![]() ![]() Skipper McCaw, who ended the match hobbling badly, was huge for the New Zealanders, demonstrating all his qualities in his 110th Test. They briefly threatened when a Johan Goosen penalty got them back to within four, but two Aaron Cruden penalties secured a victory for the All Blacks that was every bit as hard-earned as it looked. ![]() Smith's try took an 8-8 deadlock to 15-8 and when Boks replacement prop Dean Greyling was sin-binned soon after for a cheap shot on Richie McCaw at a ruck, it was always going to be a long haul back for the Boks. ![]() "He scored a great try and he came out and made a difference." "He really had only one response he could deliver to be satisfied, and that was to come out and play well, and he certainly did that," Hansen said. The halfback brilliantly sized up the situation from a ruck 20-odd metres out, spotted big Flip van der Merwe in front of him, slipped around him with ease and had the skill and the gas to leave the cover defence for dead.Īll Blacks coach Steve Hansen said Smith's all-round performance was the response he expected. replacement halfback Aaron Smith scores the match-sealing try after being dumped from the starting line-up for ill-discipline. ![]()
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