All Blacks Sneak Home Against Wallabies, Finish Tri-Nations Unbeaten

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Published: September 12, 2010

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They made hard work of it, but the All Blacks have finished the 2010 Tri-Nations unbeaten with a 23-22 win over the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday night. The win was the All Blacks 10th straight over the Wallabies, breaking their previous record of nine. They also extended their streak of 15 consecutive wins in all tests and are looking good to break the current record of 18 held by Lithuania. 

The game started at a fast pace, as we have come to expect from these two teams this year, with both teams looking to spread the ball early and play a positive style of rugby. 

After obtaining a 6-3 lead, it all started to go horribly wrong for the All Blacks, as they blew chance after chance while the Wallabies continued to apply pressure, scoring a try through James O'Connor and scoring two more penalties to take the score to 14-6 at the break.

For the first time this season the All Blacks were being outplayed, unable to finish their opportunities and looking dodgy on defence as the Wallabies continued to fire wave after wave of attack at them. 

The Wallabies carried their momentum into the second half, touching down for another try courtesy of Adam Ashley-Cooper and kicking a fourth penalty goal, inflating the score to an almost unthinkable 22-6. 

By then the All Blacks had had enough and finally started to show some urgency as they realised that there was a game to be won. Piri Weepu took the score to 22-9 with a third penalty before the real comeback began.

Pressure was the key to the All Blacks game and some strong forward play eventually saw Richie McCaw cross the line with 15 to go after a well worked scrum. Weepu slotted the conversion to take the All Blacks within six.

After regaining good field position, they made sure of it with a converted try to Kieran Read in the 72nd minute to snatch the game from the Wallabies.

On the whole, it was a very slopp...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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