LIVE: All Blacks down Boks in World Cup statement

New Zealand bushed South Africa 35-20 to each but assertion the Rugby Championship for the 3rd consecutive twelvemonth connected Saturday and disrupt the satellite champions' buildup to the World Cup.

A shock-and-awe opening which saw the All Blacks people 2 tries and pb 17-0 aft 15 minutes near the Springboks gasping earlier they staged a monolithic comeback successful the 2nd fractional astatine Mt Smart Stadium.

Returning winger Will Jordan had a manus successful some aboriginal tries which came aft the All Blacks carried the shot for agelong periods, stretching the Springboks' defence connected some sides of the tract earlier finishing with precision.

The Boks had lone a precocious punishment to amusement for a mediocre archetypal fractional show and the All Blacks took a 20-3 pb to halftime.

South Africa past sent its seat into action, moving retired its "bomb squad" arsenic seasoned hooker Malcolm Marx scored from a lineout thrust successful the 54th infinitesimal and the crippled changed complexion.

Winger Cheslin Kolbe scored wide retired successful the 62nd infinitesimal and abruptly it was 23-15 and it was the All Blacks who were nether pressure.

The Springboks were winning the carnal portion of the game, piling into breakdowns and disrupting the All Blacks' ball.

The fast, beforehand ft shot of the archetypal fractional was gone and the All Blacks recovered themselves backpeddling, surviving disconnected scrappy possession.

But Jordan stepped up again and scored disconnected a Beauden Barrett cross-kick successful the 68th infinitesimal — his 22nd effort successful 22 Tests — making the crippled harmless astatine 30-15.

Flyhalf Richie Mo'unga scored connected the abbreviated broadside of a beardown 5 metre scrum successful the 77th to decorativeness with 19 points.

The Springboks had the past accidental arsenic flanker Kwagga Smith added a superb past infinitesimal solo effort to marque the tally 4 tries to three.