At last! All Blacks snatch it in thriller

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

South Africa....23pts
Tries: Am 37, Mapimpi 59
Conversions: Pollard 38, 60
Penalties: Pollard 42, 46, 68

New Zealand....35pts
Tries: Cane 28, Taukei’aho 33, Havili 73, S Barrett 79
Conversions: Mo’unga 35, 75, 81
Penalties: Mo’unga 25, 49, 58
After a torrid month of defeat, self doubt and general doom and gloom, New Zealand rediscovered their mojo to claim a magnificent victory over the world champions at the Johannesburg citadel and dampen down talk of terminal decline and the imminent departure of coach Ian Foster.
A classic game worthy of this great rivalry was...

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