
AUCKLAND – New Zealand scored two early tries and kept an error-prone South Africa at bay to win a rugged arm-wrestle 24-17 Saturday and extend their unbeaten streak at Eden Park to 51 matches.
All Blacks back-rower Ardie Savea won a decisive turnover in the dying minutes of his 100th Test to halt a late attack and ensure New Zealand remain top of the Rugby Championship standings.
Slippery conditions meant the contest between the world’s two top-ranked sides never shone as a spectacle, but there was no shortage of physicality in front of a crowd of 48,000.
Savea said his side responded to intense public pressure in rugby-mad New Zealand after they suffered a first-ever loss to the…
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