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Jordie Barrett comes under fire after massive error

Jordie Barrett looks on as Jaguares players celebrate. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images)

Hurricanes and All Blacks fullback Jordie Barrett has received a lot of criticism on social media after a huge blunder in his team’s loss to the Jaguares in Wellington on Friday.

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It is the first time that a team from outside New Zealand has won in Wellington since 2015, as the Argentinian outfit came away 28-20 victors.

Barrett started the game superbly, and his scything run through the heart of the Jaguares defence set up Vaea Fifita’s try in the opening minute of the match.

However, he made a huge error only ten minutes later, as he palmed the ball dead in goal after a kick through, as they often do in rugby league. This is illegal in union, and it cost his team a penalty try, and ten minutes in the sin bin.

This was an error that set the tone for the entire match, as the Hurricanes never gained the lead again. In the absence of Jordie’s brother Beauden, the backline failed to function all game. This was also down to the Jaguares pack, who competed ferociously at the breakdown and defended resolutely after conceding the early try.

However, Barrett’s mistake was fairly inexcusable, and many fans on Twitter could not believe that he would do something so fundamentally wrong.

This is how the fans have reacted:

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https://twitter.com/alexdillon33/status/1129312868829024257?s=20

As seen, many have been critical of Barrett’s erroneous performance as a whole. The 22-year-old did not have his greatest game, and it was marked by a number of errors throughout.

However, despite being rough around the edges, many realise that he is still young and has the potential to develop into a world class player. His run in the opening seconds of the match is an indication of what the 6ft 5 utility back can do, albeit it was not his night against the Jaguares.

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Nickers 37 minutes ago
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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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