England great Ben Kay has lifted the lid on a comment made in a box on Saturday questioning whether the All Blacks had been “hacked” in Cardiff.
Such was the shock by those watching the Wales v New Zealand fixture that someone at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham said this in earshot of Kay.
The comment came following a worldwide outage for Microsoft on Friday which affected several of its tools such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot.
Incredible game
Wales though were more than worthy winners at the Principality Stadium as they came out on top 35-28 thanks to tries from Tomos Williams, Dewi Lake, Archie Griffin, Eddie James and Louis Rees-Zammit, with the result ending a run of 34 straight losses, dating back 73 years, to New Zealand.
“It was incredible,” Kay said on TNT Sports ahead of the PREM Rugby Cup game between Saracens and Leicester at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.
“I think from the atmosphere that was created around the haka and how the Welsh responded to it, you know, I was watching it from Twickenham and I don’t think many in the world, including in Wales, thought that was going to happen and the scoreline they got out to.
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“I think everyone throughout the game, Danny (Care) was with me, we were sort of going, yeah, good start Wales, but here come New Zealand, but they just never showed up.
“In fact, someone in the box that we were in said, have New Zealand been hacked?”
While it was a surprising result on Saturday – with the All Blacks heavy favourites with the bookmakers – Kay was quick to lavish praise the Welsh.
“Take nothing away from Wales. They were absolutely phenomenal and it was great to see some of the Prem stars and the effect and probably the confidence, particularly the likes Dewi Lake and Jac Morgan, you know, the confidence they’ve had this year transferred onto the international stage,” the Englishman said before turning his attention to the rivalry between the near neighbours which he feels is now energised.
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Dark couple of years
“Wales hate England, England hate Wales, but we want Wales to be competitive and it’s been a dark couple of years for Wales,” he explained.
“It’s great to see them right back at the very top and hopefully they can continue that until they play against England again.”
That meeting will be in the Six Nations when the two teams lock horns against on Saturday, March 6 in Round Four of the 2027 Championship.
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