New Zealand v Australia

New Zealand: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Liam Messam, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Wyatt Crockett
Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Steven Luatua, 20 Sam Cane, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Malakai Fekitoa



Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Pat McCabe, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Matt Toomua, 11 Rob Horne, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Nic White, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Sam Carter, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 James Slipper.
Replacements (one to be omitted): 16 James Hanson, 17 Pek Cowan, 18 Ben Alexander, 19 Will Skelton, 20 Scott Higginbotham, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Bernard Foley, 23 Tevita Kuridrani, 24 Ben McCalman.

3-3 after 6 mins.

0-3 from the ko.

3-3 following severe AB pressure.

6 mins

Poor discipline so far

Good start from NZ, they seem sharp

6-3 8 mins

more pressure with the ball in their hands.

Yellow for Richie. The world is going to end today

mcCaw yellow cared, penalty in front.

much needed turnover by the All Blacks as Australia attack.

Looks like being a great game.

schoolboy mistake by McCaw - playing the ball on the ground

but a yellow !

mccaw no longer untouchable these days thankfully

6-6

14 mins

i thought it was against irb rules to yellow card richie

but it was a hardly a repeated offence ........ well not in this game

has all the hallmarks of McCaw being judged for previous.

you don't need repeated offences when you have a NH ref

Australia all offside

All Blacks looking very sharp.

Aus should be carded there too for the clear offside with White lazy running

NZ 9-6 after 18min

Plus White could have been carded at the ruck too

9-6

18 mins

perhaps McCaw thought he wasn't on the ground.

he was lying on a few bodies !

Aus barely hanging on

got to be a card now

nearly time for McCaw to return.

Will he get a red for a second offence ?

more action in first quarter here than in whole 80 last week

At least he is consistent

aus barely coping with 15 on, i fear the worst for them with 14

Retallick is having a stormer

Aus scrum getting smashed. They will do well not to concede a try in the next 10min

Good position from the ref there

shame that - the big man so deserved a try for that burst

ABs got to score now surely

Penalty TRY

pushover try. Amazing.

pen try had to be

ABs totally in control so far today

Aus scrum is getting SMASHED

Aus could get done by 30 here

NZ 16-6 after 29min

All Blacks regularly bursting thro the first tackle.

SAVEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Awesome from ABs

astonishing try

Retallick stripped the ball to get things going.  Not seen a second row have such a great game in ages.

great break but looked a very high tackle when aus were attcking

I foresee an Aussie revival when they are 30+ points down.

NZ 23-6 after 32min

it was indeed a high tackle, aus should have had the pen

all the 1.01 gone 32 minutes in.

23-6

Matched: GBP 403,146

Ashley-Cooper looked very apprehensive when he took his eyes off the ball and knocked on.

look at Dane Coles, also having a brilliant game for NZ. Glad the AB's have got hooker sorted for next year. Phew.

Messam with butter fingers

The whole front row has shown up well in the loose as well as the day job in the scrum.

Brilliant 40 from the ABs. Really upped their game this week.

Messam is the liability in the AB's side but the rest are playing so well it does not really matter. 23-6 H/T and this game is a lot more exciting than last weeks farce.

shame for crotty having to g0 off   prefer him to nonu nowdays

rettalick is just phenomenal today.

Brilliant from the All Blacks but Poite is giving Australia no chance at the breakdown

This will be a cricket score if he doesn't cop on

Ashley-Cooper hammered by his own player. Ouch

That was brilliant

different planet today

TRY AB's from nowhere. Beautiful backs play.

Another TRY AB's, this time a forwards effort. Brilliant.

white flag waved ?

I cannot believe these are the same two teams that played last week. What a turn around. Hansen must have really lit a rocket under their bottoms.

raining last week - slippery ball

I know cruious cat but its the same for both sides. TRY NZ.

also the ref last week made some bad decisions against the All Blacks - Aussie scrum collapsing unpenalised and they were playing in Australia.

was that the aforementioned revival ?

44-13

62 mins

the revival continues ...

44-20

65 mins

Brilliant game and glad the Aussies have not just caved in.

Brodie Retallick is only 23 !

