‘New Zealand wanted the win, South Africa needed it’
When the margins are so small, the possibilities seem so many.
Where did South Africa find the edge to overcome New Zealand? Where exactly was the source of that single but decisive point?
New Zealand missed a penalty and a conversion. Both were difficult kicks, but Handre Pollard – South Africa’s sharp-shooting fly-half – landed everything off the tee.
When hooker Bongi Mbonambi went off injured inside two minutes, South Africa’s bet on a forward-heavy bench was a tweaked muscle or strained ligament away from backfiring. But another injury never came.
All Blacks skipper Sam Cane went high on Jesse Kriel and was shown red. Twenty minutes later, his South Africa counterpart Siya Kolisi was a few millimetres lower on Ardie Savea and saw yellow.
BBC
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