Australia tour - Auckland, 15 August 2015, 19:35 local, 07:35 GMT
New Zealand (13) 41 - 13 (6) Australia (FT)

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the deciding Bledisloe Cup Test between the All Blacks and Wallabies. It's been a massive week of build-up on both sides of the Tasman as Australia look to regain the Cup for the first time since 2002. But they haven't won at Eden Park since 1986 while the All Blacks are unbeaten at the ground since 1994! The visitors have it all to do.

Players are on the field for the anthems, and then the haka.

1

Nigel Owens blows time on and Dan Carter kicks short. All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick gets a hand to the ball but knocks on. The Wallabies scrum powers over the top of the All Blacks and wins a penalty.

2

Nic White kicks deep into New Zealand territory for the penalty, but the Wallabies fail to win the lineout and the All Blacks clear. Poor first lineout from the Wallabies there, following on from the problems of last week.

3

They manage to win their second lineout safely and Quade Cooper opts for the chip kick. The bounce is kind for the Wallabies but Matt Toomua just misses; the All Blacks regather and clear.

5

The Wallabies look to go wide as Quade Cooper finds Israel Folau on the burst. The recycle the ball and Cooper gets another touch before throwing a pass to nobody but the linesman. The Wallabies No.10 is seeing plenty of pill early on.

6

Penalty Australia. Nic White passes the ball straight into Tony Woodcock who was lying on the Wallabies' side of the ruck. Quade Cooper will line up the shot from just outside the 22, 15 metres in from touch.

7 0 - 3

It's over. The Wallabies lead 3-0. Interesting to see referee Nigel Owens just tell Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore he doesn't want players milking penalties in reference to White's pass into Woodcock.

9

The two sides engage in a bit of kick-tennis with Adam Ashley-Cooper fumbling around inside his own 22; the sequence eventually finishes with Dan Carter kick going into the Wallabies in-goal for an easy force for Israel Folau.

11

Penalty Australia. Richie McCaw is pinged for a breakdown infringement allowing the Wallabies to kick into the All Blacks half. They win the lineout at the back but a loose pass hits the floor and Will Skelton knocks on. A wasted opportunity there from the Australians.

13

Penalty All Blacks. Scott Sio is pinged at the scrum for "pulling down". The packs have a few words with each other before Dan Carter finds touch just outside the Wallabies' 22. A great attacking opportunity coming up for the hosts here as hooker Dane Coles finds Kieran Read.

14

Dan Carter tries to cross-kick but it's an easy take for Israel Folau just inside the touch-line. The Wallabies full-back calls for the mark before clearing down field.

15

Penalty All Blacks. The Wallabies give away their second of the night, this time for holding on at the breakdown. Dan Carter will line up the shot from about 41 metres out, 10 metres in from touch.

17 3 - 3

It's over. We're all locked up at 3-3 with Carter's successful penalty; a kick that takes him past 700 Test points on New Zealand soil.

19

A promising attacking raid from the Wallabies amounts to nothing as Henry Speight is hit in a big tackle. They do get the throw to the lineout though with the All Blacks ruled to have taken the ball into touch.

20

Try time All Blacks! Dane Coles finishes off a wonderful counter attack from the All Blacks; Dan Carter in particular doing some great work to free up the hooker for a 40-metre run to the tryline. Shows just how lethal the All Blacks can be from turnover ball.

21 8 - 3

23 10 - 3

Dan Carter adds the extras for a 10-3 lead.

24

The All Blacks win yet another turnover, this time through skipper Richie McCaw, allowing the hosts to go onto the attack again. Victor Vito makes a nice run inside the Wallabies' 22 before the play breaks down, and Matt Toomua clears for the Wallabies.

25

The All Blacks go to the air to test Quade Cooper; sure enough he knocks on and the hosts go on the attack. They string a few phases together before a loose pass from Aaron Smith goes fowards and the Wallabies are awarded a scrum.

27

Nic White clears from the scrum but doesn't make much ground. Meanwhile, Michael Hooper has gone off for a concussion test, bringing David Pocock on.

28 13 - 3

The All Blacks are awarded a penalty as this time Aaron Smith gets tangled up with Sekope Kepu at the breakdown. Virtually the same call from earlier in the match. There is a bit of a scuffle in backplay to which Nigel Owens asks the TMO to investigate. It's not anything serious and Owens just has a brief chat to both captains and tells them to settle things down.

