New Zealand All Blacks Vs. Fiji Rugby Live Updates And Scores ...
New Zealand All Blacks defeated the Fiji Flying Fijians at Snapdragon Stadium. The squads were playing their first-ever match in the USA, and their first neutral-site match. It was the first time in 40 years that the All Blacks played in San Diego.
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Although it was a hard-fought match from the Fijian side, the All Blacks put the game away by the end of the first half as they headed to the locker room with a 26-5 lead. The All Blacks scored 21 more points in the second half, making the final score New Zealand, 47, Fiji 5.
Subscribe To FloRugby To Watch The Rugby Summer InternationalsInternational Rugby Fixtures 2024 On FloRugby100 Best Rugby Players In The World: Here's The Full ListFiji scored only one try, but a beautiful one, with a kick ahead to Semi Radradra, who then transferred to Vilimoni Botitu, who took it across the line.
All Blacks debuted multiple players and two scored, George Bell and Billy Proctor (who started). New Zealand continue their streak of eight straight test match wins against Fiji.
Watch the July 19 match replay between New Zealand and Fiji here.
Read the updates and scores as they happened below:
Next Up For New Zealand All BlacksThe All Blacks have finished their summer international tests, and will now likely focus on the Rugby Championship in August.
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End Of Game; New Zealand 47, Fiji 5It's over in San Diego, folks. The All Blacks kept the game in control in both halves, scoring 47 overall. Great play from All Blacks debutants, namely Billy Proctor.
Fiji fought hard the whole game, but were held to one try, which they scored in the first half.
Bell Scores Try In Debut; 47-5All Blacks score another try, and their long line of young backups have shown up.
Add debutant George Bell to the list, who scores a try with three minutes left in the game.
McKenzie makes the kick.
Closer Look At Sevu Reece TrySevu Reece squeezes one in for the @allblacks to get the second scoring half scoring started pic.twitter.com/PPxoU5XRpC
— FloRugby (@FloRugby) July 20, 2024All Blacks Score Try; 40-5Ethan de Groot takes it across the line to put the All Blacks up massively. Fiji haven't really shown much since half-time outside of a few opportunities.
All Blacks have had nearly 60 percent possession, but it feels like quite a bit more.
Chiefs fly half McKenzie makes another conversion.
Clarke Try Reversed; 55'Caleb Clarke thought he'd scored another try, but there was a penalty on the All Blacks for illegally tackling a Fijian player.
The score is still 33-5, with New Zealand in the lead.
NZ Charge Downfield, Sevu Reece Try; 33-5Sevu Reece catches the transfer from Billy Procter, who continues to have an impressive debut, and the New Zealand All Blacks waste very little time scoring after half-time.
Damian McKenzie makes the kick.
Fiji Kick Off To NZ, Second Half BeginsIf the All Blacks continue to control this game through the first 10 minutes, it's likely we will see more debutants come into the game for their first caps.
Fiji Cibi & New Zealand Haka; Pre-GameThe Fijians perform the Cibi before the game, and the New Zealand All Blacks return the favor with their Haka.
What an awesome moment between the @allblacks and @fijirugby before the game pic.twitter.com/ilZEwfv76S
— FloRugby (@FloRugby) July 20, 2024Half-Time In San Diego; All Blacks 26, Fiji 5The teams are headed into the locker room after putting on quite a show for the crowd in San Diego. 40 down, 40 to go.
Jiuta Wainiqolo Nearly Scores; 26-5The referee went to TMO to check the try attempt. Wainiqolo loses the ball and there is a knock-on in the in-goal area.
Half-time should begin shortly.
Fiji Doing Well Going Down WingsWhen Fiji have found a way to get out to the flanks, they have done great against the All Blacks' defenders.
Ratima Breaks Free, Rolled With TackleCortez Ratima is injured after breaking free with a long run into Fiji territory. He was slung into a tackle that made him land on his shoulder. Ratima is looked at for a time, then comes off the field.
Debutant Noah Hotham comes on to record his first cap for the All Blacks.
Savea Scores All Blacks' Fourth Try; 26-5Ardie Savea, who is one of the best players in the world, scores another try for the All Blacks. Only about seven minutes from half time, but this game is quite close to getting out of hand for Fiji.
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Damian McKenzie converts the kick.
Closer Look At Clarke, Ratima TriesThe @allblacks put up the first two tries quickly in Snapdragon Stadium against Fiji pic.twitter.com/UQ8yPK9ynm
— FloRugby (@FloRugby) July 20, 2024Fiji Pinned At Five MetersAfter a knock-on by Fiji, the All Blacks and the Flying Fijians are in a scrum close to the try line.
NZ too powerful in the scrum and gain possession on a lineout.
Proctor Scores In First Cap; 19-5Billy Proctor, who made his debut appearance today for New Zealand, scores for the All Blacks. Proctor slid through the try line while being tackled.
Damian McKenzie misses a tough conversion.
