The All Blacks show their dissapointment after a shock loss to the Wallabies in Melbourne.Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock lead his side to a spirited victory over the All Blacks in Melbourne. A crowd of close to 80,000 turned out at the MCG and saw two late tries as the Australians pulled off 20-15 win.
The All Blacks started well and things were looking bad for the Wallabies after some good continuity resulted in Tony Woodcock barging over for the first try.
Mortlock got the Wallabies on the board with a straight-forward penalty but minutes later some slick back play resulted in recalled winger Rico Gear dotting down for the Kiwis second.
The sides then traded penalties to give the kiwis a 15-6 half-time lead.
The New Zealanders missed crucial opportunities to pull away from the Wallabies, Luke McAlister failing to capitalise on an intercept and Rodney So’oialo spilling the beans on a certain 5 pointer.
The All Blacks dominated the scrums, but without reward as penalties were awarded inconsistently by referee Marius Jonker.
The score was unchanged until halfway through the second stanza when All Black prop Carl Hayman was harshly sin-binned for repeated rucking infringements. This proved very costly for the All Blacks as the Wallabies capitalised on a 14-man New Zealand team.
Wallabies surprise selection Adam Ashley-Cooper scored the Wallabies first try to fire up an exuberant Australian team. Not long after, the Wallabies comeback was complete after inspirational captain Stirling Mortlock Busted through a poor tackle by Luke McAlister before passing to Scott Staniforth who scored under the sticks to provide the aussies with a five point buffer which proved to much for the All Blacks to pull back.
For the final three quarters of the game the wallabies defence was very promising, All Black five-eight Dan Cater was well of his best and nothing went to hand as the Wallabies beat the kiwis for the first time in four years.
This win which will knock the All Blacks of their perch a little bit and provide the Wallabies with a much needed confidence booster as well as setting up a cup decider in Auckland in three weeks time.
The All Blacks started well and things were looking bad for the Wallabies after some good continuity resulted in Tony Woodcock barging over for the first try.
Mortlock got the Wallabies on the board with a straight-forward penalty but minutes later some slick back play resulted in recalled winger Rico Gear dotting down for the Kiwis second.
The sides then traded penalties to give the kiwis a 15-6 half-time lead.
The New Zealanders missed crucial opportunities to pull away from the Wallabies, Luke McAlister failing to capitalise on an intercept and Rodney So’oialo spilling the beans on a certain 5 pointer.
The All Blacks dominated the scrums, but without reward as penalties were awarded inconsistently by referee Marius Jonker.
The score was unchanged until halfway through the second stanza when All Black prop Carl Hayman was harshly sin-binned for repeated rucking infringements. This proved very costly for the All Blacks as the Wallabies capitalised on a 14-man New Zealand team.
Wallabies surprise selection Adam Ashley-Cooper scored the Wallabies first try to fire up an exuberant Australian team. Not long after, the Wallabies comeback was complete after inspirational captain Stirling Mortlock Busted through a poor tackle by Luke McAlister before passing to Scott Staniforth who scored under the sticks to provide the aussies with a five point buffer which proved to much for the All Blacks to pull back.
For the final three quarters of the game the wallabies defence was very promising, All Black five-eight Dan Cater was well of his best and nothing went to hand as the Wallabies beat the kiwis for the first time in four years.
This win which will knock the All Blacks of their perch a little bit and provide the Wallabies with a much needed confidence booster as well as setting up a cup decider in Auckland in three weeks time.
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Great review Elliot, I enjoyed reading it.
Lets face it Elliot, the AB's are so dominant that the referee's cant keep up and to be pervceived as even handed often penalise the AB's incorrectly. Since the players cant comment on the refeee's is up to people like you to critically evaluate player and referee performance
Look forward to your next review.
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