JP on 54-0: It’s not nice to see

Sharks coach JP Pietersen admitted his side were unable to match the All Blacks’ speed and skill after suffering a brutal 54-0 defeat at Kings Park on Tuesday night.

New Zealand ran in eight tries in wet conditions to register their second win of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour in front of a disappointingly small crowd of 14,759. newsbetting.bond

Despite the lashing, Pietersen was nevertheless proud of the effort shown by his players, who were facing a formidable All Blacks side with many of their first-choice players.

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“Look at the scoreboard, it’s not nice to see,” Pietersen said. “But the boys fought from minute one to minute 80.”

The Sharks made a bright start and put pressure on New Zealand during the opening stages, but Pietersen said the visitors took control once the match opened up after half-time.

“We couldn’t match their speed in the second half. We were just behind in everything they did,” he said.

“Every breakdown, every offload, every ball on the floor, they were just getting every offload.”

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The Sharks had approached the match with an attacking mindset despite being in the early stages of their pre-season.

“We’re in pre-season now; we’ve prepped ourselves to go for it. It’s a once-off game, go for gold. I think that’s what the mindset was in the game,” Pietersen said.

“We were going to go for it, put pressure on them as much as we can. I think we did that in the first 15 minutes.”

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But the All Blacks’ quality eventually told.

“They played with confidence, and they showed it in the second half,” Pietersen said.

The historic occasion also produced one of the most memorable moments before kick-off when former All Black Ma’a Nonu responded to New Zealand’s haka with a solo “Kapa o Pango”.

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“He said to do the haka back is a sign of respect to the All Blacks,” Pietersen said. “And it’s beautiful that he did the haka.

“He was quite nervous to do the haka by himself. That’s what he was more worried about. I got goosebumps when I saw it.”

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C’est un nouveau drame qui frappe Conakry après l’effondrement d’un immeuble en construction dans la proche banlieue de la capitale. Tard dans la nuit du lundi 10 au mardi 11 août, un bâtiment de cinq étages encore en chantier s’est écroulé moins d’un mois après qu’un autre drame similaire s’est produit dans un autre quartier, non loin de là. Sous les décombres, les secours ont trouvé plusieurs victimes. Le bilan provisoire fait état de cinq morts et de neuf personnes sorties des gravats et évacuées à l’hôpital.

Vodacom Bulls coach Johan Ackermann has recalled the “massive influence” Dave Rennie had on his former team, the Lions.

Ackermann coached the Lions from 2013 to 2017, overseeing a remarkable transformation of a team that had been relegated from Super Rugby in 2012 and taking them to back-to-back finals in his last two seasons.

In 2014, the Lions suffered a 38-8 defeat to Rennie’s Chiefs, who had won Super Rugby the previous year, in Hamilton.

The former Bok lock has not forgotten the advice he received from the New Zealander afterwards.

“I’ve got a lot of respect for Dave Rennie,” Ackermann said. “He was a massive influence on our Lions days.

“Myself and [assistant coach] Swys [de Bruin] were a bit down in the dumps. Although we knew it was a new team and our first year back in Super Rugby, we played the Chiefs in Hamilton, where he was the coach, and we lost badly.

“We spoke to him afterwards out on the field and he told us that if we’ve got a philosophy and we’ve got a style that we want to play, just hang in there.

“They had won Super Rugby, and the fact that they played quite an exciting brand was quite a mind shift for how we wanted to play.

“He shared a few ideas and we came back and stuck to our guns on how we wanted to play. It worked for us.”

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Ackermann believes the hallmarks of Rennie’s coaching remain evident in the All Blacks, particularly the emphasis on culture, tempo and skill.

Before taking charge of New Zealand this year, Rennie coached the Glasgow Warriors and Wallabies, and most recently led the Kobe Steelers to the Japan Rugby League One title.

“Every team he goes to, one thing he gets right is the culture of the team, and then they play a fast game,” Ackermann said.

“Now with Kobe, who won the Japan league, just look at how much ball-in-play time they have and the high scores they got.

“That’s his style and I don’t think he’s going to change that.

“He’s going to keep pushing the guys to have a high skill set and to back that skill set.”

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C'est une première au Sénégal. L'Office national de lutte contre la fraude et la corruption, l'Ofnac, publie ce mercredi 12 août deux listes provisoires : celle des personnes qui se sont pliées à leur obligation de déclarer leur patrimoine, et celle des défaillants, qui ne l'ont pas fait. Ministres, chefs d'institutions, juges, agents de la présidence ou ministères avaient jusqu'au 31 juillet pour se mettre en règle.