All Blacks- 27 Wallabies-19 VENUE & TIME: ANZ Stadium, Saturday August 18, 8.00pm (AEST). HEAD TO HEAD: Played 167 — All Blacks 115, Wallabies 47, Draw 5. LAST TIME: October 16, 2011 (Auckland) — New Zealand 20-6 Australia. Scorers: Australia 19 (Nathan Sharpe try; Berrick Barnes con, 4 pen) New Zealand 27 ( Israel Dagg, Cory Jane tries; Dan Carter con, 5 pen) All Blacks 1. Tony Woodcock, 2. Keven Mealamu, 3. Owen Franks, 4. Luke Romano, 5. Sam Whitelock, 6. Liam Messam, 7. Richie McCaw (c), 8. Kieran Read, 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Dan Carter, 11. Hosea Gear, 12. Sonny Bill Williams, 13. Ma’a Nonu, 14. Cory Jane, 15. Israel Dagg. Reserves: 16. Andrew Hore, 17. Ben Franks, 18. Brodie Retallick, 19. Victor Vito, 20. Piri Weepu, 21. Aaron Cruden, 22. Ben Smith. Wallabies 15. Kurtley Beale, 14. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13. Rob Horne, 12. Anthony Fainga’a, 11. Digby Ioane, 10. Berrick Barnes, 9. Will Genia, 8. Scott Higginbotham, 7. David Pocock (c), 6. Dave Dennis, 5. Nathan Sharpe, 4. Sitaleki Timani, 3. Sekope Kepu, 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau 1. Benn Robinson. Reserves: 16. Stephen Moore, 17. James Slipper, 18. Rob Simmons, 19. Radike Samo, 20. Michael Hooper, 21. Nick Phipps, 22. Drew Mitchell.
Two goals either side of half time are enough to send the dirty Skates back up the M27 with their tails between their legs.
Video Rating: 4 / 5