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20 August 2016
542nd All Black test
NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA (1st test – Bledisloe Cup & The Rugby Championship 2016) at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Saturday 20th August 2016
Fulltime score – New Zealand 42 Australia 8
Halftime – New Zealand 32 Australia 3
Attendance; 65,328
Conditions; Dry ground, evening game.
Referee; Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Referee’s Assistants; Romain Poite (France) Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television Match Official; Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
NEW ZEALAND 42 AUSTRALIA 8
The scorers:
For New Zealand:
Tries: B.Barrett, D.Coles, R.Crotty, J.Kaino, W.Naholo and J.Savea.
Cons: B.Barrett (3)
Pen: B.Barrett (2)
For Australia:
Try by N.Phipps.
Pen by B.Foley
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Malakai Fekitoa 12 Ryan Crotty (rep’d by Aaron Cruden 40m), 11 Waisake Naholo (rep’d by Julian Savea 39m); 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith (rep’d by TJ Perenara 68m); 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Sam Cane (rep’d by Ardie Savea 63m), 6 Jerome Kaino (rep’d by Liam Squire 58m), 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Wyatt Crockett (rep’d Kane Hames (debut) 57m), 2 Codie Taylor, (rep’d by Dane Coles 3m), 1 Owen Franks (rep’d by Charlie Faumuina 45m)
Australia; 15 Israel Folau; 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Giteau (rep’d by Matt Toomua 11m, then Toomua rep’d by Rob Horne 31m, then Horne rep’d by Nick Phipps 39m), 11 Dane Haylett-Petty; 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia; 8 David Pocock. 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Brett McCalman (rep’d by Scott Fardy 61m), 5 Rob Simmons (rep’d by Dean Mumm 49m), 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Sekope Kepu (rep’d by Allan Ala’alatoa debut) 54m) 2 Stephen Moore (capt, rep’d by Tatafu Polota-Nau 62m), 1 Scott Sio (rep’d by James Slipper 50m).
Kane Hames; All Black number #1152
Yellow Card; K.Read (NZ) for the 4th time in his test career.
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And the Richie McCaw led, and Graham Henry coached, 2011 All Blacks begin their campaign by beating Tonga 41-10 on Eden Park
CALIFANO, CHRISTIAN
Toulouse, Saracens, Gloucester, Auckland and France
72 internationals for France 1994-2007
A powerful, worldly member of the French forward pack through the late years of the 1990s and into the new millennium. At his best there was none who could better this hard-scrummaging prop forward and strong runner about the field. Which is ironic because he began his rugby as an overweight charger with little finesse. It was only after joining the Toulouse club that he fined down into a top rated forward who caught his national selector’s eye.
The thing about Califano is that while he was anchoring his club to three successive French club championship titles as a loosehead prop he was making his early presence as an international player as a tighthead. He had made his debut in France’s epic victories in New Zealand in 1994 when he played as part of a French front row against New Zealand’s redoubtable trio of Sean Fitzpatrick, Richard Loe and Craig Dowd.
Later Califano switched to his preferred loosehead as his test career blossomed and it was from that position that he went to South Africa in 1995 for the Rugby World Cup. He was also in the French team in 1999’s cup though by then back problems and the rise of new young French ‘bulls’ in the front row halted consistent progress.
After 1999 he traveled to New Zealand and had two seasons in Auckland playing in the Super 12 series.
His ability as a running, handling prop forward was never better exemplified than in 1996 when he scored three tries in one game against Romania. Has any test prop anywhere in the world bettered this? I doubt it.
In 2003 his career seemed over but he was recalled for several more games in 2007.
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