The All Blacks team is launched.

The All Blacks team is launched.

The All Blacks started their way to the World Cup with clear success in Argentina (10-41) on the first day of the Rugby Championship.

New Zealand received South Africa. A few hours after the Springboks’ success in Pretoria against Australia, the All Blacks enjoyed crushing Argentina on the turf at Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in Mendoza. A meeting whose fate could have been completely different if the first action had ended differently. Lining up in the opener, Damian McKenzie was tackled by Pablo Matera on his first clearance of a punt. However, he managed to recover to flatten his own goal against two Argentine players.

After these complicated first moments, Ian Foster’s players put their game to rest and the Pumas were unable to follow through. From the fifth minute, after a breakthrough by RIeko Ioane, Dane Coles was able to provide the necessary support to become queen. Four minutes later, Ardie Savea added to the bill after a collective action. Before the end of the first quarter of the hour, Jordy Barrett went on to score the third New Zealand try after overrunning passes with his brother Bowden.

Mackenzie is responsible for New Zealand

Checking the first two conversions, Damien McKenzie found the goal in the third to give the All Blacks a 17-point lead in thirteen minutes. While the Argentines tried to fight back, the offensive bonus was validated by New Zealand after half an hour of play. In the second match time after a scrum came out, Rico Ewan forced the pass into the Argentine defensive curtain to flatten the fourth attempt.

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Shortly before returning to the locker room, Aaron Smith invited himself to the party, finding a fault in the Puma’s defensive positioning after a fumbled ball. While Damian McKenzie increased the All Blacks’ advantage to 31 points at the break, Rodrigo Bruni left the turf for ten minutes because he collapsed the batter in the action. Not having much to lose, the Pumas pushed and ended up paying off after a twelve-minute restart. And after a penalty, which was quickly taken out by hand, the Argentines attacked the line.

Archaic Argentina

Lucio Sordoni managed to reach the goal to equalize his team’s first attempt, and Emiliano Poveli missed the score. Shortly before the hour mark, Beauden Barrett latched on to a millimeter pass from Damien Mackenzie to go into the corner for New Zealand’s sixth try. As the two teams opened their seats at the end of the match, Imoni Narawa signaled himself four minutes after the siren by fighting back the Argentine defense on a pass from Damien McKenzie to score the All Blacks’ seventh and final try in this game. he meets. However, the Pumas wanted to have the last word after the siren.

After a touch, the Argentine’s ball ended up in the net, giving Agustín Crevi a try to celebrate with his number 98 shirt. After a more than interesting performance, New Zealand begins its World Cup preparations with great success in Argentina (10-41) He is now looking forward to South Africa next weekend.

Rugby Championship/Day One
Saturday, July 8, 2021
South Africa Australia: 43-12
Argentina – New Zealand : 10-41

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classification
1- South Africa, 5 points
2- New Zealand 5
3- Argentina 0
4- Australia 0

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