Noua Zeelanda – Australia: 30-14

All Blacks a incheiat jumatatea turneului Tri Nations Series cu o victorie convingatoare impotriva rivalilor australieni.

In meciul disputat in aceasta dimineata la Auckland, rugbystii neo-zeelandezi si-au impus punctul de vedere inca din prima repriza, cand au marcat 17 puncte fara a primi vreunul.

In partea a doua a jocului, Wallabies nu au tinut pasul cu Noua Zeelanda. Scor final 30-14 in favoarea gazdelor, care au marcat trei eseuri prin Nonu, Mealamu si Sivivatu. Celelalte puncte au venit de la transformerul Dan Carter, care a reusit doua lovituri de pedeapsa, trei transformari si un drop-gol.

Australienii au inscris prin eseuri prin Ioane si Elson, Cooper transformand de fiecare data.

Noua Zeelanda: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (C), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Rezerve: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Samuel Whitelock, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Colin Slade, 22 Sonny Bill Williams

Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 James O’Connor, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 David Pocock, 6 Rocky Elsom (C), 5 James Horwill, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Sekope Kepu.
Rezerve: 16 Saia Fainga’a, 17 Pek Cowan, 18 Dan Vickerman, 19 Scott Higginbotham, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Anthony Fainga’a, 22 Lachie Turner

Clasament:

Pos Team P W D L F A PD B Pts
1. New Zealand 2 2 0 0 70 21 49 1 9
2. Australia 2 1 0 1 53 50 3 1 5
3. South Africa 2 0 0 2 27 79 -52 0 0