The Wallabies made a positive begin with a number of assaults inside New Zealand’s 22 and have been ultimately rewarded when McReight barged over for the opening attempt from shut quarters.
The All Blacks appeared shell-shocked by the depth of the Wallabies’ onslaught however within the sixteenth minute, Wallace Sititi launched an assault near the midway line and did brilliantly to attract in three defenders earlier than offloading to Anton Lienert-Brown, who set off in the direction of the Wallabies’ try-line. He nonetheless had loads of work to do and located Reece with a fantastically weighted skip go and the wing outpaced the quilt defence on his method over the try-line.
Lolesio responded with a penalty quickly after, earlier than Jordan left his stamp on the match with a second of magic. This, was after he gathered a go from Beauden Barrett simply exterior Australia’s 22 and the full-back did brilliantly to step previous two defenders earlier than racing away to attain his attempt.
Regardless of that rating, the Wallabies remained aggressive and McReight got here near scoring his second attempt within the latter levels of the half however was held up whereas crossing the whitewash.
The guests continued to assault inside New Zealand’s 22 and Lolesio ultimately added one other penalty within the thirty fifth minute after New Zealand have been blown up for offside play on defence.
Regardless of that rating, the All Blacks had another trick up their sleeve as simply earlier than half-time they launched a flowing assault deep inside Wallabies’ territory. Lienert-Brown turned supplier once more as he discovered Clarke with a deft offload and the flyer sliced by means of the guests’ defence earlier than scoring his first attempt.
Barrett added the extras which meant the match was nonetheless evenly poised with the house aspect main 19-13 on the interval.
Either side stayed true to their attacking roots throughout the remainder of the match, though the house aspect got here out firing after the restart and have been quickly camped contained in the Wallabies’ half.
After taking the ball by means of a number of phases off the again of a lineout near Australia’s try-line, Williams crashed over for his or her fourth attempt to lengthen his aspect’s lead.
The All Blacks then had a attempt from Tupou Vaa’i disallowed however the setback didn’t deter them and within the sixty fifth minute, Clarke ran onto a go from Damian McKenzie and shrugged off two defenders earlier than crashing over for his second five-pointer.
That rating knocked the wind out of the Wallabies’ sails and secured the end result for the All Blacks and, in doing so, additionally they ended their six-year hoodoo in Wellington.
