Scotland fall short of historic New Zealand win as All Blacks break hosts’ hearts again

Join the Miguel Delaney team: Inside Football Join the Miguel Delaney Inside newsletter to get exclusive access and unparalleled insight. Football Join the Miguel Delaney Inside newsletter Football The All Blacks snatched the victory with a contorted Damian McKenzie (AFP via Getty Images). Josh Lord, a second-rower, produced a one-handed pick-and-go off the halfway line. He then drove forward and released Cam Roigard to score through a hole on the left. Beauden Barrett converted. The Scots responded strongly and asked questions of their visitors without showing the conviction to get themselves on the Beauden Barrett added the conversion. The Scots showed a lot of energy and questioned the All Blacks, but they didn’t score. After the All Blacks Leroy Carter had been sin-binned for cynically blocking Graham when he tried to catch his own kick at the 33rd-minute mark Will Jordan scored on the left side after Wallace Sititi set him up. Barrett added the conversion. The Kiwis led 17-0 at the break. Finn Russell converted Hooker Ashman’s try off a lineout-maul in 46th minute. The Scots took advantage of the extra man in 51st minute when Steyn ran over after Blair Kinghorn had set him up. Russell converted the try again.open image galleryScotland came back to equalize (REUTERS).The Scots had their tails up, and looked to be going ahead in the 56th, but Roigard’s brilliant tackle stopped Graham from grounding the ball to the right. Russell then leveled a pul The pendulum seemed to swing in favour of the Scots, especially when Sititi was the third New Zealander to receive a yellow card for a deliberate kick-on. This happened in the 61st-minute.
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