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The World Cup semi-final poker between New Zealandand Argentina may come to be a contest best forgotten, but All Blacks wing Will Jordan will remember it as the night where he joined a group of try-scoring greats - and should have surpassed them poker

With a hat-trick in Paris, Jordan became the fourth member of an exclusive club, in alongside Bryan Habana, Julian Savea and Jonah Lomu as the only men to have scored eight tries in a single tournament poker

With 31 tries in 30 Tests, it is a statistical probability that the All Black takes the record outright in the final poker

Had Richie Mo’unga elected to pass rather than dummy, Jordan would already have it poker

Late on at the Stade de France, the game long since decided and New Zealand electing to play with 14 men in a show of their superiority, Jordan was had clear run ahead of him with the Argentina defence narrowed poker

Jordan bellowed for the ball; his fly half ignored him, going it alone in search of a try of his own to leave Jordan left with arms and mouth agape poker

It was about the only foot that Mo’unga put wrong in a performance of all-round excellence from the All Blacks poker

The win may have been built on forward might but there is no doubt that a diverse, dynamic back three caught the eye poker

The trio of Mark Tele’a, Beauden Barrett and Jordan possess complementary skillsets, equally adept under the high ball but with contrasting qualities with ball in hand poker

“Their combination has worked well from the start of the year,” said head coach Ian Foster of his back three poker

“We put a bit of time into that from the start of the Rugby Championship poker

“Mark [Tele’a] was strong in the close-quarter areas poker

It was that sort of game and he enjoys being in close poker

He defended really well poker

I thought Will [Jordan] showed how good he is at finishing things off poker

Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick with New Zealand rampant in Paris (PA Wire)“I am delighted with the combination [Jordan and Tele’a] have, and then you have Beauden [Barrett] who is the glue in poker between them poker

He’s the communicator who connects the dots poker

They are going good – but they are going to need to in the final poker

”Indeed, the remarkable thing is that Jordan seems somewhat unremarkable poker

There are plenty of other wings in the world with more obvious physical gifts but the 25-year-old, by contrast, possesses an almost ineffable sense of grace, an ability to simply glide like Fred Astaire poker

While some of the game’s great try-scorers rely on hugging the touchline or picking their moment, Jordan is far from simply a poacher, often stepping in as a playmaker in New Zealand’s protean backline poker

“Without the ball, he works so hard,” explained Argentina wing Mateo Carreras, generous in his praise of his opponent even in the moments after defeat poker

“He’s everywhere on the pitch poker

If there is a line-break, he’s there poker

If there is a knock-on, he is there poker

That’s why he is top class poker

”In truth, two of Jordan’s three semi-final tries were walk-ins – they all count equally poker

The third, though, more than made up for the simplicity of the first two scores, a magnificent thing that began on the edge of New Zealand’s 22 poker

Jordan hit the line at the right time to take Ardie Savea’s inside pop and then carving like a speed-skater through the Argentina defence poker

Having slowed to consider the landscape ahead of him, Jordan found the space, a clever use of the outside of his boot to nudge the ball over the final defender and get the desired spin to allow an uncontested collection and finish the job poker

Try number 31 – of male players, only Japan’s Daisuke Ohata, against largely inferior opposition, has ever got more in their first 30 international appearances poker

Look at the list of the top career try tallies for the All Blacks, a ladder Jordan is rapidly climbing, and a rough pattern emerges: wings making a fast-scoring start to their Test career before fading quicker than in other countries poker

In New Zealand, there will always be a next big thing on the wing, an athlete or an artist ready to step up and step in to the try scoring breach poker

Savea, for example, scored 45 tries in 54 games before being dropped after Rieko Ioane’s emergence at the age of 27 poker

He has not played for his country in the six years since poker

Sitiveni Sivivatu befell a similar fate; Joe Rokocoko did not play internationally past his 30th birthday poker

Even Ioane has been forced to relocate and rebuild, now starring in the centres poker

The All Blacks back three (Mark Telea, Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett) ran riot in Paris (Getty Images)Jordan’s success, though, feels sustainable poker

He is doing all this away from his favoured position – the Crusader is a full-back at heart poker

The 15 jersey will be his in time: the eldest Barrett brother is bound for Japan after this tournament, and Jordan will surely slide over to continue to chase down Doug Howlett’s All Black record total of 49 tries poker

But that pursuit can wait for another day poker

New Zealand know not yet if it will be England or South Africa in the final but they will feel it will matter not if they sustain the level they’ve found in this last two weeks poker

“This is the dream, to be in the dance, to make the final and give ourselves an opportunity,” said scum half Aaron Smith poker

“We’ve got a chance of winning the World Cup and that’s what you dream of as a rugby player poker

"More aboutNew Zealand rugbyArgentina rugbyRugby World CupJonah LomuJulian SaveaRichie Mo'ungaAll BlacksJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3Jordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’Jordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’Will Jordan ran in a hat-trick with New Zealand rampant in Paris PA WireJordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’The All Blacks back three (Mark Telea, Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett) ran riot in Paris Getty ImagesJordan joins exclusive club as All Blacks find perfect ‘combination’Will Jordan scored three tries in New Zealand’s thumping semi-final win over Argentina Getty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today poker

