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Watch: Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett combine for scorching long-range effort

(Source/Sky Sport NZ)

After a rare drought of four tests without a try, All Black right wing Will Jordan exploded at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne to score another incredible long range five pointer.

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The Crusaders fullback combined brilliantly with reserve first five Beauden Barrett to find a weakness in behind the Wallabies defence in the 55th minute.

Jordan snatched Barrett’s chip kick out of the air on the full before putting a deadly left foot step on Wallabies fullback Andrew Kellaway who had raced up to try shut down the kick.

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The Wallabies cover defence could not close on him as the 24-year-old speedster turned on the jets to outpace three defenders and score his 20th test try in as many appearances.

Jordan’s try gave the All Blacks a 31-13 lead with 25 minutes remaining which many thought would have sealed the game but a massive Wallabies comeback saw the home side take the lead.

Two tries to Andrew Kellaway closed the gap dramatically before a brilliant try to Pete Samu down the left hand side levelled scores at 34-all.

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The Wallabies took an unlikely 37-34 lead when Nic White landed a penalty goal from nearly 50 metres out with minutes remaining.

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The Wallabies quickly turned the ball over after the kickoff by sealing off the ruck and conceding a penalty.

The All Blacks turned down a shot at goal for the draw and boldly kicked to the corner in search of a win only for the maul to collapse. The Wallabies pounced on the fallen carrier and forced a holding on penalty with a minute and a half remaining.

Controversially, referee Mathieu Raynal called a scrum to the All Blacks after ruling Bernard Foley had wasted enough time clearing to touch following the penalty.

The All Blacks right wing was called upon to make a match-winning play again after the siren as the All Blacks stole the match at the death following the crucial turnover by Foley.

As the All Blacks shifted the ball right, Jordan was able to draw in two defenders and interest Marika Koroibete enough to free up fullback Jordie Barrett with an offload.

Barrett went low and scored in the tackle of Koroibete to give the All Blacks a 39-37 win in a thrilling escape for the visitors.

All Blacks head coach Ian Foster praised the ‘level heads’ that showed enough composure to construct the final try but ideally would have liked his side to have shown more control in the final quarter.

“We would have liked to finish off the game better than we did,” head coach Foster said of the Wallabies late comeback.

“We got ourselves in a position to do that [at 31-13].

“Perhaps what was our strength two weeks ago became our weakness in that last quarter. We let through a couple of tries through tackles that should have been made.

“We will go away and look at that.”

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Oh no, not him again? 2 hours ago
England internationals disagree on final play execution vs All Blacks

Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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CO 3 hours ago
Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


To get the unforced errors under control he's going to be needing to handover the number eight role to Sititi and reset expectations of what loose forwards do. Establish a clear distinction with a large, swarthy lineout jumper at six that is a feared runner and dominant tackler and a turnover specialist at seven that is abrasive in contact. He'll then need to build depth behind the three starters and ruthlessly select for that group to be peaking in 2027 in hit Australian conditions on firm, dry grounds.


It's going to help him that Savea is shifting to the worst super rugby franchise where he's going to struggle behind a beaten pack every week.


The under performing loose forward trio is the key driver of the high error rates and unacceptable turn overs due to awol link work. Sititi is looking like he's superman compared to his openside and eight.


At this late stage in the season they shouldn't be operating with just the one outstanding loose forward out of four selected for the English test. That's an abject failure but I think Robertson's sacrificing link quality on purpose to build passion amongst the junior Allblacks as they see the reverential treatment the old warhorses are receiving for their long term hard graft.


It's unfortunately losing test matches and making what should be comfortable wins into nail biters but it's early in the world cup cycle so perhaps it's a sacrifice worth making.


However if this was F1 then Sam Cane would be Riccardo and Ardie would be heading into Perez territory so the loose forwards desperately need revitalisation through a rebuild over the next season to complement the formidable tight five.

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