Rugby World Cup - Auckland, 16 October 2011, 21:00 local, 08:00 GMT
New Zealand (14) 20 - 6 (6) Australia (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
5 5 - 0

Try for New Zealand!!! Dagg has a great run along the touchline before offloading to Nonu who crashes into the corner - great try from the All Blacks

12 8 - 0

Penalty for New Zealand!!! Weepu makes amends for his earlier miss with a well struck penalty to give the Kiwis an eight point lead

15 8 - 3

Penalty for Australia!!!! James O'Connor gets the first points on the board for the Wallabies with a confident strike

21 11 - 3

Drop-Goal for New Zealand !!! Great drop-goal from Cruden from about 38 metres out - very confident strike

31 11 - 6

Drop-Goal for Australia!!! He hasn't played well so far but anything Cruden can do so can Quade Cooper - good option in the circumstances

36 14 - 6

Weepu - penalty goal

42 17 - 6

Penalty for New Zealand!!! Weepu knocks over the penalty and the All Blacks have an 11 point advantage

72 20 - 6

Penalty for New Zealand!!!! Weepu lines up the kick and slots it - the all important two converted try advantage is established

Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
5 Nonu - try 5 - 0
12 Weepu - penalty goal 8 - 0
15 8 - 3 O'Connor - penalty goal
20 Kepu - sub off
Slipper - sub on
21 Cruden - drop goal 11 - 3
22 Vickerman - sub off
Simmons - sub on
26 Simmons - sub off
Vickerman - sub on
31 11 - 6 Cooper - drop goal
34 McCabe - sub off
Barnes - sub on
36 Weepu - penalty goal 14 - 6
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Barnes - sub off
McCabe - sub on
42 Weepu - penalty goal 17 - 6
47 McCabe - sub off
Barnes - sub on
56 Whitelock - sub off
Ellis - sub on
Weepu - sub off
AJ Williams - sub on
60 Vickerman - sub off
Samo - sub off
Simmons - sub on
McCalman - sub on
62 Fainga'a - sub off
Horne - sub on
63 Mealamu - sub off
Hore - sub on
65 Moore - sub off
Polota-Nau - sub on
68 Weepu - sub on
Ellis - sub off
72 Weepu - penalty goal
S Williams - sub on
Nonu - sub off
20 - 6
73 Weepu - sub off
Ellis - sub on
75 S Williams - yellow card
79 BJ Franks - sub on
OT Franks - sub off
80 Vito - sub on
Kaino - sub off
80+1 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 14 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance 60087
 
Referee CP Joubert (South Africa)
 
New Zealand Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

New Zealand Australia
Tries Nonu (5) Tries none
Pens Weepu (12, 36, 42, 72) Pens O'Connor (15)
Drops Cruden (21) Drops Cooper (31)

Match stats

New Zealand   Australia
1 Tries 0
0 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
4 from 8 Penalty goals 1 from 1
44.4% Kick at goal success 100.0%
1 (1 missed) Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
36 Kicks from hand 31
112 Passes 115
95 Runs 102
202 Metres run with ball 413
Attacking
52% Possession 48%
53% Territory 47%
3 Clean breaks 2
14 Defenders beaten 17
4 Offloads 12
85 from 90 (94.4%) Rucks won 74 from 83 (89.2%)
2 from 2 (100.0%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
13 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
106/17 Tackles made/missed 95/14
86.2% Tackling success rate 87.2%
Set pieces
9 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 2 lost (66.7%)
12 won, 1 lost (92.3%) Lineouts on own throw 16 won, 1 lost (94.1%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 11
1/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Dagg 0/1 0 8/3/9 63 1 4 2 2 3/1 2/0 0 0/0
W Jane 0/0 0 5/3/13 9 0 1 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/0 0 0/2/1 4 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Nonu 1/0 5 1/3/7 23 0 2 0 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Kahui 0/0 0 2/3/4 16 1 1 0 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cruden 0/0 3 10/19/5 16 1 2 0 2 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/0 12 6/44/3 2 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/5/10 24 0 3 0 1 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
P OT Franks 0/0 0 0/4/1 0 0 0 0 0 5/3 0/0 2 0/0
L Thorn 0/0 0 0/1/7 17 0 1 1 0 8/2 4/1 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Kaino 0/0 0 0/4/7 5 0 0 0 1 10/0 1/0 0 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/3/12 12 0 0 0 1 16/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Read 0/0 0 0/6/9 4 0 0 0 0 7/1 4/0 0 0/0
(H) Hore 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) BJ Franks 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) AJ Williams 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Vito 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Ellis 0/0 0 1/7/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) S Williams 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 1/0
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

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 1/1/6 34 0 2 0 3 3/1 0/0 2 0/0
W O'Connor 0/0 3 5/1/7 41 0 2 2 3 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
C Fainga'a 0/0 0 1/1/5 2 0 1 0 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
C McCabe 0/0 0 0/2/5 6 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ioane 0/0 0 0/2/9 67 1 4 2 4 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/0 3 10/24/10 64 1 5 4 2 2/0 1/0 0 0/0
SH Genia 0/0 0 6/64/8 109 0 2 2 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/2/4 2 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Alexander 0/0 0 0/1/4 12 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Vickerman 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/0/9 8 0 0 0 2 6/2 3/0 0 0/0
F Elsom 0/0 0 0/3/8 15 0 0 0 0 6/2 3/0 0 0/0
F Pocock 0/0 0 0/6/10 22 0 1 1 0 13/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Samo 0/0 0 0/2/3 5 0 0 1 1 8/3 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/1/6 11 0 0 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Simmons 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 2/0 0 0/0
(N8) McCalman 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 2/0 1 0/0
(C) Barnes 0/0 0 4/3/2 11 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Horne 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 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

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