Gutsy Boks fall short against All Blacks
Then came the moment that was the Boks’ undoing: the replacement scrum half kicking an up and under, instead of keeping the ball in hand, leaving his side with about 90 seconds to erase a two-point deficit.
Either way, the result was a championship-clinching victory for New Zealand – unbeaten in five matches – and a third successive defeat for the Boks for the first time since the Rassie Erasmus and Nienaber coaching axis took over. “That’s a consistency we’re still striving to get into our game and we’ll have to do it quickly,” he said.
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