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New Zealand and South Africa put an end to rugby championship, live on Star + on Saturday at 6:50

New Zealand and South Africa put an end to the rugby championship, live on Star + on Saturday at 6:50 p.m.

On Gold Beach, New Zealand And South Africa Close on the 6th Rugby Championship 2021 In a fight that promises a lot. The All blacks, Led Ian Foster They are already champions of the tournament but now they want to be undefeated. For their part, Springbox From Jack Ninaber They want to end a party and destroy the whole party for the Maori team. They will meet live on Saturday at 6:50 p.m. Star + and ESPN 2.

How they get there: It’s not a comfortable situation for the last world champion, coming from three consecutive defeats, two Wallabies and 19 to 17 against the All Blacks last weekend. Negative streak that does not occur from a series of four straight falls. 2016, Wales, Italy, England and New Zealand.

On the other hand, the All Blacks regained the championship title they lost in the 2019 reduced match won by Springbox before winning the World Cup in Japan. They are unbeaten this year with wins against Tonga, Fiji (two), Australia (three), Argentina (two) and South Africa. They go on to win a record season tenth, in which they will play 15 Tests (they still face the United States, Wales, Italy, Ireland and France).

What they are looking for: All blacks go to the Grand Slam, a record they have already achieved in 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017. When they won all the bonus games in 2016, they could no longer match their best score of 30 points. . They come in with 24 units, and if they receive an attack bonus on the Gold Coast, they will surpass the 2013 and 2017 record of winning the championship with 28 points.

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The biggest challenge for South Africa is the rematch against New Zealand. They do not want to repeat the negative series of 2016 with four consecutive falls. The purpose of Springbox was to impose conditions with a pack that proved to be at the same level as the Kiwis from the start.

Keys: The fighting of styles was clearly reflected in the opening minutes of the first Test at Townsville last Saturday. All Blocks showed tremendous fluidity in manipulating and searching to beat their opponent in running the ball and taking advantage of their many attacking options. With 25 attempts they are widely in the lead in statistics, surpassing South Africa with 15 wins. In the quality of the list appointed by Ian Foster, the absence of Richie Moyunga, Aaron Smith and Samuel Whitelock was not noticed.

South Africa showed how well they use their feet to injure their rivals. This was confirmed by the try he scored against New Zealand, which led to Bridge’s welcome error and Nkoshi’s conversion. However, Nienaber’s team was called upon for more boldness, and it did not depend on what the loading kicks and forks were made for, it was Pollard’s machine for producing breaches to turn them into points. If Springbox is to return to the farewell victory of the competition, it will have to face more risk.

Background: After playing the 100th game in history, the South Africans and New Zealand players meet again in the Rugby Championship 2021. This will be the fifth match at the neutral ground as the other four matches are for the World Cup. Cardiff 1999, South Africa won the match for third place 22-18; New Zealand Yokohama made it to the group stage in 2019, from 23 to 13, in the semifinals in London in 2015, from 20 to 18, in the quarterfinals in Melbourne in 2003, from 29 to 9, and from 29 to 9. As for the championship, superiority pervades everything. Blacks, with 12 wins, one draw and two falls. Springbox won only 27 for 25 in 2014 and 36 for 34 in 2018.

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Exercises:

South Africa: 15 Willie Le Roux, 14 Spu Nkosi, 13 Lucanio Aum, 12 Damien de Allende, 11 Magsol Mabimpi, 10 Hondere Pollard, 9 Faf de Clerk, 8 Duan Vermilon, 7 Guaca Smith, 6 Sia Coliseum (6 Sia Coliseum), 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nché

Alternative: 16 Malcolm Marks, 17 Steven Kidschoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostard, 20 Jasper Wise, 21 Herschel Zonzis, 22 Elton Zantzis, 23 Franz Stein

New Zealand: 1. Joe Moody, 2. Cody Taylor, 3. Nebo Laulala; 4. Brady Retallic, 5. Scott Barrett; 6. Akira Ayone, 7. RT Save (cap), 8. Luke Jacobson; 9. Brad Weber, 10. Button Barrett; 11. Rico Ione, 12. David Haville, 13. Anton Linert-Brown, 14. Chew Reese; 15. Jordi Barrett.

Alternative: 16. Asafo Amua, 17. George Bower, 18. Oba Tungafashi, 19. Patrick Duiplodu, 20. Ethan Bloctor, 21. DJ. Perenara, 22. Richie Moyunga and 23. Damien McKenzie.