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Hello and welcome to our coverage of the final Bledisloe Test match with the All Blacks taking on the Wallabies at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Despite the huge amount of controversy surrounding the Wallabies for the past week, the side has the chance to come together and celebrate Adam Ashley-Cooper's 100th Test by defeating the All Blacks who are coming off the back of a shock loss to the Springboks in South Africa two weeks ago.
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We're underway in Bledisloe III with Bernard Foley kicking off.
The All Blacks have kicked it out and the Wallabies have won their throw in and start to make some metres. But the All Blacks win a penalty for holding on.
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The All Blacks have kicked ahead and the chase was on but the All Blacks have given away a penalty at the ruck. Foley makes sure to put it out downfield. Wallabies secure the ball but a loose pass from Folau has gone over the sideline and the All Blacks have their first throw in.
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The All Blacks keep the ball in hand and are hitting the defence hard but not finding any gaps. Scott Higginbotham wins the ball in the ruck but it's a poor pass and goes out for an All Blacks throw in.
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Boom. Big hit from the Wallabies and they win the loose ball and send it wide to the centurion AAC.
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Huge pass from Higginbotham and Joe Tomane put it down. So it's the first scrum of the match with the All Black getting the put in.
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The Wallabies have given away a penalty at the scrum and the All Blacks kick it long downfield for a lineout.
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The All Blacks win the lineout within the Wallabies 22m and Higginbotham spots the ball at the back of a ruck and kicks it downfield but the All Blacks recover and quickly make metres to get into the Wallabies 22m, but a huge hit by Kuridrani stops the All Blacks quick run.
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The All Blacks win their lineout and hit the defence hard but the Wallabies hold strong and Scott Fardy wins the ball and wins a penalty to relieve the Wallabies.
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Great run from Leali'ifano who makes a good 50metre run and offloads to Folau who takes the tackle and the Wallabies are within the All Blacks 22metre.
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5 - 0 |
The Wallabies are metres from the line.
Try time! Phipps dummies from behind the ruck and dives over to earn his second Test try.
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7 - 0 |
Bernard Foley kicks the conversion and the Wallabies take an early 7-0 lead.
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7 - 5 |
Try time! The All Blacks hit back immediately with Cory Jane crossing over in the corner.
The All Blacks regain the ball from the restart and spread it wide for Jane to beat the defence to the corner.
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7 - 7 |
Beauden Barrett converts to even the scores.
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The Wallabies regain the kick off and are within the All Blacks 22m. The All Blacks steal the ball and send it wide with a huge overlap, but Nick Phipps makes a great tackle and it results in a knock on for a Wallabies scrum.
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They pack down just inside the All Blacks 40m, but the Wallabies give away another penalty at the scrum.
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The All Blacks take on the Wallabies defence and build their phases.
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Fardy again with a crucial turnover for the Wallabies to move outside the 22m
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Wallabies kick it downfield and the All Blacks win their throw in but lose the ball and the Wallabies regain possession and start to move downfield.
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The Wallabies move it wide and make metres and earn a penalty 10metres inside the All Blacks half.
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The Wallabies win their lineout but Phipps is monstered into touch.
All Blacks spread it wide, but again they loose the ball and the Wallabies win the ball.
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Wallabies move the ball side to side and continue to challenge the All Blacks defence.
But a loose carry sees the All Blacks win it and kick downfield.
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The Wallabies regain possession and start to move downfield again.
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The Wallabies get another penalty and kick to touch.
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The Wallabies have another chance with a lineout 10metres out.
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Another penalty and another kick to touch for the Wallabies.
Wallabies win it and start a rolling maul. But it's fallen apart and the All Blacks win the ball for a scrum put in.
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It's an All Blacks scrum 5metres from their line giving the Wallabies a chance to keep the pressure on.
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A strong scrum and the All Blacks win the ball and put it into touch 30 metres in their half.
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Another penalty to Richie McCaw and he gets a chat from the ref. It's a penalty just outside the All Blacks 22metre.
This time they go for the points with Foley lining up for the kick.
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10 - 7 |
It's good and the Wallabies take a 3-point lead.
The Wallabies win the restart but miscommunication causes a knock on.
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A strong scrum again and the All Blacks retain possession and start to build phases.
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10 - 12 |
Try! Dane Coles have found a gap and runs in for a try to hit.
Quick hands from Barrett and Coles goes straight through the hole.
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Beauden Barrett misses his chance to add the extras.
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The Wallabies back in possession and move into the All Blacks half and spread it wide and build phases.
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15 - 12 |
Try! Bernard Foley dives over in the corner and the Wallabies regain the lead.
