It was a miracle the All Blacks got as close as they did as they gave the Springboks a 40-minute headstart in Hamilton, writes Richard Loe in the Herald on Sunday.
"The two things that will ensure I remember this match for a long time to come are watching Francois Steyn bang over three kicks in succession from the wrong side of halfway and the most lop-sided halftime lineout statistics imaginable.
"What Steyn did was quite remarkable but equally staggering was the All Blacks inability at the lineout.You can throw all sorts of cliches around but the simple truth is you cannot expect to compete with a team like South Africa, who put so much pressure on you with their kicking game, if you have a dysfunctional lineout."
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