Bledisloe Cup: Gallant Wallabies Edged At the Death
by Paul Cook -
One point. That’s all it came down to in the end as a Wallaby side riddled with internal strife put the emotional baggage of the last few weeks to one side and produced a performance unfailingly worthy of the jersey, pushing the All Blacks all the way before going down 29-28 at Suncorp Stadium.
As a response to the last few weeks of media scrutiny, off-field drama and the fallout from the surprise loss to Argentina, this was as good a response from the Wallabies that even their most fervent detractors could have hoped for. All that was missing was the result.
Playing with pace, intent, belief and passion, they built on a narrow 17-12 half-time advantage to lead 25-15 with only quarter of an hour remaining off the back of a second-half try from test centurion Adam Ashley-Coop