Barbarians consign All Blacks to rare defeat

Barbarians 25 New Zealand 18

Sat, 05 Dec, 2009 - 20:13

Barbarians 25 New Zealand 18

Bryan Habana ran in a hat-trick of tries today as the Barbarians sent New Zealand crashing to the only defeat of their autumn tour.

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