{"id":566088,"date":"2026-08-11T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/566088\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:22:11","slug":"sharks-v-new-zealand-live-result-and-reaction-as-impressive-all-blacks-thrash-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/566088\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks v New Zealand LIVE: Result and reaction as impressive All Blacks thrash hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Improved New Zealand thrash Sharks \u2013 but Damian McKenzie injury cause for concern ahead of Springboks Tests<\/p>\n

The Sharks started brightly but ultimately had little answer to a rampant All Blacks<\/a>, with winger Fehi Fineanganofo scoring two of the tourists’ tries.<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 20:15<\/p>\n

<\/a>Next on deck…<\/p>\n

Well, as Nick Hatton mentioned, the Sharks are effectively in pre-season before the start of the Untied Rugby Championship campaign \u2013 it is such a strange, and demanding, schedule with which the South African players have to contend.<\/p>\n

The All Blacks, meanwhile, are off to altitude. It\u2019s the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday for Dave Rennie\u2019s side as they shift up to the Highveld.<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 20:06<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sharks captain Nick Hatton is next to have his say<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an awesome opportunity to play against the All Blacks. Credit to them, it was a proper performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew they were a team that wanted to play with a lot of tempo, and if you give them that ball and that tempo, they are deadly with that skillset. That\u2019s on us to look at and get better and slowing the ball down. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow it is back to pre-season for another month or so. There is lots to work on, and we\u2019ll come back stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:56<\/p>\n

<\/a>Jordie Barrett is the man of the match<\/p>\n

And says… \u201cIt was a pretty greasy surface tonight, a lot of water under foot, so we are pretty proud to keep backing our skills in these conditions. It was tight at half-time, but we managed to gain a bit of ascendancy. We gave the Sharks some easy entries into our half, and on our terms, so we wanted to fix that. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about minimising those entries. The defence was pretty good tonight but we are going to have to keep getting better as this tour goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:55<\/p>\n

<\/a>FT: Sharks 0-54 New Zealand<\/p>\n

A performance to please Dave Rennie: calm, collected and clinical. That looked more like the Test team we\u2019ll see against the Springboks next Saturday in the first of four massive meetings.<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:51<\/p>\n

<\/a>FULL TIME! Sharks 0-54 New Zealand\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:49<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sharks 0-54 New Zealand, 80 minutes<\/p>\n

Into the last minute with the Sharks on the move. Jurenzo Julius threatens to burst into space, the young outside centre stretching the legs for the first time today, really. Where\u2019s his offload gone? Not to hand, alas. Knocked on, and that may well do us.<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:48<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sharks 0-54 New Zealand, 78 minutes<\/p>\n

Into the last knockings. This has felt more like the All Blacks of old, admittedly against overmatched opposition.<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:44<\/p>\n

<\/a>TRY! Sharks 0-54 NEW ZEALAND (Sam Darry, 77 minutes)<\/p>\n

The All Blacks raise the bat! A stroke of fortune for Sam Darry, finding a hole that looks to have been excavated by the presence of referee Matthew Carley. Ma\u2019a Nonu is not best pleased, but the official is happy for the try to stand, taking New Zealand past 50.<\/p>\n

Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2026 19:43<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sharks 0-47 New Zealand, 75 minutes<\/p>\n

The Sharks can\u2019t even get any relief with the scrum. Penalty to New Zealand inside the 22. <\/p>\n

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