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Jaguares extend winning streak with Bulls thrashing
By Sacha Pisani
Nicolas Sanchez starred as the Jaguares stayed hot in Super Rugby with a 54-24 demolition of the Bulls in Buenos Aires.
The Jaguares extended their winning streak to five games thanks to fly-half Sanchez, who contributed 24 points against the South African visitors in the Argentine capital on Saturday.
Sanchez set up tries for Bautista Delguy and Matias Orlando as the Jaguares celebrated their seventh win of the season – matching a franchise record.
Delguy crossed over twice, while young flanker Marcos Kremer, Sebastian Cancellieri and Emiliano Boffelli also scored tries for the Jaguares, who led 20-10 at half-time on home soil.
The Bulls were always trailing in the contest, despite two late tries in the first half from Nick de Jager and Andre Warner.
With their first bonus-point victory of the season, the Jaguares moved outright second in the South African conference behind the Lions.
The Bulls are fourth and five points adrift of the Jaguares after 12 games.
The Jaguares will host the Sharks next weekend as they look to extend their winning streak to six, while the Bulls head home to face the Brumbies at Loftus Versfeld in week 15 of Super Rugby.
JAGUARES 54 (Kremer, Sanchez, Cancelliere, Orlando, Boffelli, Delguy 2 tries; Sanchez 5 cons, 3 pens) BULLS 24 (Gelant, de Jager, Warner tries; Libbok 2 cons, Pollard con, pen) HT 20-10
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Ireland have every right to back themselves for a win. But the key variable has little to do with recent record etc.
The reality is that Ireland are a settled team with tons of continuity, an established style, and a good depth chart, whereas NZ are fundamentally rebuilding. The questions are all about what Razor is doing and how far along he is in that program.
NZ are very close to really clicking. Against England all of the chatter is about how England could have closed out a win, but failed to do so. This has obscured the observation that NZ were by far the more creative and effective in attack, beyond the 3-1 try differential and disallowed tries. They gave away a lot of unnecessary penalties, and made many simple errors (including knock-ons and loose kicks). Those things are very fixable, and when they do so we are once again going to be staring at a formidable NZ team.
Last week we heard the England fans talking confidently about their chances against NZ, but England did not end up looking like the better team on the field or the scoreboard. The England defense was impressive enough, but still could not stop the tries.
Ireland certainly has a better chance, of course, but NZ is improving fast, and I would not be surprised at a convincing All Black win this week. It may turn on whether NZ can cut out the simple mistakes.
Go to commentsFair to say that NZ have come to respect Ireland, as have all teams. But it's a bit click-baitey to say that the game is the premier show-down for NZ.
SA has beaten NZ four times in a row, including in the RWC final.
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