Rugby star's 'freakish' high flying try 'going viral'

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Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens has submitted an aboriginal contender for effort of the play aft immoderate aerial aerobatics for the Blues.

After a comparatively sedate commencement to proceedings astatine Eden Park, the Blues winger got the location assemblage up with the opening effort of the contention with the Western Force.

Off the backmost of a spot into the country from Stephen Perofeta, Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens launched himself into the air, grabbed the shot one-handed and miraculously grounded it.

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"How helium managed to bent onto that, nether unit from Chase Tiatia – that is rather brilliant," said Stan Sport commentator Tony Johnson.

"Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, his 10th lucifer and it's his archetypal effort for the Blues and it's an implicit pearler.

"The bent time, helium managed to enactment elevated for truthful long. What a effort from this young man."

Karl Te Nana added, "I similar the committedness from him. The timing of the hops, that is going viral."

Former All Blacks subordinate and Blues stalwart James Parsons labelled the effort "freakish".

Western Force skipper Michael Wells scores

"They decidedly travel with a maneuver to enactment it successful the aerial aboriginal – but this one, a small spot person to the enactment – that is immoderate superior hops" helium said of the 29th-minute effort.

"I thought Matt Duffy could get precocious successful the aerial but that's conscionable been outdone by Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens.

"That is perfectly freakish."

The Blues went into fractional clip starring 18-5.

Ofa Tuungafasi scored the 2nd effort for the Blues earlier Force skipper Michael Wells responded with 1 of his own.

The Blues continued to power proceedings successful the 2nd half, yet prevailing 30-17.

Mark Telea, Ricky Riccitelli, and Stephen Perofeta each scored for the Blues.

Zach Kibirige and Hamish Stewart offered the Force immoderate hope, coming up 13 points short.

Harry Plummer, who made his archetypal commencement arsenic the Blues captain, had mixed emotions aft his broadside came up abbreviated of a bonus-point.

England import Zach Kibirige scores for the Force

"It's a small spot of a double-edged sword," helium said.

"We knew the Force were going to travel and bring it. They're a truly persistent squad that you can't power off.

"We evidently saw that successful the past 10 minutes. They're afloat of moving rugby and it's hard to play with.

"We're blessed with the win, but it is simply a spot frustrating arsenic well.

"We fto immoderate errors which we talked astir during the week creep into our crippled and we're going to get stung connected antithetic days."

The Blues volition adjacent look the Chiefs successful Hamilton connected Saturday, April 1.

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