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		</div><p>South Africa laid down a marker ahead of their World Cup title defence by hammering New Zealand 35-7 in a warm-up clash at Twickenham.</p>
<p>The reigning world champions dominated from the first whistle on a chastening night for World Cup favourites New Zealand, who had Scott Barrett sent off in the first half, leaving his tournament participation in doubt.</p>
<p>South Africa hammered Wales 52-16 in Cardiff last weekend and started in the same vain, with relentless early pressure leading to a 13th-minute sin-binning for Barrett – who paid the price for repeated New Zealand infringements.</p>
<figure id="attachment_180225" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-180225" style="width: 636px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F0124DA2-9B70-460E-B3F4-D46261E03988.jpeg" alt="" width="636" height="421" class="size-full wp-image-180225" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-180225" class="wp-caption-text">Scott Barrett (right) was shown a second yellow card</figcaption></figure>
<p>Prop Tyrel Lomax was then forced off with what appeared to be a serious knee injury before skipper Sam Kane was also shown a yellow card in a disastrous first 15 minutes for the All Blacks.</p>
<p>New Zealand, who were imperious in securing the 2023 Rugby Championship title last month, defended resolutely but Siya Kolisi forced his way over for the opening try after 18 minutes.</p>
<p>Richie Mo’unga hit the post with a simple penalty and Kurt-Lee Arendse ran in South Africa’s second try from an interception to make it 14-0.</p>
<p>Things went from bad to worse for the All Blacks as Barrett was shown a second yellow and sent off just before half-time for dangerously flying into a clearout – meaning he is likely to miss their World Cup opener against France on September 8.</p>
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