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Ruthless All Blacks punish Wallabies with late attacking surge to win first Bledisloe Cup Test

August 18, 2018

Relive all the action of 1 NEWS NOW's live coverage of tonight's first Bledisloe Cup Test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

FULLTIME - ALL BLACKS 38 WALLABIES 13

The All Blacks proved to hot to handle in the second spell as Australia ran out of gas. After a gruelling first half the All Blacks ran away with the match with five tries in the second half with Waisake Naholo picking up a try-double.

75 mins: ALL BLACKS 38 WALLABIES 13

TRY! Waisake Naholo blitzes his way through the Australia's defence and scores his second try try of the match in three minutes. He beats four defenders to the try-line after some lovely inter-passing from the All Blacks.

Beauden Barrett nails the shot at goal from out wide.

72 mins: ALL BLACKS 31 WALLABIES 13

TRY! Beauden Barrett spots acres of space behind the Wallabies and Waisake Naholo beats everyone to the ball. He grounds the ball over the try-line.

Barrett misses his shot at goal from out wide.

66 mins: ALL BLACKS 26 WALLABIES 13

TRY! The Wallabies score their first try of the match through Jack Maddocks. Just as it looked like the All Blacks were going to score Australia hit back!

Bernard Foley nails the conversion from in front of the sticks with a drop goal.

63 mins: ALL BLACKS 26 WALLABIES 6

TRY! Brodie Retallick turns Wallabies' Bernard Foley inside out, throws a dummy to his winger Waisake Naholo before charging over to score for the All Blacks.

Beauden Barrett slots the conversion.

57 mins: ALL BLACKS 19 WALLABIES 6

NO TRY! Wallabies reserve back Jack Maddocks botches a chance for Australia, he had a man free down the left edge and decides to go himself. Australia lose the ball forward five metre's out from the ABs' own goal line.

52 mins: ALL BLACKS 19 WALLABIES 6

TRY! Beauden Barrett gets foot to ball after the Wallabies' winger Dane Haylett-Petty fumbles the ball off a scrum set-piece move. Barrett kicks the ball three times before winning the race and diving over to score the third try of the match for the All Blacks.

Barrett converts his own try.

43 mins: ALL BLACKS 12 WALLABIES 6

TRY! Waisake Naholo makes a superb turnover, stealing the ball off his opposite Marika Koroibete. The All Blacks backs shift the ball out wide and Rieko Ioane makes a great break before passing the ball to Jack Goodhue who scores close to the uprights.

The conversion is good from Beauden Barrett.

40 mins: ALL BLACKS 5 WALLABIES 6

And we are back underway as Beauden Barrett kicks the ball deep towards the Wallabies.

HALFTIME - ALL BLACKS 5 WALLABIES 6

The Wallabies have been relentless on attack and defence. Leaking in just one try in the first spell. The All Blacks have thrown everything at the Wallabies and the home team have been sensational propelling NZ's attack.

Ryan Crotty suffered a nasty head knock in the 12th minute with Anton Lienert-Brown entering the game early to replace him at second five for the ABs.

39 mins: ALL BLACKS 5 WALLABIES 6

TRY! Ben Smith ignites the attack for the All Blacks down the right edge and he offloads the ball to Waisake Naholo. The ABs right winger then finds his skipper Kieran Read inside him and Read offloads the ball to Aaron Smith who crosses over to score the first try of the match.

Beauden Barrett misses his shot at goal from out wide.

37 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 6

MISS! The All Blacks again cause trouble for the Wallabies forwards in the scrum and Beauden Barrett misses a penalty kick from in front of the sticks from 40m out.

33 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 6

DEFENCE! Australia have been superb on defence as the home team have the All Blacks back pedalling. Will Genia tries to offload the ball to Kurtley Beale and he can't hold onto the pill. The All Blacks are struggling to get any good solid go forward with the relentless pressure on defence from the Wallabies.

25 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 6

PENALTY! Australia have been penalised for collapsing the scrum, Beauden Barrett kicks the ball deep inside the Wallabies' 22. The All Blacks have an attacking line-out 10m out from Australia's own goal-line. 

19 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 6

THREE! Wallabies first-five   Bernard Foley bangs over an easy penalty kick at goal. It is All Blacks flanker Liam Squire who guilty and is penalised for not releasing the ball whilte attempting to make a steal at the breakdown.

12 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 3

INJURY!  All Blacks second-five Ryan Crotty cops a nasty blow to the head after colliding heads with his teammate Jack Goodhue. 

10 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 3

THREE! The Wallabies hit the front after a successful penalty kick from Reece Hodge from over 40m out on the angle.

8 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 0

PENALTY! Kieran Read is penalised for hands in the ruck. Australia are looking good on attack with David Pocock making a great break in the lead up for the Wallabies. Reece Hodge steps up and looks to get the first points of the match with a penalty kick about 40m out on the angle.

4 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 0

PENALTY! Waisake Naholo is penalised for a dangerous tackle on Wallabies fullback Israel Folau. Australia have an attacking line-out inside the All Blacks' 22. 

2 mins: ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 0

PENALTY! After a strong start from the Wallabies on attack, but All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick earns his side a penalty with Australia penalised for not releasing the ball in tackle.

ALL BLACKS 0 WALLABIES 0

KICK-OFF!  Wallabies first-five Bernard Foley gets things underway with a deep kick-off to the All Blacks.

PRE-MATCH:

New Zealand lock and veteran Sam Whitelock is set to bring up his 100th Test for the All Blacks tonight.

All Blacks prop Tim Perry is set to earn his first Test cap named on the bench replacing Ofa Tu'ungafasi, who was ruled out with a rib injury earlier in the week.

Waisake Naholo has been named on the right wing with the ABs coaching staff opting to start Ben Smith at fullback ahead of Jordie Barrett.

Jack Goodhue partners up with Ryan Crotty at midfield for the All Blacks with Beauden Barrett given the nod to start in the No. 10 jersey.

The Wallabies haven't won a Bledisloe Cup series in 16 years.

ALL BLACKS: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Jack Goodhue, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Squire, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Joe Moody.

Reserves: 16 Nathan Harris, 17 Karl Tu'inukuafe, 18 Tim Perry*, 19 Scott Barrett 20 Ardie Savea, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Damian McKenzie, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown.

WALLABIES:  15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Reece Hodge, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia, 8 David Pocock, 7 Michael Hooper (c), 6 Lukhan Tui, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Tom Robertson.

Reserves: 16   Tolu Latu, 17 Allan Alaalatoa, 18 Jermaine Ainsley, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Matt Toomua, 23 Jack Maddocks.

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