This is the All Blacks third try of the game in just under 30 minutes.
Botitu Scores For Fiji; 14-5Beautiful play from Fiji. Kicked ahead to Semi Radradra before he offloaded to Vilimoni Botitu for the score. Kick is missed.
Hard to believe this ball made it into the hands of Botitu.
Fiji Advancing In NZ End Of FieldFiji made inroads against the New Zeland defense, quickly getting up the field before a penalty on the All Blacks.
The crowd here in San Diego appreciated the effort from the Flying Fijians.
Clarke Has An NFL Arm ????For what it's worth, Caleb Clarke, who scored the first try of the day for the All Blacks, has shown off his throwing arm before.
Put him in coach! Caleb Clarke is #SuperBowl2024 ready! ????#AllBlacks pic.twitter.com/od14DnTHQz
— All Blacks (@AllBlacks) February 11, 2024Cortez Ratima Scores Second All Blacks Try; 14-0Within just a few minutes, the New Zealand All Blacks strike for the second time. The ball hardly left Fiji's end of the field between the scores.
Damian McKenzie converts the kick.
All Blacks Score First Try; 7-0Caleb Clarke takes the ball past the try line and puts the first points on the board for the All Blacks.
Damien McKenzie converts the kick.
All Blacks Making Progress; 4'New Zealand crashed up the field. Making the most progress of the game so far, for either team, before the ball was coughed up.
Stoppage in play now for a penalty.
Fiji, All Blacks Feeling Game OutBoth teams are kicking back and forth, with one ball from the All Blacks nearly rolling past the try line. Luckily for Fiji, the ball hit the pole of the upright.
All Blacks Kick Off To FijiLet the battle between New Zealand and Fiji begin in San Diego.
National Anthems Taking Place ShortlyAll Blacks Visited San Diego In 1980It's been over 40 years since the New Zealand All Blacks played in San Diego, California. In 1980, the All Blacks visited for an unofficial match against the USA. All Blacks defeated the Eagles that day 53-6.
Though the USA rugby team had been around for awhile, it was still in its infancy in the 1980s. The Eagles made their first Rugby World Cup appearance in 1987.
Todd Gurley New Zealand Rugby Soundbyte ????FloRugby caught up with the ex-NFL running back and asked him about his appreciation for the New Zealand All Blacks.
NFL Legend Todd Gurley is a fan of the New Zealand All Blacks!????@TG3II | @AllBlacks #AllBlacks #NZAllBlacks #Rugby pic.twitter.com/prNioZDsc6
— FloRugby (@FloRugby) July 18, 2024Six Debuts For All BlacksFloRugby expert Philip Bendon wrote earlier this week about the uncapped players added to the All Blacks squad before their San Diego bout with Fiji.
New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson has named six debutants for his side’s upcoming clash with Fiji in San Diego on Friday evening.
Of the six potential debutants, just one will start, as highly touted Hurricanes center Billy Proctor gets the nod in the No. 13 shirt outside of the experienced Anton Lienart-Brown.
While Proctor is guaranteed to earn his first cap, provided he doesn’t pick a training injury before kickoff, the other five potential debutants of George Bell, Pasilio Tosi, Sam Darry, Wallace Sititi and Noah Hotham all will hope Robertson calls their names later in the contest.
Barrett Ready To Put On Show In San DiegoBeauden Barrett is ready to put on a performance in San Diego.
— FloRugby (@FloRugby) July 19, 2024New Zealand All Blacks Rugby LineupTamaiti WilliamsAsafo AumuaFletcher NewellScott BarrettTupou Vaa’iLuke JacobsonEthan BlackadderArdie SaveaCortez RatimaDamian McKenzieCaleb ClarkeAnton Lienert-BrownBilly ProctorSevu ReeceBeauden BarrettSubstitutes: 16. George Bell 17. Ethan de Groot 18. Pasilio Tosi 19. Sam Darry 20. Wallace Sititi 21. Noah Hotham 22. Jordie Barrett 23. Emoni Narawa
Fiji Rugby LineupEroni MawiTevita IkanivereMesake DogeIsoa NasilasilaTemo MayanavanuaLekima TagitagivaluKitione SalawaViliame MataFrank LomaniIsaiah Armstrong-RavulaSemi RadradraInia TabuavouWaisea NayacalevuJiuta WainiqoloVilimoni BotituSubstitutes: 16. Zuriel Togiatama 17. Haereiti Hetet 18. Samuela Tawake 19. Albert Tuisue 20. Elia Canakaivata 21. Simione Kuruvoli 22. Caleb Muntz 23. Sireli Maqala
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New Zealand All Blacks Vs. Fiji Rugby Kickoff TimesThe match kicks off at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 19 in San Diego.
New Zealand World Rugby RankingThe All Blacks are ranked No. 3 in the world with 90.37 points.
Fiji World Rugby RankingFiji is ranked No. 10 in the world with 77.44 points.
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