Wales (9) 25 / All Blacks (13) 37 (Final Score)
Walas hosted the All Blacks at the Millennium Stadium at 19:15 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
The All Blacks scored 5 tries before conceding a lone Wales try when the clock was already past 80 min.
The All blacks achieve their Grand Slam AGAIN, beating Wales by 37 / 25
Scorers:
Wales: 6 Penalties & 1 Conversion Stephen Jones, 1 Try Lee Byrne
All Blacks: 2 Penalties & 3 Conversion Dan Carter, 2 Tries Hosea Gear, 1 Try Mils Muliaina, 1 Try Isaia Toeava, 1 Try John Afoa
Teams:
Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 George North, 13 Tom Shanklin, 12 James Hook, 11 Tom James, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees (captain), 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 Paul James, 18 Jonathan Thomas, 19 Andy Powell, 20 Martyn Williams, 21 Richie Rees, 22 Andrew Bishop.
New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Isaia Toeava, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 John Afoa, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Daniel Braid, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Ma’a Nonu.
Date: Saturday, November 27
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 19.15 SA Time (17.15 GMT; 06.15, Sunday November 28 NZ time)
Expected weather: Maximum temperature 1ºC, minimum -3ºC; wind chill -6ºC to -8ºC; cloudy/snow showers; wind from north east 14-16km/h
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), David Changleng (Scotland)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
ABs did not play very well for at least half the match, but the ref was a joke. At one point ref told Red 4 to roll away four times at the one ruck & still did not award a penalty. I don’t mind ABs being penalised if they do wrong as long as both teams are held to the same standard. Tired of refs being “gentle” on under dogs 🙁
12 Point margin… so I lose out on Bru yet again… I picked the All Blacks by 18.
@ grootblousmile:
Don’t feel bad – My margin was bigger 🙁
Half an Hour to go till the France / Wallabies game… think I must go and handle that match from bed, Notebook on the lap…
See you guys a bit later.
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