23.5 h'c in danger ...

chip kick surly the option there

All Blacks finish in style with a try after the hooter.

brilliant game

51-20

51-20 F/T Emphatic display.

Eden Park Rugby History




1913 Rugby comes to the Park, Auckland Rugby built a grandstand 3,000 capacity
1914 First rugby match Ponsonby v City followed later in the season with first representative match Auckland v Canterbury
1921 First international rugby, New Zealand v South Africa, South Africa won 9-5
1930 First Lions tour to Eden Park, New Zealand won 20-13 attended by 45,000
1931 New Zealand v Australia International (first Bledisloe Cup Match), New Zealand won 20-13
1937 New Zealand v South Africa, South Africa won 17-6, attended by 58,000
1950 New Zealand v Lions, New Zealand won 11-8
1956 New Zealand v South Africa, New Zealand won 11-5, attended by record crowds, 63,000
1959 New Zealand v Lions, Lions won 9-6
1963 Springbok Tour
1965 New Zealand v South Africa, New Zealand won 20-3
1969 New Zealand v Wales, New Zealand won 33-12, the first test by a visiting Welsh Rugby team
1971 Lions Tour
1975 New Zealand v Scotland, New Zealand won 24-0, famous for flood conditions
1981 New Zealand v South Africa, New Zealand won 25-22, famous for the four bomb by a Cessna
1987 Inaugural Rugby World Cup, New Zealand v France, New Zealand won 29-9
1993 First Super10 match, Auckland v Western Samoa
1994 Springbok Tour
1994 New Zealand v France, France won 23-20
1996 Super 12 Final, Auckland v Natal, Auckland won 45-21
1997 Super 12 Semi & Final, Auckland v ACT, Auckland won 23-7
2001 Springbok Tour
2005 New Zealand v Lions, New Zealand won final test 38-19
2005 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 34-14
2006 New Zealand v Ireland, New Zealand won 27-17
2006 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 34-27
2007 New Zealand v France, New Zealand won 42-11
2007 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 26-12
2008 New Zealand v England, New Zealand won 37-20
2008 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 39-10
2009 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 22-16
2010 New Zealand v South Africa, New Zealand won 32-12
2011 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 30-14
2011 New Zealand v Tonga (Rugby World Cup), New Zealand won 41-10
2011 New Zealand v France (Rugby World Cup), New Zealand won 37-17
2011 New Zealand v Argentina (Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final), New Zealand won 33-10
2011 New Zealand v Australia (Rugby World Cup Semi-Final), New Zealand won 20-6
2011 New Zealand v France (Rugby World Cup Final), New Zealand won 8-7
2012 New Zealand v Ireland, New Zealand won 42-10
2012 New Zealand v Australia, New Zealand won 22-0
2013 New Zealand v France, New Zealand won 23-13
2013 New Zealand v South Africa, New Zealand won 29-15

France the last country to win (23-20) at Eden Park since when New Zealand have won 21 including today.

In the above list - which I don't know if they include all internationls - NZ 31 others 3

South Africa, Lions and France.

Glory awaits the next country to win there.

france should have won the 2011 rwc
moral victors imo

Where did you get that list CC? I'm sure Aust beat NZ at Eden Park in 1986 and 1978. Some other times as well I'm fairly sure.

A lot of people here were gobsmacked when White and Beale were named as halves for the 1st test. Surely they've got to go.

I searched for Eden Park and found there was a site for the ground.

As I posted at 10:34 I don't know if the list includes all internationals or whether they were being selective.

One huge turning point of the game. Toomua kicked for touch around 48 min. That fcker crossed the line and was out and the touchie said play on. Very very poor call. It was a penalty kick. Once it goes over the line it is out. You cannot knock it back in. A 5m lineout to the Wallabies and good chance of a try became a NZ try. HUGE.

^ and the cloth line tackle in the first half which none of the officials saw & nz then scooted up the pitch for an impressive but ultimately spurious try.
despite those moments australia still would not have won though, may have been a few points less but who knows how one event affects another

Can't see how Aus were winning that ever today.  Maybe 2 or 3 times in a hundred but not much more.