All Blacks Go 6/6 In Rugby Championship

After another slow start to the game, the All Blacks have out muscled the Springbok's in Soweto to win 32-16, and go unbeaten in the inaugural Investic Rugby Championship. The AB's were sluggish in the first 20, making uncharacteristic errors and struggling to turn turnover ball into attack. The referee was also against the All Blacks, penalising us 7 times to the Springbok's 0 in the opening 40.
However when the All Blacks did hit their straps, they were simply unstoppable and this charge was again led up front by captain Richie McCaw who last night won his 100th game in the black jersey.

It took 25 minutes for the All Blacks to draw blood, and again Kieran Read was instrumental in the first try as his positioning and quick hands enabled Sam Whitelock to dot down in the corner after a nice we run down the left touch.
There was much talk in the media this week regarding the form of left wing Hosea Gear, and Gear certainly did everything to silence any critics, having a hand in two of the All Blacks four tries. A strong run down the left side saw Gear in acres of space, and many thought he would go all the way himself but he selflessly offloaded on the inside to halfback Aaron Smith who again ran the perfect support lines to dot down for the AB's second, Smiths fourth try in his debut year for the All Blacks. Gear then ran the first receiver line and offloaded a deep pass to Carter who put Conrad Smith through the perfect hole to give the All Blacks their third try.
For the fourth, who else should be there but Kieran Read. A classy turn of pace from Israel Dagg saw himself in a half gap and he managed to get a netball like offload away to Read who had options either side of him, and as he went down in the tackle he got the offload away to Nonu who well and truly secured it for the All Blacks.

5 Who Stood Out:

Andrew Hore

Richie McCaw

Kieran Read

Hosea Gear

Dan Carter

So after a slow start, the All Blacks well and truly owned the game in Soweto, and with the third Bledisloe Cup test coming up in two weeks in Brisbane, Steve Hansen now has the perfect chance to try out some different combinations and give some younger guys more game time against a very quality opponent , who will not sit down and let the All Blacks continue to dominate as they have done.