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Patrick Lambie scores late penalty as South Africa beat New Zealand | Patrick Lambie scores late penalty as South Africa beat New Zealand |
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Patrick Lambie kicked a 52-metre penalty with a minute left as South Africa ended New Zealand’s 22-match unbeaten run. | |
New Zealand led 25-24 with less than three minutes left in the contest before English referee Wayne Barnes overturned a penalty decision after consulting the television match offical. | |
The New Zealand replacement flanker Liam Messam was adjudged to have shoulder-charged Schalk Burger. Fly-half Lambie, himself a replacement, kept his nerve to slot over the kick to secure South Africa’s first win over the All Blacks since 2011. It was the first time New Zealand had been beaten since their loss to England at Twickenham in December 2012. | |
It was a fitting end to a pulsating clash which had seen New Zealand fight back from an 11-point deficit to take a one-point lead with 69 minutes left in the match. New Zealand had already wrapped up their 13th Rugby Championship or Tri-Nations title after beating Argentina 34-13 but no Test match between the Springboks and New Zealand is ever anything other than fiercely competitive. | |
New Zealand opened the scoring through an early penalty from fly-half Beauden Barrett before the hosts brought the capacity crowd to their feet with a sensational try in the 11th minute. The ball travelled through eight pairs of hands before scrum-half Francois Hougaard galloped clear. | |
Barrett narrowed the gap with his second penalty but a searing break down the touchline by Springbok wing Bryan Habana saw fly-half Handré Pollard jink his way over. The visitors stayed in the hunt when left wing Julian Savea collected his own chip before inside centre Malakai Fekitoa slipped through a gaping hole in South Africa’s defence to score a converted try which put the All Blacks ahead. | |
Just before the break Pollard sniped over for his second try after a South Africa scrum five metres from the New Zealand line. The home team went to the break holding a 21-13 lead. Pollard extended the advantage with a penalty seven minutes after the restart but the All Black machine started to roll. With 14 minutes left, centre Conrad Smith handed off an opponent before feeding right wing Ben Smith, who ducked under a tackle to score. | |
New Zealand grabbed the lead with their second try in four minutes after they took the ball through six phases, with replacement hooker Ben Coles sliding over in the left-hand corner. However, Barrett missed the conversion and that left the world champions one point ahead at 25-24. The South Africans piled on the pressure and they were rewarded with Lambie’s penalty. | |
South Africa: Le Roux, Hendricks (Pietersen 57), Serfontein, De Villiers, Habana, Pollard (Lambie 62), Hougaard (Reinach 67), Vermeulen, Mohoje (Burger 49), Coetzee, Matfield, Etzebeth (Botha 62), J. du Plessis (Van der Merwe 62), B. du Plessis (Strauss 52), Mtawarira (Nyakane 72). | South Africa: Le Roux, Hendricks (Pietersen 57), Serfontein, De Villiers, Habana, Pollard (Lambie 62), Hougaard (Reinach 67), Vermeulen, Mohoje (Burger 49), Coetzee, Matfield, Etzebeth (Botha 62), J. du Plessis (Van der Merwe 62), B. du Plessis (Strauss 52), Mtawarira (Nyakane 72). |
Tries: Hougaard, Pollard (2) | Tries: Hougaard, Pollard (2) |
Conversions: Pollard (3) | |
Penalties: Pollard, Lambie | Penalties: Pollard, Lambie |
New Zealand: Dagg, B. Smith, C. Smith (Crotty 74), Fekitoa, Savea, Barrett, A. Smith (Kerr-Barlow 65), Read, McCaw, Kaino (Luatua 60), Whitelock, Thrush (Messam 48), O. Franks (Faumuina 57), Mealamu (Coles 48), Moody (B. Franks 40). | New Zealand: Dagg, B. Smith, C. Smith (Crotty 74), Fekitoa, Savea, Barrett, A. Smith (Kerr-Barlow 65), Read, McCaw, Kaino (Luatua 60), Whitelock, Thrush (Messam 48), O. Franks (Faumuina 57), Mealamu (Coles 48), Moody (B. Franks 40). |
Tries: Fekitoa, B. Smith, Coles | Tries: Fekitoa, B. Smith, Coles |
Conversions: Barrett (2) | |
Penalties: Barrett (2) | |
Referee: Wayne Barnes | Referee: Wayne Barnes |