South Africa inflicts the worst defeat in its history on the All Blacks

Fourteen days from opening Rugby World Cup in FranceSouth Africa, the world champion, inflicted, on August 25 in London, the worst defeat in its history against the New Zealanders (35-7), who also lost his second line of defense, Scott Barrett.

the all blacks, France, who have never lost by more than 21 points before, will face France on September 8 in the opening match of the 2023 World Cup. Barrett, who was shown a red card for a blow to the shoulder while removing the ball after being shown a yellow card in the 17th minute, He can be suspended for this match.

The New Zealand media was not kind to their choice: the match was a “disaster” and a “carnage” with a team “undisciplined” making “stupid mistakes”. The New Zealand Herald said Barrett’s red card “sounded more like a symptom of their problems than a cause of their problems”.

The last test before the World Cup in France (8 September – 28 October), this intense and highly committed encounter, the kind of final before the hour mark that could be a quarter of a World Cup, delivered on all its promise.

the South Africans are more likely than ever to succeed themThe Scotland national team will face, during their first meeting in the World Cup, one of the summits of Group Two, on September 10 in Marseille.

Heading into tonight’s game at Twickenham, South Africa thrashed Wales 52-16 last weekend, while the All Blacks’ previous game dates back to 5 August, narrowly defeating Australia (23-20).

Did the men in black lack rhythm? Were they less motivated than the Springboks, who have wound up running like clockwork since the last encounter between the two countries, which ended in a clear defeat of South Africa (35-20) in July, during the Rugby Championship? An annual competition won again by New Zealand, as in the previous three editions.

Alternate Roegard saves the honor

The All Blacks, who formed their exemplary team in London, commanded water in all areas of the game: in scrimmage, in touch, in attack, in conquest…

The South African world champions, including young midfielder Kanan Moody, flew head and shoulders above the game from the first half, camped out in their opponents’ half and pushed them into error. The New Zealanders were particularly guilty of seven fouls in seventeen minutes.

And after Scott Barrett picked up the first and second yellow cards from captain Sam Keane (16th), the All Blacks struggled, 13 to 15, without a sparkling game.

Obviously, South Africa took advantage of that to score their goal The charismatic Captain Sia Colesireturned from injury in time to compete in the World Cup (7-0, 18th place), and then through their winger and young prospect Kurt Lee Arendse, after an interception (14-0, 34th place).

Meanwhile, the New Zealanders looked completely exhausted, piling up misfortunes and mistakes: Richie Monga missed an easy penalty and Will Jordan’s effort for a fair striker was disallowed just before half-time.

Coming back from the locker room, South Africa’s dominance was even stronger, with a third effort from hooker Malcolm Marks (21-0, 42), a fourth from his substitute Bunji Mbonambi (28-0, 59) and then a final effort from third line Kwagga Smith (35). -0, 67).

To salvage the honour, the young half of the squad who replaced Cameron Roegard scored the only New Zealand try at the end of the match (35-7, 71).

With Agence France-Presse