{"id":14409,"date":"2012-09-08T16:01:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-2-rugby-late-tries-save-new-zealands-blushes-v-pumas\/"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:01:32","slug":"update-2-rugby-late-tries-save-new-zealands-blushes-v-pumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-rugby-late-tries-save-new-zealands-blushes-v-pumas\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Rugby-Late tries save New Zealand&#8217;s blushes v Pumas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds detail)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Greg Stutchbury<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">WELLINGTON, Sept 8<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Two late tries from wingers<br \/>\nJulian Savea and Cory Jane gave the All Blacks a 21-5 victory<br \/>\nover Argentina in their Rugby Championship match that was<br \/>\ndisrupted by a power cut in the port area of New Zealand&#8217;s<br \/>\ncapital city on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wellington Regional Stadium, which sits on land adjacent to<br \/>\nthe port, was plunged into darkness during the halftime break<br \/>\nbecause of the outage, which delayed the start of the second<br \/>\nhalf for about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The blackout was an apt metaphor for the game, with few<br \/>\nhighlights to speak of as both sides battled driving rain and<br \/>\nswirling gale-force winds.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even so, the Pumas dispelled any thoughts it could take them<br \/>\na couple of years to be competitive in the southern hemisphere<br \/>\ncompetition.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Argentinians were in the game,&#8221; New Zealand coach Steve<br \/>\nHansen told reporters after his side completed their 13th<br \/>\nsuccessive test win. &#8220;They&#8217;re a welcome addition to this<br \/>\ncompetition.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re only going to get better and better. They&#8217;re<br \/>\nalready a very good side at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Argentina had drawn 16-16 with the Springboks in Mendoza two<br \/>\nweeks ago, a match they probably should have won, to demonstrate<br \/>\nthey were more than competitive.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds detail) By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Two late tries from wingers Julian Savea and Cory Jane gave the All Blacks a 21-5 victory over Argentina in their Rugby Championship match that was disrupted by a power cut in the port area of New Zealand&#8217;s capital city on Saturday. Wellington Regional Stadium, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-14409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}