Greatest Rivalry Series – third Test<\/p>\n
South Africa (12) 29<\/p>\n
Tries: Arendse, penalty try, Kriel, Marx Cons: Mngomezulu 2 Pens: Mngomezulu<\/p>\n
New Zealand (12) 24<\/p>\n
Tries: Savea 2, Jordan, Taukei’aho Cons: Love, McKenzie<\/p>\n
South Africa eventually overpowered a spirited New Zealand, who could only outrun their hosts’ set-piece power for so long, as the world champions came on strong in the final quarter in Soweto to take a 2-1 lead in a high-quality ‘Greatest Rivalry’ series.<\/p>\n
The two sides traded two tries each in a tight first half, with New Zealand’s composure and ambition with ball in hand stretching South Africa’s onrushing defence.<\/p>\n
The All Blacks sniffed a famous victory when Will Jordan chased after his own kick ahead and crossed for a 17-12 lead in the 55th minute.<\/p>\n
But Jesse Kriel barged through Leroy Carter to cross at the other end shortly after and, reprieved, South Africa took full advantage.<\/p>\n
Malcolm Marx plunged over at the back of juggernaut maul and a Sacha Feinberg Mngomezulu penalty gave South Africa a cushion that Samisoni Taukei’aho’s final-play try could dent, but not fully deflate.<\/p>\n
The two teams will meet in a fourth and final Test in the American city of Baltimore next weekend, with New Zealand, who won the opening match, looking to snatch a draw in the series.<\/p>\n
More to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greatest Rivalry Series – third Test South Africa (12) 29 Tries: Arendse, penalty try, Kriel, Marx Cons: Mngomezulu…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-615513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}