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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine from Newstalk ZEDB.
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Speaker 2: Without doubt one of the great All Blacks performances in recent times, the best I reckon since the last Rugby World Cup and probably the best since our went over Ireland in the twenty twenty three quarter final. Well worth the early alarm, resilience and grits and equal measure, a triumph of soaking up pressure, taking some hits and refusing to buck or let alone break. That fifteen minutes after halftime may well be one of the most significant periods of All Blacks rugby in this entire World Cup cycle, absorbing pressurewithstanding wave after wave of attack, and emerging unscathed. South Africa average five and a half points every time they entered the opposition twenty two in the last couple of years. Today it was point nine points. That is an absolute triumph of taking punches and staying in the fight. Couple of players, Fabian Hollow and Immense Remember he didn't play any rugby at all between the twenty third of November and the twenty fourth of July, eight months out of the game with that shoulder injury. Eighty herculean minutes from him. Today on the highvelt, Jordy Barrett fast becoming the All Blacks' most important player. Two massive pieces of defense to Deny, Malcolm Marx and Jasper Visa. He made fifteen tackles all up, that's more than anybody else on the field, and affected five turnovers, again a game high. Jordy Barrett is now the rock upon which the All Blacks back line is built, and the impact the All Blacks got from their front row reserves also worth mentioning. George Bauer, Fletcher Nuwell rarely influential off the bench today. When David Kirk announced a coaching change at the start of the year, he talked about trajectory. At that time it was a downward trajectory. Since Dave Rennie took over, it has been trending upward and today it's spiked skywards. He has transformed this team since taking over and has them back on track for the World Cup next year. Seven wins from seven with obvious, intentional, noticeable crucial improvements in that time. Dave Renny, by the way, has now coached internationally against South Africa five times and won four of them. Rugby Australia's decision to get rid of him in favor of Eddie Jones may well go down as one of the great fumbles in rugby history. Just a word on the ref Matthew Carley. Were quick to criticize the officials army, but he was excellent, remained calm and composed in that cauldron. Overalled the TMO twice. You love to see it. More of that. More of that, please referees who trust their instincts. The respect that South African crowds show the Hacker tells you an awful lot about them. Rasci Erasmus even took to social media ahead of the game and asked the nation's fans to stay silent the Harker, and they did while English and Australian fans try and drown it out with swing, low seat chariot and waltsing Matilda. The silence around that magnificent arena during the Harker shows you why this rivalry is the greatest one. There is massive mutual respect between these two teams and the two sets of fans who love their rugby but can absolutely appreciate the greatness of the other and the history that has led us to this point, just before we go to the lines, I said yesterday we're about to find out how far apart the All Blacks and the spring Box are on that evidence. The answer is not very far apart at all. And yes there are work ons for the All Blacks fourteen penalties. Con said that that's too many. They still had a few problems under the high ball, and South Africa will come back with a vengeance in Cape Town. But for today, for right now, enjoy it because that display has most certainly pumped a fair degree of positivity into even the most pessimistic of All Blacks fans and given this team enormous belief that on any given day they can beat the Springboks.
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Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live to News Talk set B weekends from midday, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine from Newstalk ZEDB.
00:00:12
Speaker 2: Without doubt one of the great All Blacks performances in recent times, the best I reckon since the last Rugby World Cup and probably the best since our went over Ireland in the twenty twenty three quarter final. Well worth the early alarm, resilience and grits and equal measure, a triumph of soaking up pressure, taking some hits and refusing to buck or let alone break. That fifteen minutes after halftime may well be one of the most significant periods of All Blacks rugby in this entire World Cup cycle, absorbing pressurewithstanding wave after wave of attack, and emerging unscathed. South Africa average five and a half points every time they entered the opposition twenty two in the last couple of years. Today it was point nine points. That is an absolute triumph of taking punches and staying in the fight. Couple of players, Fabian Hollow and Immense Remember he didn't play any rugby at all between the twenty third of November and the twenty fourth of July, eight months out of the game with that shoulder injury. Eighty herculean minutes from him. Today on the highvelt, Jordy Barrett fast becoming the All Blacks' most important player. Two massive pieces of defense to Deny, Malcolm Marx and Jasper Visa. He made fifteen tackles all up, that's more than anybody else on the field, and affected five turnovers, again a game high. Jordy Barrett is now the rock upon which the All Blacks back line is built, and the impact the All Blacks got from their front row reserves also worth mentioning. George Bauer, Fletcher Nuwell rarely influential off the bench today. When David Kirk announced a coaching change at the start of the year, he talked about trajectory. At that time it was a downward trajectory. Since Dave Rennie took over, it has been trending upward and today it's spiked skywards. He has transformed this team since taking over and has them back on track for the World Cup next year. Seven wins from seven with obvious, intentional, noticeable crucial improvements in that time. Dave Renny, by the way, has now coached internationally against South Africa five times and won four of them. Rugby Australia's decision to get rid of him in favor of Eddie Jones may well go down as one of the great fumbles in rugby history. Just a word on the ref Matthew Carley. Were quick to criticize the officials army, but he was excellent, remained calm and composed in that cauldron. Overalled the TMO twice. You love to see it. More of that. More of that, please referees who trust their instincts. The respect that South African crowds show the Hacker tells you an awful lot about them. Rasci Erasmus even took to social media ahead of the game and asked the nation's fans to stay silent the Harker, and they did while English and Australian fans try and drown it out with swing, low seat chariot and waltsing Matilda. The silence around that magnificent arena during the Harker shows you why this rivalry is the greatest one. There is massive mutual respect between these two teams and the two sets of fans who love their rugby but can absolutely appreciate the greatness of the other and the history that has led us to this point, just before we go to the lines, I said yesterday we're about to find out how far apart the All Blacks and the spring Box are on that evidence. The answer is not very far apart at all. And yes there are work ons for the All Blacks fourteen penalties. Con said that that's too many. They still had a few problems under the high ball, and South Africa will come back with a vengeance in Cape Town. But for today, for right now, enjoy it because that display has most certainly pumped a fair degree of positivity into even the most pessimistic of All Blacks fans and given this team enormous belief that on any given day they can beat the Springboks.
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Speaker 1: For more from Weekend Sport with Jason Fine, Listen live to News Talk set B weekends from midday, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
