They looked good. NZ had a blinding 20 minutes at the end of the first which was the difference. The ZA defence was very abrasive, at times they were playing 2 staggered defensive blitz lines with the usual back 3 which was very effective and to be honest I think that NZ are the only team on the planet who could have coped.
Yep. 23 - 13
Have just finished re-watching it.
They looked good. NZ had a blinding 20 minutes at the end of the first which was the difference. The ZA defence was very abrasive, at times they were playing 2 staggered defensive blitz lines with the usual back 3 which was very effective and to be honest I think that NZ are the only team on the planet who could have coped.