Well, the All Blacks have buried our demons in Perth as they return to winning ways against the Wallabies by 36 points & managed to keep them scoreless (1st time since 2017 against South Africa in Albany & 1st time against Australia since 2012 in Auckland but WOW! What a turn around as I heard the comment when Pops said) at the garden of Eden in Auckland to retain our beloved Bledisloe for another year & for the 16th year running so here is the match report taken from Newshub:
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live updates of the second Bledisloe Cup test between the All Blacks and Wallabies at the garden of Eden at Eden Park in Auckland.
The All Blacks are in must-win mode following last weekend's shock 47-26 in Bledisloe I in Perth (Who had All Black second rower Scott Barrett red carded by French referee Jerome Garces (The man who belatedly sent off Sonny Bill Williams in a test match against the British & Irish Lions in Wellington in 2017) for a deliberate foul play on Wallaby skipper Michael Hooper & is suspended for that match).
That means a draw or loss will see them lose the prized trans-Tasman trophy which they've held since 2003.
For the Wallabies, a win or draw will see them claim the Bledisloe for the 1st time since 2002.
The All Blacks will be boosted by the stat that they haven't lost at Eden Park since 1994 (Including the heroics by France after that try from the end of the world which resulted in a French victory) and haven't lost to the Wallabies there since 1986.
Lineups
All Blacks: 1-Joe Moody, 2-Dane Coles, 3-Nepo Laulala, 4-Patrick Tuipulotu, 5-Samuel Whitelock, 6-Ardie Savea, 7-Sam Cane, 8-Kieran Read (c), 9-Aaron Smith, 10-Richie Mo'unga, 11-George Bridge, 12-Sonny Bill Williams 13-Anton Lienert-Brown, 14-Sevu Reece, 15-Beauden Barrett
Reserves: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 18-Angus Ta'avao, 19-Jackson Hemopo, 20-Matt Todd, 21-TJ Perenara, 22-Ngani Laumape, 23-Jordie Barrett
Wallabies: 1-Scott Sio, 2-Tolu Latu, 3-Allan Alaalatoa, 4-Izack Rodda, 5-Adam Coleman, 6-Lachlan Salakaia-Loto, 7-Michael Hooper (c), 8-Isi Naisarani, 9-Nic White, 10-Chistian Leali'ifano, 11-Marika Koroibete, 12-Samu Kerevi, 13-James O'Connor, 14-Reece Hodge, 15-Kurtley Beale
Reserves: 16-Folau Fainga'a, 17-James Slipper, 18-Taniela Tupou, 19-Rob Simmons, 20-Liam Wright, 21-Will Genia, 22-Matt Toomua, 23-Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Here come both sides - a wet miserable night here in Auckland.
Moment of silence for Bruce Deans (Brother of current Panasonic Wild Knights coach Robbie Deans) who passed away this week.
7:32 PM: National anthems now - rain still falling.
7:35 PM: Kapa O Pango is the haka for tonight - as the All Blacks prepare for battle. TJ Perenara leading.
1ST MINUTE, KICK OFF: Kick off here at Eden Park! It is game time so game on! The Bledisloe Cup is on the line!
PENALTY: Early penalty for NZ - Interference at the lineout.
2ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: A miserable lineout from NZ - but Australia knock the ball on, scrum NZ.
3RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY GOAL: Massive scrum earns the All Blacks a penalty and they look to link down the left - called back after a bad pass, All Blacks kick for points. It's good from Mo'unga. All Blacks 3 - 0 Wallabies.
5TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Forward pass from Australia and they can't seem to get anything going.
6TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Grubber kick goes out from Barrett - Aussie lineout.
8TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Lovely kick from Barrett and it puts Aussie on the back foot - Nic White clears.
9TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty against Australia after Reece is high tackled, good work from Reece.
10TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Another really good from the All Blacks, this time from Smith.
The ball falls to Barrett about 40m out and he goes for a drop-kick, struck it well but it's just to the right.
12TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Already the Wallabies have kicked it a lot - looking scared to counter-attack.
13TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Moody is pinged for coming in from the side, Aussie get a chance to clear.
14TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: White is on the ground after a high shot from Whitelock - didn't look too bad - Aussie win the penalty.
15TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Really good attack from Australia and Koroibete goes so close! Reece and ALB with try savers.
16TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY MISS: Australia once again are looking really good with ball in hand - they win a penalty. They kick for the points - off the post.
19TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): White kicks a grubber out - good defence from ALB.
21ST MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY MISS: Michael Hooper makes a break for the visitors and Aussie win a penalty - Coles offside. Aussie kick for points. It's wide. Bad miss.
24TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): The All Blacks go really close there - Smith with a great kick and Reece is nearly away - then Mo'unga with a cross field kick but Aussie clear.
25TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Knock on off Laulala's head - he though Savea was going to catch it, but it's a falcon.
28TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty against the All Blacks at scrum time, Wallabies kick for touch.
29TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Aussie look to attack and a awful pass sees Hodge spilling the ball and Mo'unga does really well to pick it up and he runs away to score the opener. Kick is good. All Blacks 10 - 0 Wallabies.
32ND MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Awesome counter attack from the hosts - Barrett finds Bridge who gasses both defenders and he finds Aaron Smith who scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 17 - 0 Wallabies.
35TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): Great defence from Tuipulotu and Bridge to set up a turnover and put the Wallabies right under pressure here.
36TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Naisarani makes a break for the Wallabies and puts the All Blacks under pressure but Sam Cane does very well and earns a turnover.
37TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY & YELLOW CARD: Penalty won by the All Blacks, but the ref goes upstairs for something Coles did off the ball, he gets rid of Nic White from the ruck initially it's around the neck and Coles will go to the bin for 10 minutes.
38TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Really good defence from Reece on Koroibete - All Blacks turn the ball over and clear through Smith.
39TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Beale is having a shocker - missing catches and looking terrible under the high ball.
40TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY MISS: Penalty won by the All Blacks and they take the three - kick is wide All Blacks 17 - 0 Wallabies.
HALFTIME: Other then that bad miss from Mo'unga at the end and the yellow card on the receiving end of Coles the All Blacks have been really good. A big 40 in store for us here.
41ST MINUTE, 2ND HALF: Back underway here at Eden Park - 40 minutes left of the Bledisloe Cup series, little bit of rain around - not too bad.
SCRUM: Mistake off the kick - Mo'unga's kick didn't go 10 metres, scrum Aussie.
43RD MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Massive scrum from the All Blacks - Laulala all over his opposite.
44TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Ref halts the game as Allan Alaalatoa is getting treatment after taking a blow to the head attempting to tackle SBW. Coles is back on.
46TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Off the back of the scrum and Savea gives it to Read who makes a good run - he finds SBW who scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 24 - 0 Wallabies.
48TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): To'omua makes a huge break for Aussie and tries to link but he cant, great work from ALB to turn the ball over.
50TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM & SUBSTITUTION: Lost forward from the All Blacks - Here comes Genia for Nic White.
53RD MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Wallabies earn a penalty and go for the corner - probably need to score here.
55TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knocked on from the Wallabies - All Blacks in the clear.
58TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Really slick backline move from the All Blacks but ALB throws it forward.
59TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SUBSTITUTION: Mo'unga is down in a heap clutching his shoulder and is getting treatment from the medical staff - Concerns for his shoulder. He has gone off - replaced by Jordie Barrett.
63RD MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty goes against Sam Cane - Too keen for a turnover there - Straight off his feet is the call (Well, Cane was losing his footing so he got penalised for not supporting enough body weight).
64TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Really good attack from Aussie there Cane and Jordie make a big tackle there.
66TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Big turnover from TJ Perenara and they get a penalty.
67TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Jordie Barrett puts through a really good kick - Sevu Reece gets a nice kick on it, the electric winger flies down the wing and scores! Kick is good. All Blacks 31 - 0 Wallabies.
70TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Sevu Reece scores an intercept try but the ref calls it back as Sam Whitelock knocks the ball on in the build up.
73RD MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): Big defence here from the All Blacks as they try to keep the Wallabies to 0.
77TH MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Massive turnover again from Perenara - Sensational stuff from the number 2 halfback.
79TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: Huge turnover from Savea once again - Todd finds ALB who hands the ball of to Bridge who scores. Kick is wide.
80TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): That's it, it's all over! ALB kicks it out to complete a huge win for the All Blacks and keep the Bledisloe Cup in the cabinet in New Zealand.
ALL BLACKS 36 - 0 WALLABIES
So that is my 304th blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 44th of this year.
P.S. And in other international rugby news such as the Springboks (Fresh off from winning the Rugby Championship) continuing their dominance against Argentina in Pretoria while Wales have claimed the number 1 world ranking (4th different country after England, New Zealand & South Africa) after beating England in Cardiff then France thrash Scotland in Nice & Italy demolish Russia in San Benedetto del Tronto.
And finally here is the review of the 2nd round of the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup season:
Tasman's stunning 23-8 win over Canterbury in Christchurch on Sunday and Waikato's loss to Bay of Plenty has left Tasman one point in front in the Mitre 10 Premiership.
Auckland, who drew their first round game, are in second place while Counties Manukau have slipped into third as a result of Waikato's loss to Bay of Plenty.
In the Mitre 10 Championship, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki are the only sides with two wins with the Bay one point ahead on bonus points. Third place is held by Hawke's Bay who drew with Wellington.
Northland 10 Auckland 43
The improved Auckland side, who won the title last year, held too many aces for their franchise partners in the Whangarei game to open the second round. Too much speed and continuity, not to forget the sheer power of players like midfielder Tanielu Tele'a, whose try was one to cause defenders nightmares with the strength of his body blast, for the Northland side.