29

Dan Carter eventually gets round to taking the penalty and he makes no mistake for a 13-3 lead. The All Blacks are very much on top now after finding themselves under pressure early on.

30

Conrad Smith is penalised for tackling Adam Ashley-Cooper in the air. There isn't much in it but the Wallabies winger did hit the ground reasonably hard. Smith may be a little lucky not to have seen a yellow card, but it looks the right call. Quade Cooper to line up the shot.

31 13 - 6

It's over. Cooper splits the uprights with a fine strike, reducing the gap to seven points.

32

Penalty All Blacks. Will Skelton is penalised for going "past the ball" when trying to effect a steal. Might have been tad tough on the lock as he was in a strong position over the pill. Nevertheless, Dan Carter will line up his third shot at penalty for the night from just inside halfway.

33

It comes up short; not the greatest strike from the veteran No.10 there.

35

The All Blacks try a cheeky little kick in behind the Wallabies defence but it's too strong with Nic White able to get back a force the ball dead in goal.

37

Wallabies are awarded a penalty for a ruck infringement after a nice run from Kieran Read. The hosts are having plenty of success from the high ball tonight and they again had some luck on this occasion as Matt Toomua couldn't take the pill.

38

Wallabies make a half-break through Adam Ashley-Cooper but a pass back inside hits the floor and McCaw cleans up. The Wallabies do manage to get themselves a lineout, but are forced into a turnover when they can't secure the ball from a maul. That was poor from the Australians.

39

Penalty All Blacks. The hosts are awarded a penalty for a Wallabies scrum infringement with Scott Sio pinged for a second time tonight. The All Blacks will have the final attacking opportunity of the half.

40

Dan Carter takes a shot at drop goal with the final play of the half but it drifts wide. That's half-time in Auckland, James Horwill telling Fox Sports the Wallabiues "need to hold onto the ball a bit better and build pressure". It's 13-6 in favour of the All Blacks at the break.

40+1 13 - 6

Carter -

 

A couple of changes for the Wallabies ahead of the second-half with Dean Mumm and David Pocock on.

40

Nigel Owens blows time on for the second half and Quade Cooper kicks long. The All Blacks secure the kick safely and then clear down field; the two sides exchange a further kick each before Cooper slides in and fails to catch the ball; the Wallabies No.10 doubling back to collect it and clear into touch.

41

Ben Smith drops the ball in behind the Wallabies but it's just a little too strong and rolls touch in goal. Wallabies half-back Nic White was there in cover anyway, though Julian Savea was charging in at some speed too.

43

A promising All Blacks raid comes to nothing as Julian Savea spills an inside pass. Some great lead-up work from Aaron Smith in the lead-up; the No.9 burning Stephen Moore with a great step.

45

The Wallabies scrum comes under huge pressure from the All Blacks eight but they manage to secure possession. Nic White's clearing kick is charged down though; the No.9 making up for his mistake by winning a turnover at the breakdown.

46

Try time All Blacks! Nigel Owens awards the All Blacks a penalty try after Quade Cooper brings Aaron Smith down in a high tackle under the sticks. A great break from Nehe Milner-Skudder got the All Blacks in behind the Wallabies, and Owens had little option but to award the penalty try.

47 20 - 6

Cooper is sent to the sin-bin as Carter adds the extras. The All Blacks now lead 20-6 and it's going to take some comeback from the Australians if they're to end this Bledisloe drought.

49

Try time All Blacks!

50 25 - 6

Try time All Blacks! Another woeful kick from the Wallabies gives Nehe Milner-Skudder possession and the winger immediately puts the ball deep back down into the Wallabies half. The All Blacks come up with the loose ball, shift it a wide through a few sets of hands before Ma'a Nonu has an easy gallop to the line.

51 27 - 6

Dan Carter adds the extras and the All Blacks are surely home now, even if there is 29 minutes to play!

53 32 - 6

Try time All Blacks! Game over. The All Blacks are in again this time through Conrad Smith, the centre receiving a cut-out pass from Ma'a Nonu to stroll over out wide. The No.12 had only moments earlier gone on a strong run himself, and then backed up for the assist.

54 34 - 6

Dan Carter adds the extras to make it 34-6; and that's two tries while Cooper's been in the bin. A hugely costly error in judgement from the No.10.

56

Penalty Wallabies. The visitors are awarded penalty when Victor Vito is pinged for not rolling away. Wallabies will have their first attacking opportunity of the half, though they are still down to 14 men.

