All Blacks vs Wallabies 1996 1st Test

[sunkenbrush1850]

The most complete All Blacks performance. Fitting too that Keith Quinn called it.

[coochwindgrass]

best all black team i ever saw, not one weak spot

[ldcization]

I was 9 years old watching this game from the southern stand freezing cold watching my grandfather and father drink whisky from a flask. I will never forget the amazing times athletic park gave to me. R.I.P athletic park

[damo24now]

smashed us that. they smashed us from the haka. when we decided to do ball passing skills instead of manning up for it

[wellingtonian]

The conditions were terrible but the AB's new how the game would be played.

[wikinerd]

Anyone know how I can get a full-length vid of this whole awesome match?

[Tehui1974]

This is the most complete performance by an international rugby side ever.

[eugenius101]

@Tehui1974  I agree !!! and in those conditions ...

[TeamNarcosis]

My old man took me to this game, i was 16 years old. what a great game to be at. i loved that ground. Great memories!

[toonkiwi]

I remember being in the southern stand, aged 13, and never having been so cold or wet in my life. But what a game, I'll never forget it.

[leaguefan4life]

when was the last time rugby was as excting as this? these days its hard to get excited about rugby now.

[Ernesto1982fleischer]

That was the greatest All Blacks team ever. I doubt New Zealand will ever have have again players of such caliber.

[SD78]

Classic performance in atrocious conditions.

[natydredloc]

great team 96, 97 ! Ockers not bad either

[fishfrommaheno]

The best most complete All Black performance ever!

[johnnytanini]

The Wallabies have never been much of a wet weather team. A wet day in NZ equals guaranteed defeat.

[natydredloc]

holy shit david campese was still playing then

[MHJanson]

His final season.

TEAMS

NZ: Cullen, Wilson, Bunce, Little, Lomu, Mehrtens, Marshall, Z.Brooke, Kronfeld, M.Jones, R.Brooke, I.Jones, Brown, Fitzpatrick (C), Dowd [REP: E.Rush, Hewitt]

AUS: Burke, Tune, Roff, Horan, Campese, Bowen, Payne, Brial, Wilson, Finegan, Eales (C), Morgan, Crowley, Foley, Harry [worst halves pairing I can remember for us, Sam Payne and Scott Bowen]

[josbub]

hey now..whats ballsucking?

[kiwiblack09]

That was the first All Blacks game i ever went to and my old man told me after that i'll never see the All Blacks play better....he was right

[lataifinn]

Athletic Park much better that the Caketin, closer to the action, nosebleed stand, real character, better atmosphere.

[sexpanthers]

Suck my Balls you Aussie bastards!!!

[MHJanson]

Come back when you've won a 2nd World Cup....

[driffter76]

Come back when you've beaten us at a ratio of 3 to 1,

[jwul004]

world cup smorld cup, whats the use of winning a world cup when you fullas lose most tests against us in between world cups? Does the world stop working for four years whilst everyone waits for the world cup to come along? stuff that, a NZ coach wouldn't last very long if he lost tests  between world cups. John Hart was lucky he survived in 1998 when he lost 5 in a row. World cups can kiss my arse!