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27 August 2016
543rd All Black test
NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA (2nd test – Bledisloe Cup & The Rugby Championship 2016) at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zesaland
Saturday 27th August 2016
Fulltime score – New Zealand 29 Australia 9
Halftime – New Zealand 15 Australia 9
Attendance; 35,372
Conditions; Weather clear, dry ground, evening game.
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
The scorers:
For New Zealand (29):
Tries: Dagg (2), J.Savea, Cane
Cons: Barrett (3)
Pen: Barrett
For Australia (9):
Pen: Foley (2), Hodge
Yellow Card: Fardy
New Zealand: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Israel Dagg, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown (debut) (rep’d by Seta Tamanivalu 76m), 11 Julian Savea (rep’d by Aaron Cruden 66m), 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith (rep’d by T.J.Perenara 66m), 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Sam Cane (rep’d by Ardie Savea 73m), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick (rep’d by Liam Squire 70m), 3 Owen Franks (rep’d by Charlie Faumuina 52m), 2 Dane Coles (rep’d by James Parsons 70m), 1 Joe Moody (rep’d by Wyatt Crockett 52m)
Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper (rep’d by Reece Hodge 17m), 13 Samu Kerevi (rep’d by Tevita Kuridrani 68m), 12 Bernard Foley, 11 Dane Haylett-Petty, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (rep’d by Nick Phipps 68m), 8 David Pocock, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Scott Fardy (rep’d by Dean Mumm 38m), 5 Adam Coleman (temporary rep’d by Will Skelton 37-47m; full sub at 64m), 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Sekope Kepu (rep’d by Allan Ala’alatoa 52m), 2 Stephen Moore (rep’d by Tatafu Polota-Nau 64m), 1 Scott Sio (rep’d by James Slipper 52m)
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The great Colin Meads plays his last game for his country on this day.
His career as an All Black had lasted 15 seasons inclusive 1957-71. It ended leading NZ to a 14-14 draw again the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park.
ANTARCTICA
Several international rugby matches (of sorts) have been played on the ice of Antarctica, so they should be recognized in an A-Z such as this.
In 1989 a group of scientists and staff started a match between USA and New Zealand. It is a fixture on the ice which has been played intermittently over the years since.
There are several unique features about rugby in Antarctica. Firstly the game is played on a snow-covered ice field and sometimes there have been no goal posts. Implanting posts into the rock-hard ice is nigh impossible. Sometimes the game has been delayed several days until the weather clears. The clothing the players wear is interesting; often it has been full kit needed for living in extremely cold temperatures. Sometimes too, the teams have been of mixed gender. And often it is not certain whether teams will be at full strength. One year a New Zealand squad gathered prospective players at 3pm, picked their best line up, and the game kicked off at 3.30!
In an international between the New Zealand Scott Base team and the USA McMurdo Base team in 2001, the New Zealanders scored three tries to one, but the score was posted in the weekly Antarctic Sun newspaper as being 9-3. Obviously the message had not made it through to the people on the ice of the increase in points values for a try! That had first happened over 30 years earlier!
Which club supplied seven players of the 1971 British and Irish Lions touring team to New Zealand - five of whom played all four tests?
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