Scorers: Northland 10 (Pisi Leilua try; Jack Debreczeni con, pen) Auckland 43 (Jack Whetton, Caleb Clarke, Jamie Lane, AJ Lam, Tanielu Tele'a, TJ Faiane tries; D'Angelo Leuila 4 con, pen; Daniel Kirkpatrick con). HT: 3-24
North Harbour 25 Counties Manukau 39
Counties Manukau turned on the power, front and back, to beat North Harbour in Albany with wing Chris Kuridrani getting across the line twice, a feat repeated by home wing Matt Duffie. But it was the ability to produce the goods up front at crucial stages that set up Counties Manukau for their first win between the two sides since 2013.
Scorers: North Harbour 25 (Mark Telea, Matt Duffie 2, Lotu Inisi tries; Jared Page con, pen) Counties Manukau 39 (Conan O'Donnell, Kali Hala, Chris Kuridrani 2, penalty try tries; Riley Hohepa 3 con, 2 pen). HT: 15-22
Hawke's Bay 27 Wellington 27
Wellington arrived in Napier with the dazzle and scored some outstanding tries, especially those to centre Vince Aso and wing Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, but the prize of the day went to prop Xavier Numia who showed electric pace for one from his position to score. But Hawke's Bay stuck to the more basic approach and showed the value of solid forward play with some of their early tries but then in the run home they opened the after-burners and Danny Toala and Caleb Makene demonstrated the running qualities Hawke's Bay possess to achieve a draw.
Scorers: Hawke's Bay 27 (Brendon O'Connor, Tom Parsons, Danny Toala, Caleb Makene tries; Lincoln McClutchie 2 con, pen) Wellington 27 (Teariki Ben-Nicholas, Vince Aso, Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, Xavier Numia tries; Jackson Garden-Bachop 2 con, pen). HT: 12-17
Manawatu 10 Taranaki 13
It was a rare sight in Palmerston North with pools of water covering the ground and the rugby reflected it. The home team scored two good tries with skills making light of the conditions but a penalty try and Daniel Waite's goal-kicking boot was enough for Taranaki to get the win.
Scorers: Manawatu 10 (Ben Werthmuller, Jamie Booth tries) Taranaki 13 (Penalty try; Daniel Waite 2 pen). HT: 10-3
Otago v Southland
Time and the respective fortunes of the old southern rivals Otago and Southland may have changed but the two Championship sides produced a sterling Ranfurly Shield contest in Dunedin. Otago, at times looking like rugby's equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters, with an outstanding try scored by No.8 Dylan Nel, were too strong. However, Southland with two classic forward tries and a superb reward for following a high kick for Josh Moorby, contributed to a game that suggested Southland may not be much longer without an overdue win.
Scorers: Otago 41 (Jona Nareki 2, Slade McDowall, Dylan Nel, Josh Dickson, Rowan Gouws tries; Vilimoni Koroi 4 con, pen) Southland 22 (Josh Moorby, Charles Alaimalo, Bill Fukofuka tries; Marty McKenzie 2 con, pen). HT: 17-3
Canterbury 8 Tasman 23
Turning on a powerful forward display Tasman shut the home team down in an impressive first quarter with tries to centre Levi Aumua and a dazzling solo try to wing Leicester Fainga'anuku down the left flank beating tackle after tackle all within inches of the sideline. Canterbury's solitary response was a pick-up by Josh McKay at a breakdown on Canterbury's line that saw him run away down field to score his own breakout try.
Scorers: Canterbury 8 (Josh McKay try; Brett Cameron pen) Tasman 23 (Levi Aumua, Leicester Fainga'anuku, Shannon Frizell tries; Mitch Hunt con, 2 pen). HT: 3-18
Bay of Plenty 40 Waikato 14
Bay of Plenty turned it on in front of the Rotorua faithful, not least at a powerful scrum resulting in their first try. But it was the all-around commitment front and back that left Waikato scrambling to stay in touch. Richard Judd organised his backline well from halfback while Joe Ravouvou scored a scorching try. Waikato's centre Quinn Tupaea demonstrated his class with two tries, but it wasn't enough.
Scorers: Bay of Plenty 40 (Richard Judd, Ross Geldenhuys, Joe Ravouvou, Emoni Narawa, Chase Tiatia tries; Dan Hollinshead 3 con, 3 pen) Waikato 14 (Quinn Tupaea 2 tries; Fletcher Smith 2 con). HT: 22-14
And the 2nd Ashes test between England & Australia at Lord's has ended in a draw (It was rained out on day 1) with Australia (Who had Steve Smith getting knocked out off a bouncer by World Cup winning West Indian born English pace bowler Jofra Archer so the South African born player playing for Australia, Marnus Labuschagne, comes into the team as a concussion replacement for Smith) holding on for the draw after England declared after lunch on the last day, requiring 267 to win.
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