Sep. 16th,
2017
The
Springboks, meanwhile, will lick their wounds after falling to their first Test
defeat of 2017.
Stacking the
breakdown early and denying the All Blacks time and space to run free, the
burly South Africans appeared keen to start a war of attrition.
But their
tactics didn't work for long, as the All Blacks shook off a slow start to
spectacularly score twice within the space of four minutes.
Ahead 3-0 in
the 17th minute, Smith took a quick-tap penalty and dinked a cute left-footed
kick into the corner, where Ioane burned off his opposite to score.
Four minutes
later, it was Barrett's turn to impress.
Winger
Milner-Skudder pinched an intercept on the right edge, before playing a clever
one-two with his first-five to score the All Blacks' second, suddenly putting
the wind in their sails.
Further
tries to Scott Barrett and Retallick - the latter a length-of-the-field effort
- ensued, taking the All Blacks into the break 31-0 ahead, before second-half
efforts to Tu'ungafasi, Milner-Skudder, Taylor and Lienert-Brown.
NZN/Newshub.
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