Wow.
The Highlanders beat Sonny Bill Williams and the Chiefs in the Super Rugby quarter-final this morning, and All Blacks scrum-half Aaron Smith is the main reason why. Sure, wing Waisake Naholo continued his rampant try-scoring form by touching down twice, but Smith created both five-pointers with some excellent handling.
Ireland’s Conor Murray is the premier scrum-half in the northern hemisphere at the moment, and executes Joe Schmidt’s kicking game perfectly. But Smith’s sniping threat and creativity in attack makes him so dangerous – he has already scored 11 international tries.
Not to worry, because Murray will get a chance to go head-to-head with Smith and wrestle the title of ‘world’s best scrum-half from the New Zealander in the World Cup final this October.
