{"id":2453,"date":"2020-11-28T10:52:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T11:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2020-11-28T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T17:57:33","slug":"kiwi-wonder-kid-announces-himself-to-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=2453","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi wonder-kid announces himself to world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How easy is this Test rugby caper?<\/p>\n<p>For 66 minutes the All Blacks ground away against Argentina and built a solid lead without ever managing to open the floodgates.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Will Jordan &#8211; wearing No 23 no less &#8211; the Kiwi super-sub who you will be hearing a lot more from.<\/p>\n<p>In just his second Test appearance off the bench, the 22-year-old outside back scored his first try in the 67th minute when he pounced on a loose Pumas pass and scooted half the field.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6212798518001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2020\/11\/329473\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"All Blacks&#x27; touching Maradona tribute\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cki1hiauq000l0hr0813fzpbe\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two minutes he was at it again, intercepting an Argentina offload and showcasing his smooth speed to put an exclamation mark on <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rugby\/nz-all-blacks-vs-argentina-pumas-live-scores-rugby-union-kick-off-time-results-news\/1312cddc-a175-409c-9801-c6b7b6076647\" title=\"New Zealand&#x27;s 38-0 Tri Nations win.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand&#x27;s 38-0 Tri Nations win.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;A couple of loose balls managed to find their way into my hands and I had the speed to get there,&quot; Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our defence was putting them under pressure all night and that forced a couple of errors that I was lucky to get on the other end of.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Fozzie (coach Ian Foster) had a good message for me through the week, just to trust my skill-set and go out and do what I&#x27;ve been doing throughout the year.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaredwright17\/status\/1332650099147755521?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaredwright17\/status\/1332650099147755521?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jordan, a regular try-scorer for the Super Rugby champion Crusaders, is not as explosive an athlete as incumbent left winger Caleb Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>But he is a natural footballer with an uncanny knack for reading the play and sensing try-scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s just one of those players who is on the ball wherever it pops up,&quot; said All Blacks great Israel Dagg, one of Jordan&#x27;s chief mentors.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;125 metres gained in 15 minutes so an unbelievable performance.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"4df43281-5297-4d26-9e33-6ca8d6fb8235\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/569c001b-e5be-4b4e-91f0-539da7c013c7\" alt=\"Will Jordan of the All Blacks makes a break to score a try.\" data-width=\"3000\" data-height=\"1999\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>How easy is this Test rugby caper? For 66 minutes the All Blacks ground away against Argentina and built a solid lead without ever managing <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=2453\" title=\"Kiwi wonder-kid announces himself to world\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions\/2455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}