The Kiwis were beaten 32-16 by the Kangaroos in the Anzac Test at the Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane tonight.
RUN OF PLAY
4th minute: Kiwi fullback Jerome Ropati pulls off a try-saving tackle on Australian winger Luke Rooney, dragging him into touch just a metre from the line.
10th min: Double phase play by Anthony Minichiello finds an open Matt Sing who races in for the first try of the night. Craig Fitzgibbon converts. Australia 6-0.
13th min: Paul Rauhihi caught inches short of the Kangaroos line on the final tackle, turns the ball over.
16th min: Shaun Berrigan soccers a dropped ball by Rauhihi into the in-goal area before pouncing on it for a four-pointer. Fitzgibbon misses conversion. Australia 10-0.
22nd min: Benji Marshall kicks and regathers before quick hands puts Matt Utai into the corner. Jamaal Lolesi misses conversion. Australia 10-4.
28th min: Luke Priddis sends Tonie Carroll crashing over beneath the posts with an inside ball that splits two defenders. Fitzgibbon converts. Australia 16-4.
36th min: Darren Lockyer takes on the Kiwi defence and waltzes in for his team's fourth try of the half. Fitzgibbon converts. Australia 22-4.
38th min: Sing knocks on from the ensuing kick-off to give the Kiwis much needed ground position.
40th min: Ropati manages to get the ball down for a try despite the attention of Petero Civoniceva and Minichiello. Lolesi converts. Australia 22-10.
44th minute - New Zealand awarded two penalties in the space of a minute less than five metres from the Australian line.
52nd min: Berrigan taken to the dressing sheds with a nasty wound to the head. Trent Waterhouse finally injected into the match.
56th min: Steve Price gifts former clubmate Willie Tonga a try with a brilliant flick pass close to the Kiwi line. Fitzgibbon converts. Australia 26-10.
62nd min: Minichiello grounds a Lockyer grubber inches inside the dead ball line. Fitzgibbon converts. Australia 32-10.
67th min: New Zealand second rower Frank Pritchard denied a try by the video referee after dropping the ball over the line.
68th min: Lockyer spills a floating pass by Minichiello with an open try line beckoning.
71st min: Ropati picks up a dropped ball by Minichiello and sprints 85 metres to score his second try of the game. Lolesi converts. Australia 32-16.
77th min: Minichiello sent to the sin bin by referee Russell Smith for a professional foul.
- AAP
League: Kiwis v Kangaroos, run of play
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