The Wallabies spread it wide with great hands, Hooper draws in two tacklers and Foley picks the ball up from the back of the ruck to dive for the corner.
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Huge kick but can't hold it's line, so the Wallabies go into the break ahead. 15-12.
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The All Blacks have kicked off and the Wallabies knock on for the All Blacks to get an early scrum.
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The All Blacks build their phases but a knock on gives the Wallabies possession and they start to move quickly downfield.
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20 - 12 |
Try time! Adam Ashley-Cooper scores his 29th Test try in his 100th Test.
The Wallabies found plenty of space and then a quick ball metres from the line saw AAC slot through the gap and crash over.
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22 - 12 |
Bernard Foley adds the extras.
AAC becomes the only centurion to score a try in their 100th Test.
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The Wallabies regain the kick off and spread it wide for AAC to make a dash down the sideline.
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The Wallabies make metres downfield, but give away possession with a forward pass.
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The All Blacks make a great break down the sideline but a great covering tackle by Leali'ifano puts Piutau out for a Wallabies throw in near halfway.
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The Wallabies have the ball but are struggling to find space through the All Blacks defence.
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The All Blacks have turned it over, but it wasn't coming out of that ruck and so the All Blacks win the scrum.
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Another strong scrum from both sides and the All Blacks win it but again poor handling from the All Blacks and the Wallabies win the ball.
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The Wallabies get it over halfway but Folau kicks it ahead and the All Blacks clear it downtown for Leali'ifano to clean up.
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The All Blacks counter ruck and win the ball and are rewarded with a penalty within the Wallabies half.
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22 - 15 |
Barrett adds the extras to close the gap.
The Wallabies go long at the restart and the All Blacks kick it downfield with Folau cleaning it up and getting to halfway.
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The Wallabies had plenty of numbers wide, and Foley kicks it cross field but it's short and Piutau catches it within his 22m for a mark.
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A few errors in field and the All Blacks get a scrum just inside their half.
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Huge scrum from the Wallabies and they get a penalty. Mealamu punished for unbidding at the scrum.
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25 - 15 |
They go for the sticks and Foley adds the extras.
The All Blacks restart and it's a bit messy with Simmons getting taken out in the air and hitting the ground hard. The Wallabies didn't appreciate it and it looks like it's a yellow card for Tuipulotu.
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The Wallabies win their lineout inside the All Blacks half, but give the ball away for not entering through the gate at the ruck and the All Blacks get to kick downfield.
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Hodgson just gets onto the field and immediately he wins a penalty for the Wallabies to relieve some pressure.
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The Wallabies lose their lineout and the All Blacks start to spread it.
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It's messy at the breakdown and it eventually goes to the Wallabies with Aaron Smith knocking it on.
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Strong scrum from the Wallabies and they spread it wide through a set move but don't find whole lot of metres.
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It's a quick turnover in the All Blacks 22m and suddenly the Wallabies are all the way back in their half with Barret kicking it downfield and Foley eventually getting the ball into touch to relieve some pressure.
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The All Blacks are in the Wallabies half and are in a good attacking position but haven't found a gap into the defence yet.
The All Blacks build their phases and are metres from the line.
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25 - 20 |
Try! The All Blacks had a penalty 5-metres from the line and Aaron Smith takes it quickly and steps around Horwill to dive over.
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25 - 22 |
Barrett adds the extras and it's now anyone's game with just 10-minutes to go.
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Another long restart from the Wallabies and the All Blacks put it up for Folau to regain. But the All Blacks win a penalty and their back within the Wallabies half.
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The All Blacks set up a rolling maul and make some metres but Michael Hooper steals the ball in the breakdown and wins the penalty.
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The Wallabies have the ball and are right on halfway but are getting hit hard by the All Blacks defence. Foley kicks it downtown for Israel Dagg to return and put it into touch just within the Wallabies half.
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And Richie McCaw gets pinged again! The Wallabies have a penalty within the All Blacks half.
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The Wallabies choose to go for the points and Nic White takes the kicking role over Foley.
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He gets it! What a kick from White.
All Blacks restart quickly and the Wallabies win the ball.
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The Wallabies weren't doing anything with the ball and eventually they lose the ball and the All Blacks go for touch. But it doesn't go out and the Wallabies move it forward.
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The All Blacks steal it, but White steals it back! It's frantic down there! Nic White kicks it out but doesn't gain many metres. The All Blacks still have time!
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The All Blacks are metres out!
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The All Blacks are in! Try to Malakai Fekitoa! The Wallabies just short in numbers Fekitoa finds the gap and goes over.
Slade converts! And that's the game! The All Blacks steal it at the death.
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28 - 29 |
Slade - conversion
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