Australia 5 New Zealand 43New Zealand served up a Halloween nightmare for an inexperienced Wallabies side by romping to a record 43-5 victory in the Tri-Nations opener on Saturday and claiming the Bledisloe Cup for an 18th successive year. A rampaging run from centre Jordan Petaia set up Lolesio’s try and gave Australia the first score of the second half but the Wallabies continued to make too many mistakes to mount a serious comeback. “You can’t turn over the ball as often as we did, it puts you under too much pressure,” said Australia coach Dave Rennie. “You have to pay credit to New Zealand, their skillset was outstanding given the conditions. I thought they were top notch and we were a long way off the mark.”

Source: The Irish Times October 31, 2020 13:18 UTC