Two weeks before facing France, the All Blacks suffer their worst defeat in their history against the world champions from South Africa.
And in a celebratory poster in Twickenham, the New Zealanders were humiliated by the Springboks (35-7) on Friday.
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It looked all black. In their last warm-up match before the World Cup, South Africa and New Zealand chose to face each other for the last time in London, Friday 25 August. On his departure from Twickenham, XV de la Fougère certainly wondered how well he could handle it.
Humiliated in the big show (35-7), Ian Foster’s players never saw the light of day and conceded five tries against the Springboks, for just one small feat, while the scoreboard showed an astonishing 35-0. Second row Scott Barrett was sent off in the first half and could be suspended.
Unprecedented defeat
At Twickenham, which helped deliver historic results in 2023, the All Blacks suffered their worst defeat in their history, and the record for biggest victory to date is held by Australia, who won by 21 points in 1999 (28-7) and 2019 (47). -26). The Springboks have rarely dominated the tournament, and the three-time world champions showed worrying shortcomings two weeks before the World Cup, although the line-ups for this Shock looked like typical teams.
In addition to the defeat, and a possible dismissal of Scott Barrett, the New Zealanders also saw their starting cornerbacks, Terrell Lomax and Ethan DeGrootaffected in the knee.
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