{"id":562260,"date":"2026-08-07T23:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/562260\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:32:11","slug":"all-blacks-run-in-four-late-tries-to-beat-stormers-21-38-in-south-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/562260\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks run in four late tries to beat Stormers 21-38 in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The All Blacks have survived a fierce examination in the opening match of their South African tour, pulling clear with four late tries to win 38-21 in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The tourists overcame three yellow cards and a stubborn, forward-based game from the hosts to win, finally removing the errors from the game in the final 15 minutes in finishing with six tries to three.<\/p>\n

They crossed four times in that late period, with the scores having been locked 14-14 when Stormers wing Seabelo Senatla scooted over under the crossbar<\/p>\n

New Zealand led 14-7 at the interval through tries to forwards Samisoni Taukei’aho and Simon Parker, but there were worrying signs in the first 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

Second-five Anton Lienert-Brown and Parker were both shown yellow cards – reducing them to 13 men for a spell – as the All Blacks struggled against the rugged Stormers, who were missing nine Springboks but whose blunt kick-based mauling game created problems.<\/p>\n

\"Patrick<\/p>\n

Patrick Tuipulotu in action against the Stormers.<\/p>\n

Ron Gaunt\/www.photosport.nz<\/p>\n

New Zealand captain Patrick Tuipulotu told Sky Sport his side didn’t respond well initially to the Stormers’ approach.<\/p>\n

“We came into this game knowing full well that the Stormers would be very physical and throw everything at us and be set piece-dominant,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That’s what they did. They put a lot of pressure on us and we made a lot of mistakes tonight.<\/p>\n

“A lot of the messaging was around trying to keep our discipline as well as trying to play, keep the ball in hand.<\/p>\n

“They tested our discipline, played in our half and made us defend quite a bit.”<\/p>\n

Tuipulotu was relieved his side found their rhythm late in the match.<\/p>\n

“In the end we managed to hold the ball, not give away as many penalties and try to tire them out.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot to learn there in terms of resilience and trying to stay in the game. I think we’ve got to be happy with how the Stormers tested us and we’ll take that as the start of our tour.”<\/p>\n

As the home side flagged, the tourists came alive with tries to outside backs Rieko Ioane, Leroy Carter and Josh Moorby, before replacement hooker Asafa Aumua crossed on the final whistle.<\/p>\n

Ioane’s try came after the veteran had been shifted from wing to centre, following an apparent shoulder injury suffered by midfielder Billy Proctor.<\/p>\n

\"Leroy<\/p>\n

Leroy Carter in action against the Stormers.<\/p>\n

Ron Gaunt\/www.photosport.nz<\/p>\n

Carter’s try came off a slick break from No.8 Peter Lakai, who was among the best All Blacks while Moorby scored from a charge down.<\/p>\n

The Stormers’ late score was a penalty try after Moorby was deemed to have committed a professional four to prevent fullback opposite Warrick Gelant from scoring.<\/p>\n

There were international debuts off the bench for prop Siale Lauaki and first-five Josh Jacomb.<\/p>\n

Lock Fabian Holland impressed in his first All Blacks appearance of the year, following a long-term shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

The second match of the All Blacks’ tour is against the Sharks in Durban on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The Sharks team will feature veteran former All Blacks midfield great Ma’a Nonu, with the 43-year-old having been included on the bench.<\/p>\n

See how the action unfolded in our live blog below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The All Blacks have survived a fierce examination in the opening match of their South African tour, pulling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-562260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}