Barrett have scored late tries as New Zealand eased the pressure on coach Ian Foster with a superb 35-23 victory over South Africa in their Rugby Championship clash at Ellis Park on Saturday.

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Captain Sam Cane and hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho also scored tries as the All Blacks silenced the 61,519 crowd to claim what will be viewed as a famous win having lost five of their previous six tests.

The Springboks were not as clinical as they had been in the 26-10 victory over the visitors the previous week as they scored tries through sublime centre Lukhanyo Am and winger Makazole Mapimpi, but faced opponents who were vastly improved.

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Whether the victory is enough to save Foster’s job will become clear in the coming days, as New Zealand prepare to host Argentina in their next Rugby Championship clash on Aug. 27, while the Boks travel to play Australia on the same day.

“I’ve got no idea. I’m just going to enjoy tonight,” Foster said when asked about his future. “There’s no doubt it’s been a pretty stressful time. We’ve been trying to find our feet as a team.

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“The stress has been good for me, I think I lost one kilogram over the last week, so a couple more weeks I’ll be in good shape,” he said with a smile.

The All Blacks were better in the scrum, breakdown and under the high ball, all areas they had struggled in seven days ago in Nelspruit.

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“Proud is an understatement,” Cane said. “Adversity really challenges your character and this group has that. We had to get a few parts of our game right as this is one of the toughest places in the world to come and play.

“We were a lot better at the breakdown and dealt with the contestables better. We defended the maul well. That is what test footy is all about, getting the small things right to build pressure.”

It took until the 25th minute for New Zealand to open the score via a penalty, but the visitors then accelerated into a 15-0 lead.

They kept possession from a Caleb Clarke br eak and Cane crossed in the corner, before Taukei’aho barged over from close-range after incessant pressure.

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The Boks had a good close to the half, though, as Am showed great strength to beat the tackle of Clarke and score, and flyhalf Handre Pollard landed a penalty from 55 yards that sailed through the Highveld air to make it 15-10 at the break.

The teams traded penalties before the Boks scored their second try, a trademark steel from Malcolm Marx at the breakdown saw Damian Willemse float a long pass for Mapimpi to cross in the corner.

The Boks took the lead for the first time on 68 minutes after Beauden Barrett tackled scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse without the ball in his own 22 and received a yellow card.

But despite being a man down, the All Blacks produced a big finish as Havili and Barrett dotted down to complete the win.

“The first half, the game was fast and we couldn’t put out game-plan on them,” South Africa captain Siya Kolisi said.

“We could have worked harder there. We knew they only need a couple of moments to make it count and they did that. Congratulations to them.”

For South Africa:
Tries: Am, Mapimpi
Cons: Pollard 2
Pens: Pollard 3

For New Zealand:
Tries: Cane, Taukei’aho, Havili, S Barrett
Cons: Mo’unga 3
Pens: Mo’unga 3

Yellow card: Damian Willemse (South Africa, 4? – cynical play, not rolling away); Beauden Barrett (New Zealand, 67? – cynical play, tackling a player without the ball)

South Africa: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Jesse Kriel, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siyamthanda Kolisi (captain), 5 Lodewyk de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Retshegofaditswe Nche.
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Albertus Smith, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Willie le Roux.

New Zealand: 15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 David Havili, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane (captain), 6 Shannon Frizell, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Samson Taukei’aho, 1 Ethan de Groot.
Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 George Bower, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Tupou Vaa’i, 20 Akira Ioane, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Quinn Tupaea.

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) & Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia)

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Phil 926 days ago

Exciting game and great result. Still some work to do in mauls (lifting Legs)and missed tackles (Kane 3).A few poor choices and sublime moments.

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Mark 926 days ago

Hi world rugby. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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Schneider 927 days ago

Well played NZ...brought their A game... 

I dont know what the Boks brought..dubious selections upfront that backfired spectacularly.

Probably a game of 1/3rds. The famed BOMB squad had to be brought on about 10minutes earlier than anticipated.

First 1/3rd NZ, 2/3rd SA and final 1/3rd NZ. 

So much for all the hype about "Ellis Park, how poor the All Blacks are...and playing at altitude."

I recall reading an article this week as to why Frans Malherbe wouldn't get a game in super rugby.

  • This is the professional area...how can a professional rugby outfit carry so many "fat" players...it may work 1 week but on consecutive weekends playing top level sides...you are looking for a hiding.
If you match the physicality of the Springboks...they are pretty ordinary and are probably on par with Argentina when it comes to RugbyIQ and brains. Things will go pear shaped fast when their game plan isnt working or things go awry -they just do not have a Plan B

 Also the massive amount of energy their natural game requires them to play, means they will be drained playing quality opposition 2 weeks in a row. 

For NZ the lineout functioned well. Scrums were not great but there is time to improve. Breakdown work was phenomenal, quick fast ball, hard cleaning out at rucks  allowed the backline the time it needed to fire albeit for a few wayward passes. 

I still dont rate Boks as a side to truly have tested the All Blacks(Ireland and probably France) are rightly the 2 best teams at the moment. The attacking threat provided  by the re-jigged Am-Willemse-Le Roux Bok backline was frightening, i dont think they where helped out by their forwards much but that is what NZ playing vs France will be- but just with better forwards. 

Lukhanyo Am..wow what a player.

In fairness on their day any team in the top 6 can take each other out.

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Jmann 927 days ago

With the usual blather mouths from the Republic telling nz how rubbish our team is. I hope a few rugby writers from nz can offer some ideas to the boks on how to move forward after losing, yet again, to such a poor nz team

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ColinK 927 days ago

Great test and for a hard core AB's fan that was special, a thing of beauty even. Good to see the boys still have their mojo. Always bet on black. Wonderful Boks team though all credit to our much respected foe. These are the great tests.

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Silk 927 days ago

Fantastic test match. Epic.
Glad to see the All Blacks back to their best.
Was the Boks's match for the taking. Just watched the highlights again. Boks left a few tries out there. May the rivalry continue.
Go Bokke

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pele 927 days ago

Great comeback victory by the ABs. Forwards made the difference. Scrum parity with the odd pen. Lineout wins.
Backs shaping up. Defence good

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