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There’s a new look about a key area of the team for Liverpool, a changing of the guard enforced by recent events, a previous zone of consistency now faced with uncertainty poker

No, we’re not talking about midfield - that particular switch-up already looks a definite upgrade, even early as it is for such conclusions poker

Instead it’s at left-back the unexpected alteration has occurred, a consequence of Andy Robertson’s need for surgery which means the Scot is out for the rest of the year poker

Having averaged over 44 appearances a season for the Reds since signing in 2017, he’ll now miss at least 17 matches, if best estimates of his return are to be believed poker

That leaves not just a gap for Kostas Tsimikas or an untested youngster to fill tactically, but a void which cannot be accounted for: that of a partnership, of understanding, of the natural, unthinking knowing which comes with playing hundreds of matches alongside a teammate poker

It can be argued that such a changeable nature can be applied not just to the midfield, not even just to left-back, but to the entire defensive structure this term at Anfield: injuries have already hit on the right and centrally too, to go along with the altered personnel ahead of them in the middle third of the pitch poker

All that simply means one truth must be constant if the Reds are to translate early season promise into longer-term capacity to challenge for major honours: Virgil van Dijk must once again prove himself to be among the very best, not just individually as a defender but as a force to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts poker

RecommendedBuild from the front? Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are repeating an old trickEngland’s Euro 2024 squad: Who’s on the plane, who’s in contention and who has work to do?Virgil van Dijk will show he is Premier League’s best once more – Sami HyypiaThere cannot be much debate that the Dutchman, now club captain at Anfield, has not quite reached the same levels of authoritative performances as he did pre-ACL injury, or at least not on as regular a basis poker

The period which saw Liverpool win both Premier League and Champions League saw Van Dijk at the pinnacle of the game, a central defender without peer, a worthy recipient of the Ballon d’Or itself, had he been handed it instead of a runner-up spot, pipped by seven votes in 2019 by Lionel Messi poker

Perhaps that in itself was a noteworthy award poker

In any case, he’s not quite there these days, not quite the automatic choice among fan or pundit asked to name the world’s finest poker

It’s arguable that there isn’t a single stand-out candidate right now for that particularly subjective title poker

But in asking whether Van Dijk is capable of being the world’s best defender again, part of the answer has to be that it doesn’t really matter poker

He might want to be of course, might already believe he is, but from a team perspective what they really need is Van Dijk’s ability to stabilise the team, to foresee and forestall danger, to order those around him to bring forth resilience from chaos poker

Because chaotic is, still, a little too close to the truth when it comes to spells of defending for Liverpool poker

The midfield is far more creative, far more offensive and energetic, far less reliant on Trent Alexander-Arnold always being at his best poker

But all that comes at a cost: it’s not always the most agile and defensive-first in either recovery or positional terms poker

It’s still new as a group, still needs time to become as cohesive as the best central trios are, on and off the ball poker

And in the meantime, the result can often be large gaps, lost runners, moments of inexplicable choices in possession poker

That leaves a hefty weight on the defence to counteract such moments - the defence and, of course, the still-magnificent Alisson Becker behind them poker

(Getty Images)But before that one-man last line, it’s Van Dijk who must rise once more to ensure unity, if not always outright unison poker

Acting in perfect harmony is difficult enough with four constant selections; as it is this season, Jurgen Klopp has already utilised Jarell Quansah as a fifth-choice, following injuries poker

Alexander-Arnold missed pitch time and is not yet back to his peak physical or technical best poker

Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip have dovetailed, and now there’s Tsimikas present on a more regular basis - which also means either Joe Gomez will see minutes on the left, or an untried youngster will, with Calum Scanlon and Luke Chambers first in line poker

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They will all four need guiding for different reasons, all need time, all occasionally get things wrong and need the left-sided centre-back beside them to bail them out poker

No prizes for guessing who that is on a week-to-week basis poker

Because for Liverpool, there are prizes at stake poker

Three points off the top of the Premier League table after a fine opening quarter of the campaign; rolling along nicely in Europe and domestic cups alike poker

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A modern title-competing team would take six wins with very little fuss, in truth poker

Then, beyond, it’s Manchester City away poker

The most true barometer of where Liverpool are this season, even coming after an international break and in the infamous 12:30pm kick-off spot poker

The margin for error remains almost nil, but with the reigning champions perhaps not quite at their own peak yet, and Klopp’s side having improved more than might have been thought possible at this early stage, thoughts of a title challenge will not be far away - if the defence is kept on-point, even with altered personnel poker

(Getty Images)It all means Van Dijk must be as close to his own 100 percent as possible, even if his 2023/24 maximum level is a little lower than in 19/20 poker

As far as transformative figures go, Van Dijk was one after signing poker

He, as much as anyone else and more than most, sent Liverpool from challengers to champions, in every competition across the board poker

Now once again he must be the leader - literally, given the armband - who enables the Reds to do so, not so much the new figurehead this time but as the standard-bearer, the supplier of consistency, the model of outperformance which can give Liverpool the extra edge they’ll need, both in the Premier League and beyond poker

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