Tomorrow’s final Rugby Championship showdown against the All Blacks represents an ideal chance for Makazole Mapimpi to redeem himself after a defensive error at the Rugby World Cup.
Mapimpi’s speed got him to the All Black No 14 in time, but instead of trusting the cover defence on his inside, the Bok No 11 gave Reece the outside, and that’s all the Crusaders star needed.The move ended in Bridge scoring, and a few minutes later, Anton LienertBrown made a sensational break to set up Scott Barrett’s try.
That’s because Reece was brought back into the All Black starting line-up yesterday by coach Ian Foster, following Bridge’s nightmare display last weekend, where he dropped a Faf de Klerk box-kick that gave Sbu Nkosi an easy try, while Rieko Ioane moves from outside centre to left wing, with Reece replacing Will Jordan on the right.
“It clearly was an area we felt we needed to improve from last week, and they’ve got a real focus for that,” Foster said about his back-three selection.
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