All Blacks into decider in most one-sided semi-final since they beat Wales in Brisbane in 1987
fans also danced and chanted briefly as their team started relatively promising, and thereafter proudly broke into song, while faint chants of ‘All Blacks’ were just about audible on a couple of occasions.
On the pitch, the Pumas’ once-feared scrum and maul has long since been a thing of the past, and such was the imbalance between the respective tight fives that, unsurprisingly, the All Blacks’ catch-and-drive made hay whenever they were inclined to do so. Such was the lack of jeopardy in a loose contest that almost resembled one of those dissatisfying Super Rugby matches, the All Blacks were credited with missing 23 tackles – which was hard to believe – while the official match stats gave Argentina 49 missed tackles.
These multi-phases attacks did lead to a couple of penalties by Emiliano Boffelli, the first opening the scoring inside five minutes, but in between times the All Blacks picked their moments for Jordan Barrett to win a turnover penalty and the recalled Mark Tele’a to complete a clean turnover. Mo’unga landed a penalty and a first-half penalty count of 8-3 had Pumas boss Michael Cheika in high dudgeon on the sidelines approaching half-time. His mood only worsened as Tele’a beat four tackles before Smith and Mo’unga gave Shannon Frizell an almost contemptuous blindside walk-in and a 20-6 interval lead.
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