International stars Willie le Roux and Beauden Barrett both starred in Saturday’s Top League clash between Suntory Sungoliath and Toyota Verblitz.
Springboks full back le Roux took centre stage for Verblitz in the first half with a wonderful chip for centre Male Sa’u to regather and score under the posts.
The vision from Willie Le Roux 🎯
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However All Blacks playmaker Barrett stole the headlines with a match-winning penalty kick which hit the inside of the post on its way though in the final play of the game in Aichi, Japan.
Beauden Barrett scores off the post to win the match in the 80th minute 😲
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The game finished 36-39 to Suntory thanks to Barrett’s heroics which has put them top of Conference Red after four rounds.
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