New Zealand scrum-half Cam Roigard made a superb return from harm because the All Blacks beat Australia 33-24 within the Rugby Championship to retain the Bledisloe Cup at Eden Park.
Caleb Clarke, Leroy Carter, and Roigard all scored tries to offer the All Blacks an early benefit with a 17-point lead.
New Zealand scored after solely 4 minutes via Clarke, who was taking part in his first Take a look at of the yr, and he touched down within the left nook on the finish of an extended backline with full-back Will Jordan up as the additional man.
Australia got here again robust within the second quarter with tries from hooker Billy Pollard and winger Harry Potter slicing New Zealand’s result in 20-17 at half-time.
New Zealand continued to battle, edging 26-17 forward with penalties at first of the second half earlier than Australia’s Carlo Tizzano crossed to go away them solely two factors behind.
Roigard scored once more to seal New Zealand’s win, taking his facet again to the highest of the Rugby Championship desk forward of South Africa’s assembly with Argentina in Durban afterward Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Australia final held the Bledisloe Cup in 2003. The groups meet once more subsequent week in Perth however the Wallabies needed to win each matches to safe the Bledisloe Cup.
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New Zealand suffered a record-breaking defeat to South Africa of their earlier Rugby Championship fixture
“There was a lot of hurt from the South Africa match,” Roigard mentioned.
“We knew that standard wasn’t good enough and we knew we had to put out a performance defending the fortress [Eden Park]. To get the job done we knew it was going to take the whole 80 minutes.”