58

Wallabies can't win the lineout but manage to get the ball back from Kurtley Beale out wide. They then win a penalty a couple of phases later when Richie McCaw is penalised for going off his feet.

59

The Wallabies can't even win a simple lineout throw though as James Horwill spills a regulation take. The All Blacks quickly spread the ball wide and fly downfield through Ben Smith. The play breaks down but after checking with the TMO, Owens awards the All Blacks a penalty for an early tackle.

61

The All Blacks are hard on the attack again but Aaron Smith takes the wrong option in dropping a grubber in behind the Wallabies. It turns out okay for the hosts however, Wallabies scrum-half throwing a forward pass that gifts the All Blacks a scrum just five metres out from the line.

62

Kane Douglas is on for his first Test since 2013; the lock only recently returned from Leinster to be eligible for the Wallabies at the World Cup.

63

Try time All Blacks!

64 39 - 6

Ma'a Nonu is over for the All Blacks, the centre grabbing his second of the night as he picks up an inside pass from Dan Carter and powers through the feeble tackle attempt of Nic White. That was just far too easy from the All Blacks.

65

Dan Carter adds the extras; the scoreboard is getting increasingly ugly for the Wallabies now. The All Blacks lead 41-6.

66 41 - 6

Penalty Wallabies. Nigel Owens pings an All Blacks forward for crawling on his hands and knees; the same call that went against Matt Giteau earlier. The Wallabies kick for touch and will try and do something on attack for the first timee this half.

67

Richie McCaw leaves the field to a standing ovation from the Eden Park crowd. He hasn't officially announced his retirement but the belief is this was his final Test on NZ soil. An amazing reception for one of the all-time greats there.

69

Penalty Wallabies. The visitors aren't really asking any questions of the All Blacks' defence but they do get a penalty for a breakdown infringement. Nic White kicks for the line; let's see if the Wallabies can manage a simple lineout take.

70

Penalty Wallabies. The All Blacks bring the rolling maul down illegally and are rightfully penalised. The Wallabies will look to use the same ploy again.

71

Penalty are again awarded a penalty and this time Owens warns stand-in captain Kieran Read about the repeated infringements.

72

Turnover All Blacks. Some great work at the maul from the hosts there as they immediately disrupt the Wallabies drive and win the turnover for a collapsed maul. Nothing has gone right for the Australians tonight.

74

All Blacks winger Julian Savea goes on a run downfield before he is brought down by Matt Giteau in a good tackle. The hosts quickly move the ball to the other side of the field before Ben Smith kicks back in-field; Nic White getting back to clean up for the Wallabies.

76 41 - 11

Try time Wallabies! Australia are in through Israel Folau, the full-back intercepting a kick pass from TJ Perenara and sprinting 50 metres to score untouched. It's far too little, far too late for the Wallabies but it does at least make the scoreline look a little better.

77 41 - 13

Nic White adds the extras - making the score 41-13.

79

Penalty All Blacks. David Pocock is penalised at the breakdown and TJ Perenara immediately opts for the quick tap. The hosts can't finish with a bang though, the play breaking down through a knock-on.

80

That's full-time in Auckland as Nic White throws a pass into touch. It's another terrible night for the Wallabies in Auckland; the All Blacks cruising to a 41-13 victory, which was largely in the books the moment Quade Cooper was sin -binned.

Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  Australia
0 start of first half start of first half
7 0 - 3 Cooper - penalty goal
17 Carter - penalty goal 3 - 3
21 Coles - try 8 - 3
23 Carter - conversion 10 - 3
27 Hooper - sub off
Pocock - sub on
28 Carter - penalty goal 13 - 3
31 13 - 6 Cooper - penalty goal
Pocock - sub off
Hooper - sub on
37 Beale - sub on
Speight - sub off
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Mumm - sub on
Skelton - sub off
Speight - sub on
Beale - sub off
Pocock - sub on
Palu - sub off
47 penalty try
Carter - conversion
20 - 6 Cooper - yellow card
48 Giteau - sub on
Speight - sub off
50 Nonu - try 25 - 6
51 Carter - conversion
Woodcock - sub off
Crockett - sub on
Milner-Skudder - sub off
Slade - sub on
27 - 6 Kepu - sub off
Holmes - sub on
Sio - sub off
Slipper - sub on
53 CG Smith - try 32 - 6
54 Carter - conversion 34 - 6
57 Beale - sub on
Cooper - sub off
62 Franks - sub off
Laulala - sub on
Douglas - sub on
Horwill - sub off
Holmes - sub off
Kepu - sub on
63 Cane - sub on
Vito - sub off
64 Nonu - try 39 - 6
65 Coles - sub off
Mealamu - sub on
Perenara - sub on
AL Smith - sub off
66 Carter - conversion 41 - 6 Polota-Nau - sub on
Moore - sub off
Holmes - sub on
Kepu - sub off
67 Fekitoa - sub on
CG Smith - sub off
Kaino - sub on
McCaw - sub off
76 41 - 11 Folau - try
77 41 - 13 White - conversion
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 28 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance 48457
 
