We start the rugby weekend with the New Zealanders taking on the Welsh in Carisbrook, at the House of the Pain, which is the very last game to be played at the stadium.
Teams:
New Zealand – 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Victor Vito, 5 Anthony Boric, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Ben Franks.
Subs: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Tony Woodcock, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Richard Kahui.
Wales – 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones (c), 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.
Subs: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 John Yapp, 18 Deiniol Jones, 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Tavis Knoyle, 21 Dan Biggar, 22 Jonathan Davies.
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National anthems sung..
The last ever Haka at Carisbrook stadium.. should be a cracker!
The “new” haka, bar the throat slitting.. Good stuff
See-saw start to the game..
Carter kicked charged down.. Dagg scrambles to save NZ..
Stephen Jones nails a drop kick
NZ 0 – 3 Wales
3 minutes
NZ 0 – 3 Wales
10 minutes..
Wales having a lot of the possession.. spending a lot of time in the NZ half.
Penalty missed by Carter
NZ 0 – 3 Wales
12 minutes
Dan Carter misses an easy shot at goal…Wales have 74% possession so far..
0:6 to wales
Penalty Wales – Halfpenny with a 50 meter shot – Frans Steyn like kick!!
NZ 0 – 6 Wales
15 minutes
NZ on the attack, take a penalty quickly.
Mealamu scores under the posts.. Carter converts
NZ 7 – 6 Wales
20 minutes
NZ penalty – Carter slots it
NZ 10 – 6 Wales
24 minutes
Corey Jane scores a 70 meter try, picked the ball up from a Welsh ruck, stepping 2 tackles on the way. Carter misses the conversion.
NZ 15 – 6 Wales
32 minutes
Wales get a penalty, player in front the kicker.
Stephen Jones slots the penalty.
NZ 15 – 9 Wales
36 minutes
Penalty to Wales, NZ lying on the ball.
Jones misses the penalty just before half time.
NZ 15 – 9 Wales
Half time
NZ 15 – 9 Wales
Carter nails a penalty.
NZ 18 – 9 Wales
50 minutes
Dan Carter scores a great try.. breaking through tackles.
Attacking move starting in their own 22m.
Carter slots the conversion
NZ 25 – 9 Wales
53 minutes
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 17) : morning thanks for the updates forgot about the game but still doing a great job 😉
Wales enjoying 60% territory and 53% possession. Just can’t get through the NZ defence.
NZ 25 – 9 Wales
60 minutes
@chaz (For you Bro) (Comment 18) : Morning.
Pleasure.. I was watching, thought I’d run with the commentary
NZ penalty kick
Carter drills it through.
NZ 28 – 9 Wales
63 minutes
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 20) : Well got things to do are you going to do the other post also see you later
😉
@chaz (For you Bro) (Comment 22) : Yeah, I’ll run with the Australia game as well, and I will be around to do a few comments on the B0k game.
What a try!! Dan Carter, zig zagging for 50m through half the Wales team. Gets his second!! And he converts it!
NZ 35 – 9 Wales
68 minutes
25 points to Carter
Another fantastic try.. Richard Kahui running 60 odd meters, no Welsh player touching him.. The Welsh really look tired.
Carter converts from in front the posts.
NZ 42 – 9 Wales
72 minutes
Carter replaced after scoring 27 points on the night.
Full time
NZ 42 – 9 Wales
NZ really took the game away from the Welsh in the second half. Entertaining game!
Carter has to be man of the match.
End of an Era, last game at Carisbrook.. NZ closed that chapter in style.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 27) : The chopper picking up the turf was a great touch. 😎
@klempie (Comment 28) : It was a nice ending hey? They always seem to do things in style!
1 from 1 on SB 😎
05:45 and I’ve been up for 2 hours already.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 30) : Why?
Also WHERE IS ALL THE BIFF HATING?? 🙄 🙄
@klempie (Comment 31) : Biff?
I think Klampie is on about snoreball again. Not sure why
@klempie (Comment 31) :
In New York City. Time change has my sleep ONLY slightly disturbed
@KSA Shark © (Comment 34) : Did you notice BIFF scoring a hundred yesterday? 🙄
@klempie (Comment 35) : Oh.. Biff as in Graeme Smith. He played well yesterday. I hpe he gets into some form again, we need him at the top to score some runs.
Hashim looked good as always.
@klempie (Comment 35) :
NOPE i was flying across the atlantic
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 36) : Rich. To give you some context, there are some on this site, who believe that Biff and Kallis should be out of the team based on slow innings in meaningless T20. Haters of the highest order. 🙄 KSA and wpw are two of the WORST offenders.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 37) : So you only watch cricket when it suits your ludicrous arguments regarding some of the best cricketers to ever play for South Africa? 😈
@klempie (Comment 38) : So let me get this right.. You are for the Smith and Kallis era and the others are against you?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 40) : Not against me. Against Biff and Jacques.
Thats what I meant. Sorry.
Oh well, its one of those arguments that will never really have a winner hey?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 42) : I already won it thanks to Biff’s magnificent ton yesterday. 😎
@klempie (Comment 43) : Haha.
The only sad thing is that they always let us down when it matters most.
Hoping for a good year from the boys. I’m glad to see we have some cricket supporters on the site!!
Cheers boet, I have to run. Catch up after play tonight.
well done AB