All Blacks (13) 28 / 9 (6) Los Pumas (Final Score)
The New Zealand All Blacks and Argentinian Pumas did battle in The Rugby Championship at
McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time, 04:35 ARG Time, 07:35 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
All Blacks:
- Penalties – Beauden Barrett (1), Colin Slade (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Julian Savea (2), Liam Messam (1), Aaron Smith (1)
- Conversions – Colin Slade (1)
Los Pumas:
- Penalties – Nicolás Sánchez (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
New Zealand All Blacks |
Argentina Pumas |
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Expected weather: Occasional rain, with fresh southerly winds developing. High of 16°C and a low of 9°C
Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
TMO: Peter Marshall (Australia)
This Barrett is one cool customer, he has grown in leaps and bounds since Jnr WC, compared to his opponent Pollard who is still blowing hot and cold.
Drop attempt by the Pumas… shoddy… just missed
Eishhh, missed again!
Argies quite happy going into the shed with this scoreline, I am sure.
Argie stud about 10 feet in the air to cut Retallick’s eye brow!
So, No 1 in the world, leading by 2 against the No 12 side in the world, close to halftime.
Puts the inaccuracy of the Pumas World ranking into big perspective, I think.
The 2nd half could easily blow them away though… these All Blacks could suddenly put the pedal down at any given time.
@ Pietman:
Yeah…I think they were trying to plug the midfield with numbers
Tighthead by the All Blacks… Barrett snipes through and the All Blacks score
All Blacks 13 / 6 Pumas
Lemoenetyd
That is the way a flyhalf should use quick tight head ball! This could be the decisive moment of the game.
Just our luck, when we play them next week they will probably have Cruden back to kick the goals
Barrett is soooooooooo much better than Cruden… pity his goal kicking today is not deadly though
A bonus point would be nice.
Nouja, let me pour myself a brown cow… to drink
66 @ grootblousmile:
It is inaccurate in a way, they could easily be nr 5-7 in the ranking, if they play this side all their tests.
It’s not a bad side, they can compete with the better sides for a spell.
@ grootblousmile:
I disagree.. Cruden is superior..on defence….kick offs…off loads… his partnership with Aaron Smith…
@ nortierd
they competed with the number 2 ranked side for 160 mins
@ NZINCHINA:
It’s on China… Argies can’t sustain consistent pressure…Abs should continue with the grubber
@ Te Rangatira:
agreed, we also have structures and pecking orders in place not hyped up potential e.g Goosen
Beating the Argies without Steve Walsh isn’t easy,,,,
😉
@ Te Rangatira:
that would set us up nicely, lets hope for a dry track next week 😛
NZINCHINA wrote:
Yes, compete, but can’t close games out and win.
They have currently lost 16/18 games, only beating Georgia and Italy in the last 18 months.
I think their expectations are skewed. They try so hard to beat the top sides, that they lose oodles of tests in between against sides they can beat if they play this side.
At least then they will get the ranking they deserve, and maybe learn a winning culture?
But, shunning more realistic games by aiming at the unrealistic only means that they lose all their tests, hence their ranking of 12
2nd Half on!
@ nortierd:
ok I wasn’t aware of that stat, punching above thier weight then!
NZINCHINA wrote:
Yip, so would a million bucks for me, but a bit out of reach right now…
Messam off injured, Sam Cane on
Another try by Julian Savea… nice pop-pass at the right time by the same attacking flyhalf… Beauden Barrett!!
@ Pietman:
😀
All Blacks 18 / 6 Pumas
Savea is a try scoring machine.
Bonus point definitely on, and the Argies won’t score against this AB defense, so score could get ugly
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