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In 2000 in Sydney, a record crowd of 109,874 witnessed what some have called 'The Greatest Ever Rugby Match' when the All Blacks defeated The Wallabies 39–35. Twenty one days after their win in Sydney, the All Blacks lost to the Wallabies in front of a home crowd. This meant the Wallabies won The Bledisloe Cup for the third year in a row.
The Hong Kong match drew a crowd of 39,000 to see the All Blacks defeat the Wallabies 19–14 (despite New Zealand having already won the Bledisloe Cup for 2008), [2] generating a reported £5.5 million and proving to be a financial success for the two unions. [3]
The All Blacks lost the Bledisloe Cup and won only one test match out of the three played against the Wallabies. Playing for the South Australian Invitatation XV in Adelaide, Peter FitzSimons became the first Wallaby, past or present, to be sent off in a game against the All Blacks. [citation needed]
The 1962 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of thirteen matches played by the Wallabies in August and September 1962. This tour was made two months after the All Blacks had toured Australia. The result of the first test was a draw but the Wallabies were defeated in the other two tests.
The Wallabies won ten of the fourteen matches and lost the other four. [1] The international match series against the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) resulted in a 2–1 win for New Zealand, [ 1 ] who won the first and third matches, with Australia winning the second match.
The All Blacks led 21-0 after 15 minutes but faltered badly in the second half, only just holding on with 13 men at one point to beat Australia 31-28 in the first Bledisloe Cup test on Saturday.
Peter Sullivan led the Wallabies to a narrow 21-19 victory against Fiji. He had already captained Australia in two mid-week games during the New Zealand leg. The third Test in New Zealand, a 38-3 romp by the All Blacks was Greg Davis' last match. [17] Joe French was the tour manager.
The 1964 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of eight matches played by the Australia national rugby union team in August 1964. [1]The "Wallabies " lost the series, winning one test out of three against the All Blacks but losing the other two.