New Zealand are humiliated by South Africa two weeks before the World Cup
Rugby is a great combat sport. He is not fair to the adversaire, he said that he is not, but present, and pret, encore more than you can count on repeating the same adversaire, in all these three, in the quarters of the finale of the Coupe du Monde, for example.
Friday night, at Twickenham, South Africa made a good impression by dominating from the first minute to the last, head and shoulders, New Zealand (35-7) who had nevertheless maintained an 11-match unbeaten run, who had never been so humiliated against the Boks. . Even if it was a preparatory match, such humiliation could leave its mark. Undoubtedly, the French team watched this crazy evening with interest.
Defending champions South Africa will once again, as so often, be one of the big favorites to win the World Cup that kicks off in two weeks’ time. They were impressive in all aspects of the game, except that the two teams met not long ago in Auckland, in a rugby championship meeting.
The balance of power was completely different. The All Blacks had shone since the first minutes of the match, passing 17 points in the first quarter of an hour. The Boxers didn’t forget the storm. And on Friday, they made the same start with plenty of aggression, impact and touch accuracy, which led Sam Keane’s partners to 11 fouls. It’s too much on this level, too much. Scott Barrett got the first yellow card (14th minute), then it was Sam Kane’s turn to sit on a chair to rest and watch South Africa’s anger, and the attempts of Sia Colesi (18th minute) and Court Lee Arandsi (34th minute) who intercepted a pass from Jordi Barrett directed at Will Jordan (14-0).
Because of suffering, nerves sometimes let loose. Scott Barrett, despite his life and experience, did not resist, broke, and overthrew Malcolm Marx in an unfair and violent way. Away from the events, Colesi objected to referee Matthew Carly. Then he glanced at the screen. Very fast. Seconds later, Scott Barrett received a second yellow card and was sent off. His gesture is sure to turn him off. The next game for the All Blacks will be on September 8th, at Stade de France, against France… Barrett is absent, Brody Retalik is still injured. It’s not joy in the second line.
During this first period, Tyler Lomax, right post, is off with a knee injury. New Zealand were no more after the break, conceding three more tries (Marks, 42; Mbonambi, 59; Smith, 67). The result would have been heavier had it not been for some folly in the last movement (35-7). Can Roegaard avoid the extreme humiliation by scoring a try in the 71st minute.