The odd shower didn't dampen the excitement of seeing the All Blacks beat England for the third time in the final game of the Steinlager Series at a packed Waikato Stadium tonight.
An exciting first half had the All Blacks leading at half time 29-6.
The second half didn't thrill the crowd but still left the hosts ahead 36-13.
Julian Savea crosses the line in front of England captain Chris Robshaw. Photos by Tracy Hardy.
SunLive photographer Tracy Hardy was there to capture the action.
New Zealand 36 (J. Savea 3, A. Smith 2 tries; A. Cruden 3 cons, pen; B. Barrett con)
England 13 (M. Yarde try; F. Burns 2 pens; D. Cipriani con)
9 comments
yawn
Posted on 22-06-2014 08:06 | By Captain Sensible
It must be hard to keep winning in a "sport" hardly any countries take seriously.
The Captain
Posted on 22-06-2014 11:32 | By YOGI BEAR
Agree, however the Aussies do and we beat them, does anything else matter?
@Captain Sensible
Posted on 22-06-2014 12:54 | By Sambo Returns
do you still have your "L Plates" affixed?, or just a slow learner......as I have previously stated in reply to one of your inane postings, do not let me stop you leaving this country!!!!, I hear handball is very popular in Iceland.
Yawn
Posted on 22-06-2014 18:19 | By Buddy Mikaere
...good on you ABS - rugby might be a small pond but you've made us the biggest fish in it... tumeke!
@ sambo returns
Posted on 23-06-2014 06:10 | By Captain Sensible
Is that the way you react when confronted with the truth? How many countries have rugby as their national sport? Watching grown men rolling around on top of each other with the ball only in play for about 26 minutes per game.....you can see why most countries don't bother with it.
14 GK
Posted on 23-06-2014 12:13 | By 1 4 GK
So Captain Sensible, it needs to be someone else's "national sport" before any NZ success counts? Does this mean that our golfers, oarsmen & women, event riders, cyclists, league and other like sports should be abandoned here 'cos there's no one has them as their "national sport"? Tell you what.... just stop watching rugby - actually all NZ sport for that matter, except perhaps soccer..
Captain Sensible
Posted on 23-06-2014 12:27 | By the kurgan
totally agree. Our country has an unhealthy obsession with nothing more than a "game" where all they do is fight over a ball, get all dirty and sweaty and then shower together. sounds a bit gay to me.
@14GK
Posted on 23-06-2014 14:26 | By Captain Sensible
No need to be nasty. What I'm saying is why get so excited at winning a game that most of planet earth does not care for. Golfers, cyclists, rowers etc do actually compete with many countries where these sports are taken seriously. Rugby will never fall into that category. Did you know, more kiwis play football than rugby, but because the world plays football, NZ will struggle.
1 4 GK
Posted on 25-06-2014 11:02 | By 1 4 GK
Here you go Captain Sensible - rugby is played in 102 countries around the world... http://www.irb.com/rankings/sportid=1/ranking/index.html
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