All Blacks end weird week with perfect half followed by remarkable Aussie comeback PHIL GIFFORDPAUL SEISER/PHOTOSPORT Ryan Crotty dives over to score against the Wallabies in Sydney. And to complete the Twilight Zone feel, there was that remarkable Australian comeback in the second half. Three men who only played the first of the Lions' tests, Crotty, Ben Smith, and Ioane, were commanding last night. It was probably no coincidence that two quick backline Wallabies tries in the second half came immediately after he was subbed from the field. There is just no substitute for pace in rugby, as Folau found to his embarrassment when, allowing Ioane half a metre on his outside, he found himself watching the All Blacks back as Ioane plunged over for his first try.

Source: Stuff August 19, 2017 12:29 UTC