Jordie reflects on winning penalty
JFrom left: Beauden and Jordie Barrett after their clash on July 18,2020. ordie Barrett was confident he would slot the game-winning conversion to claim bragging rights over his brother Beauden, as the Hurricanes beat the Blues 29-27 in their Super Rugby Aotearoa clash in Wellington. After replacement hooker Asafo Aumua crashed over in the corner to level the scored with five minutes remaining, Jordie had a tricky conversion from 43 metres out to win the match for the Hurricanes. Having missed a couple of easier attempts earlier, the 23-year-old felt the pressure as he lined up the shot from out wide.
But his strike snuck it inside the left-hand upright, and the Hurricanes went onto claim their third consecutive win, avenging their defeat to the Blues last month.
“You always have to be confident, but missing a couple I should have got in the first half doesn’t help,”says Jordie.
“You can’t erase them from the memory. But they’re the kicks that every kicker wants, they’re the ones I want, the ones you practice for during the week.
“I was just lucky I hit it true. It only snuck in. It’s nice when they go over.”
Jordie admits he was nervous heading into the match due to all the hype around the contest as it was the first time he was playing a competitive match against older brother Beauden.
More than 20,000 into Sky Stadium match.
“This afternoon I had a few more butterflies than I normally do, with family down and people coming from all over the country to watch us play each other added to those butterflies.
“There’s more to tonight than our clash and I had to contribute to our team and focus on what I could do. For most of that first half I felt I was a little bit off and I’m glad I had a better second half.
“There’s more to tonight than our clash and I had to contribute to our team and focus on what I could do. For most of that first half I felt I was a little bit off and I’m glad I had a better second half.”
Despite being on the losing side, Beauden says it was fun to play against his younger brother.
“It was great fun playing against Jordie. It was always going to be a heated battle against the Hurricanes first time playing here, I was expecting that...
“There certainly is (nostalgia). I didn’t listen to the noise or take that into account but of course it’s very personal and a familiar place for me.”
Results- Hurricanes 29-27
Chiefs 31-33 Highlanders.
Weekend’s fixtures- Saturday 7.05pm Crusaders v Hurricanes; Sunday 3.35pm Blues v Chiefs. fans crammed to watch the
Blues,