Match Highlights - Four-try Barrett makes history as rampant All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup
Beauden Barrett became the first New Zealand player to score four tries against Australia as the world champions retained the Bledisloe Cup in style with a 40-12 drubbing at fortress Eden Park.
Barrett was instrumental when the All Blacks ran riot in the second half to beat the Wallabies in Sydney last weekend and the two-time World Rugby Player of the Year made history with another masterclass in Auckland on Saturday.
The outstanding fly-half claimed a first-half double and another two tries after the break, also scoring 10 points from the tee to finish with a tally of 30 as Australia were blown away.
Joe Moody and Liam Squire also went over for Steve Hansen’s domineering side, who are unbeaten at Eden Park in 42 Tests and have now won 14 consecutive Rugby Championship matches.
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Will Genia and Reece Hodge crossed for an Australia side that trailed 14-7 at half-time before New Zealand ran away with it, Barrett taking centre stage in Owen Franks’ 100th Test as he became the fourth All Black to score 500 points for his country.
New Zealand’s Bledisloe Cup triumph is their 16th in a row and they were in a class of their own to put more pressure on Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika.
Barrett was in the thick of the action from the start, darting through a gap to go under the posts 13 minutes in after taking an inviting pass from Aaron Smith.
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Both sides showed their intent to play expansive rugby in a typically frantic encounter and the Wallabies were level after Dane Haylett-Petty’s clever kick opened up the world champions.
Desperate defending prevented Kurtley Beale from going over, but Australia were rewarded for their patience when they were awarded a penalty in front of the posts and Genia nipped in to touch down from the back of a scrum that finally stayed up following another two penalties.
New Zealand took that setback on the chin and gave yet another demonstration of why they are the best team in the world with a devastating break to regain the lead before the interval.
Ben Smith burst away and exchanged passes with prop Codie Taylor, who found himself out on the wing, and although Jack Goodhue was taken down just short of the line, Barrett was on hand to cross again after the All Blacks got quick ball at the breakdown two minutes before the break.
A very special moment for Owen Franks as @kevenmealamu presents him with his cap for playing 💯Tests.#NZLvAUS pic.twitter.com/tFZJbYsomT
— All Blacks (@AllBlacks) August 25, 2018
Just as they did in the first Test, Hansen’s men carried their momentum into the second half, prop Moody powering his way through Genia to finish following a series of pick and drives.
The rampant All Blacks were hungry to inflict more damage on their trans-Tasman rivals and Squire took a pass from Brodie Retallick to go under the posts five minutes later.
A brilliant last-ditch tackle from Bernard Foley denied Jordie Barrett from finishing another slick move before Sam Cane went off for a head injury assessment.
Australia came up with a well-worked second try to give themselves hope, Hodge finishing after an incisive break from Foley, whose conversion attempt struck the post.
However, normal service was resumed when Barrett produced a moment of magic to raise the roof, surging away from 50 metres out with blistering pace to complete his treble with a sublime solo try.
Barrett had a fourth try ruled out due to a knock-on, but the incredible number 10 broke the record soon after, stepping inside Marika Koroibete and touching down in the corner to round off another rapid counter-attack.
Waisake Naholo also had a try chalked off late on in another emphatic victory for the All Blacks, with Australia left to reflect on a fourth loss on the spin.
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1 Go to commentsSo let me get this straight. Say you have the dominant scrum. You are 99% sure you can go for a scrum pushover try on the line to win the game. The opposition knows it too. They give away a silly tap kick instead. You are now not allowed to scrum. This is ridiculous! *%@ing the game up as usual! The fact that the attacking teams are not allowed to scrum from a held up over the line is just as ridiculous. Really world rugby? Careful people might start a rebel league called True Rugby or Real Rugby.
72 Go to comments12 subs during a game? How has that been allowed to happen NB? I hate when the game goes in this monopolistic direction closing up shop, it just becomes non sport. Btw have you seen anything of how Liam Coltman was tracking for Lyon? He has just signed to return to Otago though we have a couple of young hookers developing here. He was a popular gentle natured character down here and I’m glad to see him back but maybe he will be a mentor primarily?
4 Go to commentsGreat breakdown and the global politics always confuses me a little. The southern hemisphere seems to be left out a bit but I wouldn’t even know where to start with fixing it. Club challenge could be a step in the right direction
4 Go to commentsSince he coached Free state, from that time onwards, I maintained he was the coach for the Boks. A nice, no nonsense guy with an excellent brain, who gets results.
11 Go to commentswell - they only played against 14 men and had the TMO team on their side - and still should have lost… so actually that makes sense.
32 Go to commentsSouthern hemisphere Rugby is exactly that, boring. Northern Hemisphere Rugby is soooo much more entertaining and better with better players.
2 Go to commentsIf he was to be cited for a dangerous behavior, then it’s natural that he should be. Then NTamack too, yes? And I’ll add a good whataboutism - Yeandle eye-gouging on Richie Arnold: not cited. Eye-gouging. Not high tackle. Eye-gouging. It was on French TV, with French TV directors.
5 Go to commentsReally poorly written rambling piece ..
4 Go to commentsIt was so boring
2 Go to commentspersonally I’d go with : 1. France 2. NZ 3. England 4. Ireland 5. Scotland
32 Go to commentsAndy everything becomes easier with experience therefor counting etc straight after a match becomes easier when you have 100+ caps vs 17 which is the experience you speak from.
160 Go to commentsGetting rid of the Dupont Law is a good thing and ought to have been done months ago! Officially getting rid of the croc roll is a good thing. The law about no scrums from a short arm is well intended in terms of speeding the game up but it’s an overreaction to a clever yet calculated gamble that could have blow up in South Africa’s face if they conceded a penalty from the scrum that was set after Willemse took claimed the mark in the World Cup QF.
72 Go to commentsRassie The GOAT
11 Go to commentsOf their 5 big matches in RWC Scotland and NZ were the easiest. They took a 12-3 lead against NZ and after the red decided it was best to hold the lead and take chances that came. None came and it was tight but they dug a lot deeper in the other two knock out matches. They had trounced NZ in Twickenham in a fixture that NZ must now regret. Psychology was clearly with SA in the final as a result.
32 Go to commentsMy favourite line/exchanges from Chasing the Sun 2. News headline: “SA. The last hurdle in ABs World Cup glory”. Something like that. “You’re all just a hurdle. A hop, skip and a jump”. Coming from Rassie and Jacque. Basically - nobody thinks you’re going to win. You’re just a pushover team. Nobody respects you. When the camera shows the players faces, you can see the effect. You can see the rev meters (die moer metertjies) firing up. Mitchell said he felt it prior to the 19 final. He said to Eddie watching the teams warming up that it was going to be a tough day at the office. Wave a red flag in front of South African, and you can expect a reaction. This is not unique - many teams rev themselves. And Bok teams in particular. With horrific consequences (discipline, poor thinking under pressure) because that’s the drawback to using emotion right? But what this Bok team does better than many since 2007 is channel the emotion and stay on task. Despite the emotion. Why, because while Rassie might play mind games - he talks about creating a safe environment. Listen to his recent honorary doctorate acceptance speech. While he uses psychology he creates psychological safety. He’s a damn fine coach. Can’t wait for Pretoria. It’s going to be a hummer.
11 Go to commentsWhat Rassie does for SA is big. It has helped people to unite and see we can win with the right people in place.
11 Go to commentsTerrible conditions for young players to express themselves just enjoy it guys. As a saffa great to see Ausie youth looking good. Wow SA have some great talent also.
2 Go to commentsYes, another example of French tv directors ensuring that incidents like this are swiftly glossed over for the benefit of their teams…
5 Go to commentsThe prospect of the club match ups across hemispheres is surely appetising for everyone. The reality however, may prove to be slightly different. There are currently two significant driving forces that have delivered to same teams consistently to the latter champions cup stages for years now. The first of those is the yawning gap in finances, albeit delivered by different routes. In France it’s wealthy private owners operating with a higher salary cap by some distance compared to England. In Ireland it’s led by a combination of state tax relief support, private Leinster academy funding and IRFU control - the provincial budgets are not equal! This picture is not going to change anytime soon. The second factor is the EPCR competition rules. You don’t need a PhD. in advanced statistical analysis from oxbridge to see the massive advantage bestowed upon the home team through every ko round of the tournament. The SA teams will gain the opportunity for home ko ties in due course but that could actually polarise the issue even further, just look at their difficulties playing these ties in Europe and then reverse them for the opposition travelling to SA. Other than that, the picture here is unlikely to change either, with heavyweight vested interests controlling the agenda. So what does all this point to for the club world championship? Well the financial differential between the nh and sh teams is pretty clear. And the travel issues and sporting challenge for away teams are significantly exacerbated beyond those already seen in the EPCR tournaments. So while the prospect of those match ups may whet our rugby appetites, I’m very much still to be convinced the reality will live up to expectations…
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