'Spineless': When the All Blacks massacred the Boks in 2011
Just before hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the All Blacks played one of their two home tests in the Tri-Nations against the Springboks in front of a less-than-full Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
South Africa left 21 top line players at home to ready themselves for the Port Elizabeth rematch a few weeks later, sending a ‘B’ side was sent to Wellington to face the All Blacks at near full strength.
In a stiff Wellington southerly the visitors were smite by a sublime performance by Dan Carter, who was just one point shy of breaking Jonny Wilkinson’s record for most test points.
Carter took back the record with an early penalty to open the scoring.
Wyatt Crockett had the All Blacks first try of the night, running over out wide untouched, before Carter pulled off a piece of mesmerising play breaking open the Boks in two phases from inside his own 22-metre line.
The All Blacks first five dropped a perfectly weighted grubber kick in behind South Africa’s defence which was picked up by a flying Ma’a Nonu.
On the next phase, Carter danced with the defence before sending Zac Guildford away with a smart flick of the wrists after turning John Smit inside-out. The left wing scooted 40-metres untouched to finish the play.
Then it was Cory Jane’s turn on the opposite side, taking a floating pass from Jimmy Cowan on the back foot before cutting inside two Springbok forwards.
Jane put a swerve on the fullback Morne Steyn to produce a brilliant solo try in front of his home crowd.
Won't take anything away from Cory Jane that's a great effort but come on SA you got to tackle better. Steyn not a full back
— Alastair Turner (@AlastairGTurner) July 30, 2011
Morne 'tackles' Steyn fluffs the 1 on 1 and Cory Jane goes over. 18-7 NZ
— Ben Karpinski (@followthebounce) July 30, 2011
That was a great solo try to Cory Jane. Beautiful to watch! The pace, the fend, the finish. Love it! #allblacks.
— Warwick Rasmussen (@WasRasMus) July 30, 2011
Carter was at it again just after half-time after fielding a deep kick from Steyn in the backfield.
The All Black No 10 dummied his way through some weak defence to break away down field. Two offloads saw Ma’a Nonu crash over in the tackle of three forwards, but he was held up.
From the scrum, Jane eventually had his second try of the night picking up the pass from Cowan on the bounce in the opposite corner.
Guildford scored his second to match his wing rival and extend the lead out to 33-7.
To finish of the massacre, the All Blacks produced a play out of the top draw which saw Piri Weepu wrap around Dan Carter and some slick passing saw Colin Slade dive over.
The New Zealand Herald labelled the performance ‘spineless’ from South Africa who struggled to offer much resistance in defence or much impetus in attack.
Carter took back the record for most test points, despite only kicking only half of his eight kicks at goal while Jane may secured his spot at that year’s World Cup with his double.
Not only did the Springboks leave their 21 best players at home, but also their pride and backbone. #Rugby #AllBlacks
— Not Sir Graham Henry (@SirGrahamHenry) July 30, 2011
Catching up with the tri-nations, Dan Carter may actually be Moses #rugby
— Mark Machado (@MarkMachado) July 30, 2011
I wonder what the Springboks are thinking as they watch this back in SA #ALLBLACKS
— Peter O'Carroll (@Nakiman) July 30, 2011
Springboks being turned into jerky at the moment. Cory Jane nailing dem Boks
— tiancee (@hartcap) July 30, 2011
All Blacks rout spineless Springboks: All Blacks 40 Springboks 7 A sublime display from first five-eighth Daniel… http://bit.ly/qfYvH8
— nzherald Rugby (@nzheraldrugby) July 30, 2011
Springboks continue mind games for World Cup. Giving impression of weakness until big games. Drunken master style of fighting. #TriNations
— Brendan Jack (@brendanjack) July 30, 2011
Game over in Wellington. Springboks put out of their misery. All Blacks win 40-7 after scoring 6 tries #rugby
— Farayi M (@farayimungazi) July 30, 2011
Comments on RugbyPass
Bar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
9 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
1 Go to commentsTo me TJ is clearly the best 9 in the competition right now but he's also a proven player off the bench, there's few playmaking players who can come off the bench as calm and settled as he is, Beauden can, TJ can and I doubt any of the scrumhalves in contention can, if they want to experiment with new 9s I want him on the bench ready to step in if they crumble under the pressure. The Boks put their best front row on the bench, I'd like to see us take a similar approach, the Hurricanes have been doing similar things with players like Kirifi.
35 Go to commentsROG has better chance to win a WC if he starts training and make himself eligible as a player. He won’t make the Ireland squad but I reckon he may get close with Namibia (needs to improve his Afrikaans) or Portugal. Both sides had 1000:1 odds to win the RWC in 2023 which is an improvement on ROG’s odds of winning a RWC as a coach. Unlike Top 14 teams, national teams can’t go shopping and buy the best players - you work with the available talent pool and turn them into world beaters.
2 Go to commentsthat backline nope that backline is terrible why would you have sevu Reece when he’s not even top 5 wingers in the comp why have Blackadder when there’s better players no Scott barret isn’t an automatic the guy is more of a liability than anything why have him there when you have samipeni who’s far far better
35 Go to commentsAh, good to find you Nick. Agree with everything about Cale. So much to like about his game
49 Go to commentsNot too bad. Questions at 6, lock and HB for me. The ABs will be a lot stronger once Jordan and Roigard return. Also, work needs to be made to secure Frizzell back for next season and maybe also Mo’unga; they’re just wasting time playing in japan
35 Go to commentsOn the title, i wonder for many of those people it is a case something like a belief in working smarter, not harder?
1 Go to commentsForget Sotutu. One of those whose top level is Super Rugby. Id take a punt on Wallace Sititi Finau ahead of Glass body Blackadder.
35 Go to commentsI’m a pensioner so I've been around a bit. My opinion of SBW is he is an elite athlete and a great New Zealander and roll model. He has been to the top and knows what he's talking about. To all the negative comments regarding SBW the typical New Zealand way, cut that tall poppy down.
17 Go to commentsI'm not listening to a guy moralise over others when this is the guy who walked out mid season on Canterbury RLFC when he had a contract with them, what a hypocrite. All the Kiwis sticking up for this unprincipled individual because they can't accept justified criticism, he has zero credibility or integrity. Those praising him are a joke.
17 Go to commentsI’d put Finau at 6 instead of Blackadder but that’s the only change I’d make. Can’t wait to see who Razor picks.
35 Go to commentsTamati Williams, Codie Taylor, and Same Cane? Not sure about Hoskins Sotutu at test level. Wasn’t that impressive last season. Need a balance between experience and talent/youth.
35 Go to commentsInteresting insight. Fantastic athlete, and a genuine human being.
17 Go to commentsThey played at night in Suva last weekend and it’s an afternoon game forecast for 19 degrees in Canberra this weekend. Heat change is a non issue.
2 Go to commentsWishing Rosie a speedy recovery
1 Go to commentsObscene that SA haven’t been knocking
1 Go to commentsChances of Blackadder being injured seem too high to give him serious consideration. ABs loosie combination finally looked good with 2 committed to tackling and clearing rucks in the centre and Ardie roaming. Hoskins/Ardie together would force one of them into where they don’t excel and don’t get to use their talent, or require a change in tactics. If we continue to evolve last years systems I would take Papali’i and Finau at 6 and 7 (conceding that Blackadder will be injured) and Ardie at 8.
35 Go to commentsArdie’s preferred position 7? Where do they get these writers from? I've no idea where he's playing in Japan, but the previous two seasons he wore the 7 jersey exactly twice.
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