All Blacks win tour opener in unconvincing fashion
CAPE TOWN, Aug 7 : New Zealand opened their tour of South Africa with an error-strewn victory over the Stormers, beating the provincial side 38-21 on Friday in an unconvincing start to their eight-match programme.Four tries in the closing stages at the Cape Town Stadium allowed the All Blacks to pull away as
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CAPE TOWN, Aug 7 : New Zealand opened their tour of South Africa with an error-strewn victory over the Stormers, beating the provincial side 38-21 on Friday in an unconvincing start to their eight-match programme.
Four tries in the closing stages at the Cape Town Stadium allowed the All Blacks to pull away as the Stormers, without several of their internationals, provided surprisingly tough opposition and were level at 14-14 in the 65th minute.
Samisoni Taukei'aho, Simon Parker, Rieko Ioane, Leroy Carter, Josh Moorby and Asafo Aumua were the tourists’ try scorers with Beauden Barrett kicking over three conversions and Josh Jacomb one.
The Stormers’ points came from loose forward Deon Fourie, who turns 40 next month, and winger Seabelo Senatla, plus a conversion from 20-year-old debutant flyhalf Yaqeen Ahmed.
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