10 Key Moments In All Black Win Over The Springboks
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Ardie Savea ran out for his 100th All Black appearance at Eden Park and went on to make the final match winning penalty win to keep the Eden Park record alive. Here are the key moments from the clash.
10 Key Moments
1’ All Black pressure forces early error:
All Black line out on 22m after good Kolbe kick behind line but the pressure from the hosts was key. Emoni Narawa scores off cross field kick with some luck off a slippery surface
8’ Emoni Narawa off injured:
Narawa off injured which brought Damian Mckenzie to 15 and Will Jordan to wing in a backline shuffle
16’ Brilliant Beauden Barrett 50/22:
Will Jordan scores off the line out strike play which was all set up by a Beauden Barrett 50/22 kick
39’ Handre Pollard 50/22 comes to nothing:
The Springboks needed to get points to end the half and they faultered at the once unbreakable line out
41’ Willie le Roux flat pass to set Cheslin Kolbe away:
The Springboks contest at the line out for NZ in their 22 which resulted from the attacking play and nearly score if it were not for a brilliant piece of work by Rieko Ioane to hold Ox Nche up and stop a try. Tupou Vaa’i wins a penalty form the 22m restart and the hosts exit
45’ Superb Jesse Kriel defensive read:
Kriel put in a momentum stopping hit Jordie Barrett on the 22m line, the Springboks win a penalty a few phases later with NZ not recovering.
51’ Springboks waste another good opportunity:
Eben Etzebeth with a big hit off the restart and then pestered the NZ ruck, Finaly Christie does not get a strong clearing kick but this is follwed by the Springboks penalised for obstruction in the NZ 22
63’ Wilco Louw comes on:
The Springboks decimate the All Blacks scrum marching them back over 10m, from the resulting tighthead the Springboks score
64’ Obstruction off the restart:
A penalty to NZ off restart and they go for line out which sees Kwagga Smith binned from that attack, the All Blacks score off this moment
79’ Ardie Savea on his 100th test with a breakdown penalty 5m from his own line to secure the win:
