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Watch: Stroke of luck saves Beauden Barrett's injury time game-winning penalty in Top League

(Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

A last play penalty from over forty minutes out by Beauden Barrett won the game for Suntory Sungoliath in their heavyweight Top League clash against Toyota Verblitz.

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It seemed as if Suntory had the game before a 78th minute try to Yuki Okada and conversion to Lionel Cronje squared everything up.

With time expired and scores tied 36-all, Beauden Barrett stepped up to the tee to emulate the feats of his younger brother Jordie, who slammed over multiple long range penalties in Hurricanes’ win over the Highlanders on Friday night.

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Often criticised for his inconsistent goal-kicking, Beauden exorcised those demons with his new team Suntory but needed a slice of luck to get his side home.

His kick was drifting away before clanging into the right upright and bouncing over, much to the relief of Barrett and his teammates.

Former teammate and partner in crime at the Hurricanes TJ Perenara took to Twitter to praise Barrett’s kick, calling him ‘clutch’ and saying he has ‘ice in his veins’.

The win kept Suntory undefeated with five from five while ensuring that rivals Toyota Verblitz now play one game behind in second place with four wins and one loss.

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Toyota Verblitz have established themselves as a major player in the Top League in 2021, bolstered by the services of Kieran Read, Willie Le Roux and Michael Hooper along with astute signings in former New Zealand under-20 first five and Chiefs player Tiaan Falcon and former Highlanders centre Rob Thompson.

After the loss, the President of Toyota Motor Corporation entered the field to impart some words to his side. According to the captain, the message offered was:

“I’m glad you got a close battle but I want to see the win. Win when you win the tournament.”

https://twitter.com/Tom4Jones/status/1375770021658382340

Former Highlanders wing Tevita Li scored two tries for the Sungoliath, as well as Brave Blossoms flanker Hendrik Tui who bagged a double also. Former Wallaby Sean McMahon also joined in on the scoring, grabbing the first try of the game.

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Bull Shark 5 hours ago
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To be fair, the only thing that drives engagement on this site is over the top critiques of Southern Hemisphere teams.


Or articles about people on podcasts criticizing southern hemisphere teams.


Articles regarding the Northern Hemisphere tend to be more positive than critical. I guess to also rile up kiwis and Saffers who seem to be the majority of followers in the comments section. There seems to be a whole department dedicated to Ireland’s world ranking news.


Despite being dialled into the Northern edition - I know sweet fokall about what’s going on in France.


And even less than fokall about what’s cutting in Japan - which has a fast growing, increasingly premium League competition emerging.


And let’s not talk about the pacific. Do they even play rugby Down there.


Oh and the Americas. I’ve read more articles about a young, stargazing Welshman’s foray into NFL than I have anything related to either the north and south continents of the Americas.


I will give credit that the women’s game is getting decent airtime. But for the rest and the above; it’s just pathetic coming from a World Rugby website.


Just consider the innovation emerging in Japan with the pedigree of coaches over there.


There’s so much good we could be reading.


Instead it’s unimaginative “critical for the sake of feigning controversial”. Which is lazy, because in order to pull that off all you need to be really good at is:


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No prior experience needed.


Which is not journalism. That’s like all or most of us in the comments section. People like Finn (who I believe is a RP contributor).


Anyway. Hopefully it will get better. The game is growing and the interest in the game is growing. Maybe it will attract more qualified journalists over time.

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