Sport / Rugby Boks break nine-year hoodoo by beating All Blacks at home BL PREMIUM

Wellington — The Springboks pulled off a stunning performance characterised by grit and determination to hand the All Blacks their first defeat in the Rugby Championship at home since 2009. As a result of this scintillating and hard fought 36-34 victory in front of sold out and chilly Westpac Stadium in Wellington that was influenced by a brace of tries by rising star Aphiwe Dyantyi‚ the Boks also registered the most points against the All Blacks at home. The Boks were good value for their victory as they recovered from 12-0 down after 20 minutes to take a deserved 24-17 lead at half time. They will look forward to the remaining two matches in the competition against the Wallabies and New Zealand in South Africa with renewed hope. Not even a yellow card to Willie le Roux in the 68th minute for a deliberate offside could stop the Boks from achieving what so many Test teams‚ bar the British & Irish Lions‚ have failed to do here in nine long years. Though the Boks were impressive for t...