New Zealand beats Australia 32-19 in Bledisloe Cup

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw holds the Bledisloe Cup with Japan Rugby Football Union President Yoshiro Mori, while New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, far right, and game sponsor Naoya Kakizoe, president of Nippon Suisan Kaisha, look on.
PHOTO BY PETER WILSON

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New Zealand beats Australia 32-19 in Bledisloe Cup

Sunday 01st November, 04:57 AM JST

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Sarge at 10:33 PM JST - 31st October

"32-19"

What a beating.

"a crowd of 44,449"

What a crowd.
tigerguy at 12:47 AM JST - 1st November

Congrats to NZ. The best team won. I wonder what percentage of the crowd were Japanese?
bobbafett at 10:05 AM JST - 1st November

the real score was 32-12. Australia did not score a try. The TMO should have called it.
bushlover at 10:20 AM JST - 1st November

Australia was beachedaz!!
DeepAir65 at 11:55 AM JST - 1st November

Watched it on TV - glad I did not pay for a ticket as it was a pretty lack luster game with lots of mistakes.

The ref tried to keep Australian in the game but to no avail. However, having said that I am surprised he did not red card Sivivatu - damn lucky he did not put that guy in hospital!
Heda_Madness at 12:02 PM JST - 1st November

I wonder what percentage of the crowd were Japanese?

Over 90%
notimpressed at 01:37 PM JST - 1st November

haha, where are all the all black haters now?
ihavearrived at 08:50 PM JST - 1st November

I dont think that it was such a good game. It will be difficult for rugby to become popular outside of the few countries it is currently played in. Most of the crowd were from nz or australia. looks like there will be a lot of schoolkids filling up the grounds for the world cup when it is played here. Good luck.
Patrick Smash at 09:12 PM JST - 1st November

I was there and it really lacked atmosphere. It was 90% Japanese fans of course, and one of my farts was audible 5 rows back. No noise equals no atmosphere, and I would have been better off saving the money and watching this on TV with a 6 pack of Guinness.
eresay at 08:48 AM JST - 5th November

This was on in a bar and I asked some Aussies about the rules and they didn't know as they had never seen a game. They said it was only played in a couple of states and way down the pecking in order for popular sports. I was kinda surprised the way it was showcased. You'd think it was some big deal.
ihavearrived at 03:06 PM JST - 5th November

rugby is probably about the 7th most popular sport in Australia so it isn't surprising not many people know the rules.
eresay at 12:48 AM JST - 6th November

Yeah, that's what they were saying and if that's the case, Aussies have good taste putting it at the back of the line. Nothing at all interesting about this sport and it's just played by middle-class school boys right?

Take it back to the South Pacific you guys. Yaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwn....