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29 November 2014
NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TESTS in 2014
NEW ZEALAND; 14 INTERNATIONALS THIS SEASON: v ENGLAND (3 Tests), v AUSTRALIA (Rugby Championship 2 tests), v SOUTH AFRICA (Rugby Championship 2 Tests), v ARGENTINA (Rugby Championship 2 tests)
v AUSTRALIA (Bledisloe Cup Extra Game), v USA (Tour game), v ENGLAND (Tour Game, UK), v SCOTLAND (Tour game, UK), v WALES (TOUR game, UK)
ENG1 ENG2 ENG3 AUS1 AUS2 ARG1 SAF1 ARG2 SAF2 AUS3 USA ENG4 SCO WAL (2014/career)
Isreal Dagg FB* - - - - FB FB FB FB FB FB FB - - 8/46
Ben Smith w FB FB FB FB w w w w - - w FB FB 12/38
Cory Jane w w w w w* - r NU - w* w* - - - 8/53
Julian Savea - w w w w w w w w w r w r w 13/33
Charles Piutau - - - - - - - - - - w - w w* 3/13
Conrad Smith C C - - C C C C* C* C - C* - C 10/85
Ma'a Nonu 2⅝* 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝* - 2⅝ 2⅝* - - - - - - - 6/94
Malakai Fekitoa r NU C* C r NU - 2⅝ 2⅝ 2⅝ - - C* - 8/8
Sonny Bill Williams - - - - - - - - - - 2⅝* 2⅝ r 2⅝* 4/23
Ryan Crotty - - r r 2⅝* - - - r - C r 2⅝* r 8/13
Aaron Cruden 1⅝ 1⅝* 1⅝* 1⅝* 1⅝* - 1⅝* - - - 1⅝* 1⅝* - - 8/37
Beauden Barrett r r r r r 1⅝* r 1⅝ 1⅝ 1⅝* - r - 1⅝ 12/28
Colin Slade - - - - - r - r r r - - w r 6/17
Dan Carter - - - - - - - - - - r - 1⅝* - 2/102
Aaron Smith ½* ½* ½* ½ ½ ½* ½ ½* ½* ½* - ½* - ½* 12/38
T.J.Perenara r r r NU r r NU r - r ½* r ½* r 11/11
Tawera Kerr-Barlow - - - - - - - - r* - - - - - 1/15
Augustine Pulu - - - - - - - - - - r - r - 2/2
Jerome Kaino 8 8 F F* - - - F F* - - F - F* 8/56
Kieran Read - - 8* 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8* 8 - 8 11/72
Richie McCaw F F F F F F F F* F F - F F F 13/137
Sam Cane - - - r r r r r - r F - F - 8/22
Liam Messam F* F* r - F* F* - - r F r r r r 11/40
Victor Vito r r - - - - - - - - F - 8* - 4/26
Steven Luatua - - - NU r - F* - r - - - - - 3/14
Sam Whitelock L L L L L L* - L L L* - L - L* 11/62
Brodie Retallick L L* L* L L* L L L* - L r L* - L 12/36
Jeremy Thrush - - - - - r L* r L* - L - L - 6/11
Dominic Bird - - - - - - - - - - - - L* - 1/2
Luke Romano - - - - - - - - - - - - r - 1/17
Patrick Tuipulotu NU r r - - - r - - r L r - r 7/7
Owen Franks P* P* P* P* P* P* P* p* P* P* r P* - P* 13/67
Charles Faumuina r r r - r - - - r r P r P* r 10/27
Joe Moody - - - r - r r r P* - P* - P* r 8/8
Tony Woodcock P* P* P* - - - - - - - - - - - 3/110
Ben Franks - - - r r r r r r r r r r - 10/41
Wyatt Crockett r r r P* P* P* P* P* - P* - P* r P* 12/36
Dane Coles H* H* H* H* H* H* H* - r H* - H* r H* 12/27
James Parsons - - - - - - - - - - - - H* - 1/1
Keven Mealamu r r r r r r r H* H* r r r - r 13/123
Nathan Harris - - - - - - - r - - H* - - - 2/2
* left the field injured or was substituted
r an on-field replacement either for a substituted or injured player.
- Did not play at all in this game.
NU A stripped replacement or substitute WHO WAS NOT USED in the game
Notes: Richie McCaw was captain for 13 test matches and Kieran Read for one.
POINT SCORING by New Zealand
(7 June 2014) beat England (1st test) at Eden Park, Auckland 20-15. Try by Conrad Smith. 5 penalties by Aaron Cruden.
(14 June 2014) beat England (2nd test) at Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 28-17. Tries by Ma'a Nonu, Julian Savea and Ben Smith. 1 conversion and 2 penalties by Aaron Cruden. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett.
(21 June 2014) beat England (3rd test) at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 36-13. Tries by Julian Savea (3) and Aaron Smith (2). 3 conversions and 1 penalty by Aaron Cruden. 1 conversion by Beauden Barrett.
(16 August 2014) drew with Australia (1st test) at ANZ Stadium, Sydney 12-12. 4 penalties by Aaron Cruden.
(23 August 2014) beat Australia (2nd test) at Eden Park, Auckland 51-20. Tries by Richie McCaw (2), Steven Luatua, Kieran Read, Julian Savea and a penalty try. 5 conversions and 3 penalties by Aaron Cruden. 1 conversion by Aaron Smith.
(6 September 2014) beat Argentina (1st test) at McLean Park, Napier 28-9. Tries by Julian Savea (2), Liam Messam and Aaron Smith. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Colin Slade. 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett.
(13 September 2014) beat South Africa (1st test) at Westpac Stadium, Wellington 14-10. Try by Richie McCaw. 2 penalty goals by Aaron Cruden. 1 penalty goal by Beauden Barrett.
(27 September 2014) beat Argentina (2nd test) at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, Argentina 34-13. Tries by Israel Dagg, T.J.Perenara,Julian Savea and Ben Smith. 4 conversions and 2 penalties by Beauden Barrett.
(4 October 2014) lost South Africa (2nd test) at Ellis Park, Johannesburg 25-27. Tries by Dane Coles, Malakai Fekitoa and Ben Smith. 2 conversions and 2 penalties by Beauden Barrett.
(18 October 2014) beat Australia (3rd test) at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 29-28. Tries by Dane Coles, Malakai Fekitoa, Cory Jane and Aaron Smith. 2 conversions and 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett. 1 conversion by Colin Slade.
(1 November 2014) beat USA at Soldier Field, Chicago 74-6. Tries by Julian Savea (2), Sonny Bill Williams (2), Cory Jane, Joe Moody, Nathan Harris, Charles Piutau, Aaron Cruden, Israel Dagg, Sam Cane and Patrick Tuipulotu. 4 conversions by Aaron Cruden and 3 conversions by Dan Carter.
(8 November 2014) beat England at Twickenham 24-21. Tries by Aaron Cruden, Charlie Faumuina and Richie McCaw. 2 penalty goals by Aaron Cruden. 1 penalty goal by Beauden Barrett.
(15 November 2014) beat Scotland at Murrayfield 24-16. Tries by Victor Vito and Jeremy Thrush. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Colin Slade. 3 penalties by Dan Carter.
(22 November 2014) beat Wales at Cardiff 34-16. Tries by Beauden Barrett (2), Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read and Julian Savea. 1 conversion and 1 penalty by Beauden Barrett. 2 conversions by Colin Slade.
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Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on this day. NZ won 22-3. They were not called the All Blacks then - that title never came till the 1905-06 tour to UK.
BALLS
You cannot have a rugby match without a ball. According to legend, the ball that William Webb Ellis picked up and ran with at Rugby School in 1823 was similar in shape to the oval ball of today. Why Rugby School played with an oval football before running with it in one’s hands was allowed is a mystery, but the evidence is that balls of that shape were used for many years before Webb Ellis attended the school.
It could be that different forms of football were traditionally played with a pig’s bladder as the ball. Any good pig-hunter will tell you that a pig’s bladder, when inflated, is basically oval in shape. When, by 1840, leather covers were made for the bladders, they were fitted to that shape. Thus today’s rugby ball is a direct throwback to the pig’s bladder balls that were kicked around the playing fields of Rugby School early in the nineteenth century. The ‘feet only’ game of association football adopted the round ball on its own.
For years South African rugby favoured using an eight-paneled leather ball, as distinct from the standard four panels used elsewhere. In 1961 it joined the rest of the world in adopting the four-panel ball.
The first rubber bladders were made in 1870. Another significant change to the rugby ball came in 1931 when the rather squat shape of the early ball, which made for easier place-kicking and drop-kicking, was replaced by a narrower, more torpedo-like shape that is able to be passed more easily. The length was shortened by one and a half inches (35mm). A lace to hold the inner bladder together used to be found on every ball, but is now missing from the modern ball.
The main other differences that exist in the modern ball are that they are made out of synthetic rubber and have thousands of raised lumps on their surface. All are designed to give greater grip for the players’ handling. Whether they do aid catching and dispatching in a pass is the subject of endless debate among rugby watchers.
Also used on every ball are various brand names, as companies vie to have their ball used in major televised fixtures and therefore expand brand exposure and sales.
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