Referee N Owens (Wales)
 
New Zealand Test debuts none
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

New Zealand Australia
Tries Coles (21), Penalty try (47), Nonu (50, 64), CG Smith (53) Tries Folau (76)
Cons Carter (23, 47, 51, 54, 66) Cons White (77)
Pens Carter (17, 28) Pens Cooper (7, 31)

Match stats

New Zealand   Australia
5 (1 penalty try) Tries 1
5 from 5 Conversion goals 1 from 1
2 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 2
88.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 18
168 Passes 110
123 Runs 87
612 Metres run with ball 246
Attacking
55% (55%/54%) Possession (1H/2H) 45% (45%/46%)
56% (54%/59%) Territory (1H/2H) 44% (46%/41%)
18 Clean breaks 5
21 Defenders beaten 16
18 Offloads 9
85 from 88 (96.6%) Rucks won 71 from 77 (92.2%)
3 from 3 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 7 (71.4%)
14 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
91/16 Tackles made/missed 114/21
85.0% Tackling success rate 84.0%
Set pieces
7 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 1 lost (88.9%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 3 lost (76.9%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 9
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB BR Smith 0/1 0 8/11/14 100 1 0 4 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Milner-Skudder 0/0 0 1/3/7 46 2 4 1 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C CG Smith 1/0 5 0/7/9 38 1 2 2 1 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Nonu 2/1 10 0/8/10 76 4 3 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Savea 0/0 0 0/8/10 105 2 1 1 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Carter 0/2 16 9/23/10 48 1 5 2 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH AL Smith 0/0 0 9/62/3 24 2 1 1 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/0/2 7 1 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 2 0/0
H Coles 1/0 5 0/3/5 57 1 2 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Retallick 0/0 0 0/2/8 10 0 0 1 1 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/5/4 0 0 1 0 0 12/0 2/1 1 0/0
F Vito 0/0 0 0/3/8 42 1 1 1 0 5/0 1/0 1 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/0/7 3 0 0 0 0 7/1 1/0 3 0/0
N8 Read 0/0 0 0/12/12 20 0 0 2 1 9/3 4/0 0 0/0
(H) Mealamu 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Crockett 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Laulala 0/0 0 0/1/2 6 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
(F) Kaino 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Cane 0/0 0 0/3/2 2 0 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Perenara 0/0 0 1/9/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Slade 0/0 0 0/3/3 15 2 0 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Fekitoa 0/0 0 0/3/3 9 0 1 1 1 1/1 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

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Folau 1/0 5 3/2/11 111 1 7 1 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Speight 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 1 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Kuridrani 0/0 0 0/3/5 18 1 0 1 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Toomua 0/0 0 5/10/3 6 0 1 0 0 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Ashley-Cooper 0/0 0 1/2/8 38 1 2 0 1 4/3 0/0 0 0/0
FH Cooper 0/0 6 5/10/4 8 0 0 2 2 0/0 0/0 1 1/0
SH White 0/0 2 4/58/5 16 0 0 0 4 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Sio 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 2 0/0
H Moore 0/0 0 0/4/2 0 0 0 0 1 11/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Kepu 0/0 0 0/2/2 6 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Skelton 0/0 0 0/1/4 9 0 2 0 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Horwill 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 0 1 10/2 2/0 0 0/0
F Fardy 0/0 0 0/2/10 3 0 0 0 1 10/1 3/1 0 0/0
F Hooper 0/0 0 0/6/5 1 0 1 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Palu 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 1 0 7/1 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Polota-Nau 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Slipper 0/0 0 0/1/2 9 1 2 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Holmes 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Mumm 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 0 0 1 4/1 3/0 0 0/0
(L) Douglas 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Pocock 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Giteau 0/0 0 0/4/3 0 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Beale 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 1 1 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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