Can the All Blacks get their bid to win the event off to a flyer or will the Aussies pull off an upset?
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The first game of this year's Try Nations goes to the All Blacks, 22-16.
79mins: After sustaining some heavy pressure in the last four minutes, the All Blacks turn the ball over.
In the event that they can hold onto the ball now the All Blacks will have this game wrapped up.73mins: As the All Blacks return the dropout, Al Baxter commits a penalty in the ruck and gives Stephen Donald the chance to extend the All Blacks' lead.
Donald converts the penalty to make the score 22-16 in the All Blacks' favour.
71mins: The Wallabies have an attacking scrum inside the All Blacks' twenty-two. As the ball comes to the left Drew Mitchell knocks on.
Weepu immediately bombs a kick way in to the Australian half, the ball rolls in to the Wallabies' in objective and is touched down for a 22-drop-out.
68mins: The All Blacks finally have their line-outs in order as Kaino hauls a long throw in.
This might set up a great attacking opportunity as the All Blacks have possession inside the Australian twenty-two.
64mins: It is Giteau's turn for a penalty kick now. They could pull Australia level again with a simple kick, but Giteau pulls it to the right.
The momentum of this match appears to be swinging in the All Blacks' favour.
61mins: Stephen Donald slots the penalty to make it 19-16 to the All Blacks.
60mins: Wonderful play by Jerome Kaino! As the Wallabies look to clear the ball from deep inside their own half, Jerome Kaino charges down the kick and collects the ball cleanly.
The All Blacks spread the ball left as the probe for an opening. As Conrad Smith takes the ball in to the ruck, an Australian hand illegaly holds the ball. Penalty to New Zealand.
54mins: The game is locking up with the ball spending plenty of time in the midst of the park. It may take a moment of brilliance to open this game up again.
49mins: Owen Franks is pulled up for hitting Ryan Cross. The touch judge made the call as the referee didn't see it.
Franks gets away without actual punishment with only a penalty going to the Wallabies.
46mins: The minute the All Blacks get their nose in front they give away another penalty. This time Nonu was to blame in the ruck.
Giteau gets the kick and it is all tied up again, 16-16.
44mins: The All Blacks get yet another penalty and the chance to take the lead for the first time in the match. This time the kick is difficult but Donald holds his nerves to take the points.
16-13 to the All Blacks.
42mins: Stephen Donald gets the chance to draw the All Blacks level from right in front with a penalty. They slots the kick coolly.
The scores are all tied up at 13-13. This game is heating up.
Halftime: The halftime siren goes and the score at halftime is 13-10 to the Wallabies.
38mins: The All Blacks have a great chance with another attacking line-out on the Aussies 22.
The ball flies right over the line-out and Richie McCaw takes the ball. the ball comes out to Cowan who knocks on.
35mins: The rain has found it’s way to Eden Park as a shower sweeps across the pitch. Will the moisture impact the direction of this game?
30mins: After some messy ruck play by Horwill, the All Blacks get the chance to pull level with a penalty.
Donald slices the kick well wide.
25mins: The All Blacks score! After some great build-up play, Conrad Smith runs an ideal line and off-loads to McCaw in the tackle. McCaw smashes through a tackle to bundle the ball over the line.
The kick is simple and Donald slots it calmly. 13-10 to the Wallabies.
23mins: The All Blacks get their first attacking line-out and this time nail the take uncontested.
The play spreads left. Nonu takes a tackle, now the play heads out the right. This is a great build-up by the All Blacks.
21mins: Matt Giteau gets the chance to extend the Wallabies' lead with another penalty.
Giteau hits the post, but the ball found it is way over to collect the four points. 13-3 to the Wallabies.
18mins: After a sloppy turn-over by the All Blacks, the Wallabies counter quickly and look definite to score out on the left through Burgess.
Muliaina manages to hold up Burgess who knocks-on.
12mins: It’s attempt number 2 for Stephen Donald, and this time they slots the penalty with ease.
10-3 to the Wallabies.
10mins: Stephen Donald gets the chance to put the All Blacks on the board with a penalty. But they pulls it to the left of the up-rights.
8mins: The Wallabies are well on top at the moment with the All Blacks loosing four of their own line-outs.
The pressure forces a penalty for Australia right on halfway, which Giteau converts.
10-0 to the Wallabies.
3mins: The wallabies score the first try of the match. Adam Ashley-Cooper broke the All Blacks' line, then the ball popped out for Berrick Barnes who had four options outside, but went himself to score out wide.
Matt Giteau converts convincingly to make the score 7-0 to the wallabies.
1min: The first line-out goes the All Blacks' way as the Wallabies close the gap on their own line-out and are penalised.
Kick-off: Stephen Donald kicks off, Luke Burges recieves and takes it in to the chasing All Blacks.
7:25pm: The teams leave onto the pitch. This will be George Smith's 100th check match for the Wallabies.
7.15pm: There's a few hi-profile changes for the All Blacks tonight. Richie McCaw returns at number 7, Stephen Donald takes over from Luke McAlister at 10 and Cory Jane will start out on the wing than the out of form Joe Rokocoko.
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7:00pm: In the work of our live updates of the All Blacks VS Spain match, James emailed in to share his thoughts on the haka VS national anthem debate.
"So I am sitting here speaking over Skype to a mate in Aussie (he is a Kiwi, ditched 5 years ago) and we are speaking about the anthem. Came across your minute-by-minute updates and I saw "A poor hard work from New Zealand in singing the national anthem. Advantage Italy". This junk's been going on all week! The Haka is New Zealand's anthem. The Italians take pride in their anthem, because that is their iconic national "performance". The Haka is ours. And we are getting it limited by taking out the "cut-throat" at the finish, what is the world coming ? Did you notice how they had possibly 5 seconds of "live-time" on the AB's in the work of the anthem?
The rest was on fans, or the girl with the tinfoil around her neck."
Let us know what you think. Is it important to sing the national anthem loud and proud? Or ought to they let the haka do the speaking?
6:45pm: Conditions in Auckland are a bit breezy, with rain expected. Conditions under foot are nice however, which ought to permit for flowing rugby tonight.
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Please note: Game dates/times are stated in NZ times – not local time.
| Date | Game | Venue | Time(NZ) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul | All Blacks v South Africa | Auckland | 7:35 pm | 32-12 |
| 17 Jul | All Blacks v South Africa | Wellington | 7:35 pm | 31-17 |
| 24 Jul | Australia v South Africa | Brisbane | 10:00 pm | 0-0 |
| 31 Jul | Australia v All Blacks | Melbourne | 10:00 pm | 0-0 |
| 07 Aug | All Blacks v Australia | Christchurch | 7:35 pm | 0-0 |
| 22 Aug | South Africa v All Blacks | Johannesburg | 3:00 am | 0-0 |
| 28 Aug | South Africa v Australia | Pretoria | 3:00 am | 0-0 |
| 04 Sep | South Africa v Australia | Bloemfontein | 3:00 am | 0-0 |
| 11 Sep | Australia v All Blacks | Sydney | 10:00 pm | 0-0 |
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