Rampant New Zealand crushes Ireland
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June 24, 2012, Sunday
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NEW Zealand posted a record-breaking 60-0 thrashing of Ireland in their third and final test match at Waikato Stadium yesterday to complete a series sweep.
The All Blacks, who squeezed past the Irish with a last-gasp Daniel Carter drop goal in Christchurch last week, scored nine tries, including two each to Sam Cane and Sonny Bill Williams, and had the game won at halftime leading 29-0.
Ben Smith, Hosea Gear, Israel Dagg, Liam Messam and Adam Thomson also scored as the world champion recorded its largest winning margin against Ireland.
The previous largest margin was 53 points, when the All Blacks won 59-6 in 1992. It was the third time in their 27 tests that the All Blacks have held Ireland scoreless.
Ireland, which has never beaten New Zealand, gave the All Blacks a major fright last week before losing 19-22, but the world champion, which made six changes to the side, put the game beyond doubt by halftime with four tries.
In Sydney, Australia claimed a 20-19 victory over Wales yesterday to complete a hard-fought 3-0 test series victory in which only 11 points separated the teams.
Tries to Australia center Rob Horne and Wales No. 8 Ryan Jones were the only bright spots in an otherwise tepid performance by both teams in front of a capacity crowd of 42,889.
The Wallabies took the opening test 27-19 in Brisbane and the second test 25-23 in Melbourne last week to ensure they won the James Bevan trophy.
Man-of-the-match Berrick Barnes kicked five penalties for the home team, while Leigh Halfpenny scored 14 points for the Six Nations champion.
The All Blacks, who squeezed past the Irish with a last-gasp Daniel Carter drop goal in Christchurch last week, scored nine tries, including two each to Sam Cane and Sonny Bill Williams, and had the game won at halftime leading 29-0.
Ben Smith, Hosea Gear, Israel Dagg, Liam Messam and Adam Thomson also scored as the world champion recorded its largest winning margin against Ireland.
The previous largest margin was 53 points, when the All Blacks won 59-6 in 1992. It was the third time in their 27 tests that the All Blacks have held Ireland scoreless.
Ireland, which has never beaten New Zealand, gave the All Blacks a major fright last week before losing 19-22, but the world champion, which made six changes to the side, put the game beyond doubt by halftime with four tries.
In Sydney, Australia claimed a 20-19 victory over Wales yesterday to complete a hard-fought 3-0 test series victory in which only 11 points separated the teams.
Tries to Australia center Rob Horne and Wales No. 8 Ryan Jones were the only bright spots in an otherwise tepid performance by both teams in front of a capacity crowd of 42,889.
The Wallabies took the opening test 27-19 in Brisbane and the second test 25-23 in Melbourne last week to ensure they won the James Bevan trophy.
Man-of-the-match Berrick Barnes kicked five penalties for the home team, while Leigh Halfpenny scored 14 points for the Six Nations champion.
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