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Wallabies halt All Blacks' run
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 10 - 2012


Nick Mulvenney

BRISBANE – New Zealand flyhalf Dan Carter missed a drop goal with the last kick of the match as the All Blacks' winning streak was brought to an end at 16 matches in an 18-18 draw with a dogged Australia side on Saturday.
The world champion, chasing a record-equalling 17th straight victory, had a chance to steal the spoils in an extraordinary end to the contest but Carter, who kicked six penalties, steered the ball wide right of the posts.
Australia, whose points came from five Mike Harris penalties and a long-range effort from Kurtley Beale, also had a chance to win the match after time was up, only to be penalized as it went through the phases looking for a penalty of its own.
Rather than kick the ball out to end the match, though, the All Blacks took a scrum and forced their way back into range for Carter's attempt, a decision that disappointed coach Steve Hansen said showed “huge” character.
“It was probably one of the ugliest games of rugby I've seen,” he told reporters.
“But to play as poorly as we did and still manage to show the character and tenacity to get the draw was pleasing. It's not the end of the world but there's enough pain and hurt in the dressing room to make sure we learn the lessons from it.”
The All Blacks were uncharacteristically error-prone on what was a greasy surface at Lang Park but the Wallabies were also frustrated at not coming away with the win, despite starting the match as 6-1 underdogs.
Captain Nathan Sharpe, playing his last match on Australian soil before retirement, was the heart of a Wallabies team that contributed to the All Blacks error count by putting immense pressure through a spirited performance.
The All Blacks had opened the proceedings with the “throat-cutting” version of the haka in honor of hooker Keven Mealamu's 100th test cap but the Wallabies soon made it clear they were not going to play to the visitors' script.
Fullback Harris gave them the lead after just two minutes when the All Blacks were penalized for not rolling away from the tackle area.
Carter made no mistake with his first two penalty attempts to give New Zealand the lead but nine more points from the boot of Harris gave the home side an unlikely lead.
All the offenses were in the tackle area and referee Craig Joubert warned All Black captain Richie McCaw after the third that he would sin-bin the next offender.
The South African was true to his word and prop Tony Woodcock was shown the yellow card a minute before the break with the home side 12-6 ahead.
Woodcock had just returned when Beale boomed a penalty over from inside his own half to extend the lead to 15-6 but Carter, who had missed his two previous attempts, narrowed the deficit with two penalties in the next six minutes.
The latter offense had caused Wallabies flanker Michael Hooper to be sin-binned for tackling Aaron Smith off the ball and it looked like the All Blacks might impose themselves on the contest.
Carter duly levelled and put them ahead with his sixth penalty 10 minutes from time but the Wallabies hit back with Harris's fifth to set up the dramatic climax and just the sixth draw in tests between the nations.
The match was the third test in the Bledisloe Cup series, which the All Blacks won courtesy of their victories in the first two tests of the Rugby Championship. — Reuters


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