{"id":296563,"date":"2023-10-20T21:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T21:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296563"},"modified":"2023-10-20T21:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T21:39:23","slug":"new-zealand-destroy-argentina-in-devastating-rugby-world-cup-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-league\/new-zealand-destroy-argentina-in-devastating-rugby-world-cup-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand destroy Argentina in devastating rugby World Cup semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/69\/590x\/secondary\/5024844.jpg?r=1697836468779\"><\/p>\n<p>Will Jordan grabbed a spectacular hat-trick as New Zealand put on a ruthless clinic at the Stade de France last night to sweep aside Argentina and reach the Rugby World Cup final with an emphatic 44-6 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The All Blacks wing equalled the World Cup record of eight tries in a tournament held by Jonah Lomu, Bryan Habana and Julian Savea as New Zealand proved too potent and too clinical for the outgunned Pumas.<\/p>\n<p>The all too predictable mis-match placed further scrutiny on a lop-sided draw which allowed a team of Argentina\u2019s quality to reach the last four when hosts France and Ireland exited in quarterfinal classics last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiwis cruised home in such comfort they were able to take off some of their key men in the\u00a0 second half and mothball them ahead of Saturday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina\u2019s dreams of pulling off what would have been the biggest shock in World Cup knockout stage history had evaporated by half time.<\/p>\n<p>Two tries in three minutes from wing Will Jordan and Jordie Barrett gave New Zealand the impetus and a third from flanker Shannon Frizzell in injury time put them out of sight at 20-6 up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Smith skipped over a fourth just 90 seconds after the restart before Frizzell muscled over for his second.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &#038; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Jordan followed suit just after the hour and then completed his hat-trick with eight minutes left in thrilling style from his own 22 even though New Zealand were down to 14 men with second row Scott Barrett in the sin-bin.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/1826353\/New-Zealand-Argentina-rugby-world-cup-semi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Jordan grabbed a spectacular hat-trick as New Zealand put on a ruthless clinic at the Stade de France last <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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