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Originally Posted by Slava
Nailed it.
Truthfully that wasn't close. It tightened up when the All Blacks were down a man, but really aside from that it was New Zealand doing what they wanted. I also think that Australia ought to have been carded a couple times. First on the late hit/shoulder charge on Dan Carter and second on the player who dove over the ruck and smacked the ball away. That was clearly an intentional knock on.
Leading up to this game it seemed like Hopper and Pocock were the main chance for the Wallabies. They were expected to create turnovers and really the breakdowns were all New Zealand. They were generating the turnovers far more frequently, and then their running was much more impressive.
I know that the Aussies pulled to within four at one point, but if Smith hadn't been sent off I think they were simply outclassed. Just solid dominance.
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Agree completely. Australia were never even close to the try line outside of the 10 minutes when smith was off. Scrum was weak as well and they were not as good on the breakdown as they were expected to be. For all the gushing over Pocock he was a non-factor in this game, his try notwithstanding.
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