Tri Nations - Brisbane, 27 August 2011, 20:05 local, 10:05 GMT
Australia (20) 25 - 20 (3) New Zealand (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
3 3 - 0

Cooper knocks over his first effort of the match

13 8 - 0

Genia benefits from patient build up before selling the dummy and crashing over from close range despite the attention of Keven Mealamu

15 10 - 0

Cooper continues his faltless kicking display

23 10 - 3

Carter slots his first attempt of the match

32 13 - 3

Another faultless kick from Cooper

33 18 - 3

Unbelievable scenes from Samo - that was incredible. McCaw has the ball stolen by Pocock - Samo sells the dummy and runs half the pitch - good work from Vickerman as well - great great try

34 20 - 3

Cooper makes it four from four with ease

46 20 - 6

And Carter knocks over the three points with ease

52 20 - 13

Smith takes advantage of patient play - Carter makes the mini-break and Smith is on his shoulder to crash over

58 20 - 18

Nonu cuts through the Wallabies defence - great pass from Smith and Nonu cuts the perfect angle..WHAT A MATCH

59 20 - 20

Carter - conversion

60 25 - 20

Beale - try

Timeline

Time Australia  Score  New Zealand
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Cooper - penalty goal 3 - 0
12 Vito - sub on
Read - sub off
13 Genia - try 8 - 0
15 Cooper - conversion 10 - 0
23 10 - 3 Carter - penalty goal
32 Cooper - penalty goal 13 - 3
33 Samo - try 18 - 3
34 Cooper - conversion 20 - 3
37 Williams - sub on
Thomson - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 20 - 6 Carter - penalty goal
52 20 - 13 Smith - try
Carter - conversion
53 Vickerman - sub off
Simmons - sub on
54 Toeava - sub on
Guildford - sub off
58 20 - 18 Nonu - try
59 20 - 20 Carter - conversion
60 McCalman - sub on
Samo - sub off
Beale - try		 25 - 20
63 Weepu - sub off
Ellis - sub on
71 Elsom - sub off
Higginbotham - sub on
74 Franks - sub off
Afoa - sub on
Hore - sub on
Mealamu - sub off
75 Ma'afu - sub on
Genia - sub off
Moore - sub off
Burgess - sub on
Kepu - sub off
SM Fainga'a - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 5 points
Tri Nations points Australia 4, New Zealand 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance 51858
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Australia Test debuts none
New Zealand Test debuts none

Teams

Australia New Zealand
Tries Genia (13), Samo (33), Beale (60) Tries Smith (52), Nonu (58)
Cons Cooper (15, 34) Cons Carter (52, 59)
Pens Cooper (3, 32) Pens Carter (23, 46)
    Team
15 FB
Kurtley Beale
14 W
Adam Ashley-Cooper
13 C
Anthony Fainga'a
12 C
Pat McCabe
11 W
Digby Ioane
10 FH
Quade Cooper
9 SH
Will Genia
1 P
Sekope Kepu
2 H
Stephen Moore
3 P
Ben Alexander
4 L
Dan Vickerman
5 L
James Horwill (c)
6 F
Rocky Elsom
7 F
David Pocock
8 N8
Radike Samo
    Replacements
16 H
Saia Fainga'a
17 P
Salesi Ma'afu
18 L
Rob Simmons
19 N8
Ben McCalman
20 F
Scott Higginbotham
21 SH
Luke Burgess
22
Rob Horne
    Team
15 FB
Mils Muliaina
14 W
Cory Jane
13 C
Conrad Smith
12 C
Ma'a Nonu
11 W
Zac Guildford
10 FH
Dan Carter
9 SH
Piri Weepu
1 P
Tony Woodcock
2 H
Keven Mealamu
3 P
Owen Franks
4 L
Brad Thorn
5 L
Sam Whitelock
6 F
Adam Thomson
7 F
Richie McCaw (c)
8 N8
Kieran Read
    Replacements
16 H
Andrew Hore
17 P
John Afoa
18 F
Ali Williams
19 N8
Victor Vito
20 SH
Andy Ellis
21
Colin Slade
22 W
Isaia Toeava

Match stats

Australia   New Zealand
3 Tries 2
2 from 3 Conversion goals 2 from 2
2 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 2
66.7% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 26
68 Passes 147
106 Runs 125
352 Metres run with ball 276
Attacking
42% Possession 58%
42% Territory 58%
5 Clean breaks 4
13 Defenders beaten 6
8 Offloads 7
82 from 84 (97.6%) Rucks won 116 from 118 (98.3%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
10 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
132/6 Tackles made/missed 97/13
95.7% Tackling success rate 88.2%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 2 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
8 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Beale 1/0 5 4/2/9 58 1 2 2 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 1/2/7 26 0 2 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C AS Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
C McCabe 0/0 0 0/1/5 5 0 0 0 1 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ioane 0/1 0 0/3/5 44 0 2 0 2 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/0 10 5/11/11 48 1 2 5 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 1/0 5 14/37/8 44 1 2 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/0/6 1 0 0 1 1 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/0/5 2 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Vickerman 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/1/11 7 0 0 0 1 12/0 1/0 4 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/4/5 3 0 0 0 0 9/1 2/0 1 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/2/8 10 0 0 0 0 16/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Samo 1/0 5 0/0/8 89 2 3 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) SM Fainga'a 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ma'afu 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Simmons 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/1 1/0 1 0/0
(N8) McCalman 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 0 6/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Higginbotham 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Burgess 0/0 0 0/3/1 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Muliaina 0/0 0 4/7/7 39 1 1 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Jane 0/0 0 0/4/4 0 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 1/1 5 1/4/4 13 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Nonu 1/0 5 0/11/13 68 1 2 1 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Guildford 0/0 0 0/5/6 26 1 1 1 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Carter 0/1 10 10/22/5 19 0 0 1 1 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/0 0 7/52/2 0 0 1 0 1 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/2/9 21 1 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/4/13 11 0 0 1 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/2/9 4 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Thorn 0/0 0 0/2/9 7 0 0 0 0 14/1 1/0 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/1/6 2 0 0 0 1 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Thomson 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 3/0 1 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/4/15 31 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/2 2 0/0
N8 Read 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Hore 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Afoa 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Williams 0/0 0 0/0/7 17 0 1 1 0 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
(N8) Vito 0/0 0 0/2/10 10 0 0 1 2 15/0 3/0 0 0/0
(SH) Ellis 0/0 0 0/21/1 5 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Toeava 0/0 0 0/3/2 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 2 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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