导出博客文章Wellingtons Westpac Stadium is the venue for Bledisloe II and while that doesnt
inspire the cold sweat in the Wallabies that Eden Park does, the 42-8 drubbing
they received in Sydney last week means many are probably still shaking anyway.
The All Blacks were nothing short of superb in the first 40 minutes at ANZ
Stadium, the world champions scoring four tries before adding two more after the
break in what was a glorious display of attacking rugby.They were certainly
helped by a Wallabies side that missed 40 tackles and were extremely wobbly at
set-piece; but it was the lack of execution of the games simplest skills that
reflected just how far the World Cup runners-up have fallen since November last
year. Australia have now lost five Tests on the trot and only the most one-eyed
of Wallabies supporters believes that wont be six come Saturday.Team newsNew
Zealand: New Zealand: Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, Malakai Fekitoa, Anton
Lienert-Brown, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read (capt),
Sam Cane, Jerome Kaino, Samuel Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Owen Franks, Dane
Coles, Joe Moody.Replacements: James Parsons, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina,
Liam Squire, Ardie Savea, TJ Perenara, Aaron Cruden, Seta Tamanivalu.A horror
run of injury at inside centre, the latest of which was Ryan Crotty in Sydney,
has resulted in a Test debut for Chiefs midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown. He is
joined in the starting side by Julian Savea, the Hurricanes winger coming in for
Waisako Naholo who was cut down by a hamstring injury last week. Up front, Dane
Coles starts at hooker after playing 78 minutes from the bench in Bledisloe
I.Australia: Wallabies: Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Samu Kerevi, Bernard
Foley, Dane Haylett-Petty, Quade Cooper, Will Genia, David Pocock, Michael
Hooper, Scott Fardy, Adam Coleman, Kane Douglas, Sekope Kepu, Stephen Moore
(captain), Scott Sio.Replacements: Tatafu Polota-Nau, James Slipper, Allan
Alaalatoa, Will Skelton, Dean Mumm, Nick Phipps, Tevita Kuridrani, Reece
Hodge.Ripped apart by injuries in the midfield in Sydney, the Wallabies will
field somewhat of an experimental backline in Wellington. The biggest inclusion
comes at No.10 where Quade Cooper has been given another chance to exorcise his
New Zealand demons. His inclusion pushes Bernard Foley to inside centre while
Samu Kerevi will make just his third Test start at outside centre. Up front,
Scott Fardy returns at blindside flanker while Western Force lock Adam Coleman
joins Kane Douglas in the second-row.Key match-up: Beauden Barrett vs. Quade
CooperMan of the match in Sydney, Beauden Barrett has barely put a foot wrong in
2016. Any questions about his ascension to the No.10 jersey ahead of Aaron
Cruden were answered emphatically at ANZ Stadium as he cut the Wallabies to
shreds in midfield, and directed the All Blacks juggernaut with class. The
presence of a new No.12 outside him shouldnt be an issue and if the Wallabies
defence fails to improve from Sydney, the Hurricanes pivot will surely enjoy
another sensational night on his home deck.Public Enemy No.1: thats the role
Quade Cooper has filled across the Tasman since Rugby World Cup 2011. Booed
throughout that tournament, largely due to a couple of prior incidents with the
beloved Richie McCaw, Cooper has never really recovered from that grilling with
his last outing in New Zealand yielding a yellow card at Eden Park in 2015. It
is certainly a gutsy move from Cheika, but given Foley looked completely out of
sorts in Sydney last week the coach was left with little choice.Key stats (Opta
Stats)- The All Blacks have won their last 18 games in a row at home to the
Wallabies; Australia have not crossed the Tasman and won since August 2001.- The
Wallabies have now conceded more than 40 points in each of their last two games;
never before in Test history has an Australian team conceded such an amount in
three straight games.- Beauden Barrett scored a try and assisted two more in
last weeks fixture; in his eight starts at fly half for the All Blacks, only
once has Barrett failed to register either a try or an assist (v Argentina, Sept
2014).WeatherEarly showers should have cleared Wellington by the time kick-off
rolls around on Saturday, while an overnight low of 7 degrees is expected. Wind
will be a feature, as is always the case in Kiwi capital.UBET verdict: New
Zealand $1.08, Australia $8There were plenty who thought the Wallabies had a
good opportunity to beat the All Blacks in Game 1 of the Rugby Championship last
Saturday night. The Aussies were never in the hunt against the All Blacks, and
in reality the 42-8 score line in favour of NZ was probably a little flattering
to the Wallabies as well! Not only were they comprehensively beaten, but have
picked up injuries as well, and the early betting suggests that a similar fate
awaits the Wallabies in Wellington on Saturday night. New Zealand have opened as
red hot $1.08 pops with Australia at $8.00, and while that isnt any real
surprise, the early money has also been for New Zealand to cover a spread of
-18.5 points.PredictionIt couldnt get any worse for Australia, right? Wrong. The
scary thing for any supporter of Australian rugby is that New Zealand really
only played for 55 minutes in Sydney, and the world champions will no doubt be
desperate to turn in the complete performance in Wellington. On the flip side,
the Wallabies surely cant be abject as they were in Sydney either; defensive
coach Nathan Grey said earlier this week there is an easy fix to the sides
tackling woes and there will need to be given their horrible effort last
weekend. Fans should expect an improved Wallabies showing, though it wont even
come close to troubling the All Blacks.New Zealand by 25.
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by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias
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. Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. GIRONA, Spain
-- Major winner Y.E. Yang and former Ryder Cup player Edoardo Molinari were
among the 30 golfers to earn a European Tour card for the 2017 season on
Thursday following the final round of Q School.On one of the most nerve-racking
days on the European golfing calendar, the high-profile names in the 156-player
field all came through safely after six rounds at PGA Catalunya just outside
Barcelona.Yang was one of them. The South Koreans seven-year exemption for
winning the 2009 U.S. PGA Championship expired this year, meaning he had to go
to qualifying school after a disappointing season on the main tour when he had
just two top-20 finishes.However, Yang handled the pressure well, playing
consistent golf all week and his 1-under 71 on Thursday saw him finish on
8-under 420, in a tie for 11th.Molinari, who played on Europes triumphant 2010
Ryder Cup team at Celtic Manor with younger brother Francesco, qualified for the
second straight year in a tie for second on 12 under.Englishmen Tom Lewis (8
under) and Eddie Pepperell (10 under) were other well-known players to get
through the final stage. At 47, Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina became the oldest
Q School graduate after finishing in a tie for second.Nathan Kimsey of England
won the finaal stage of Q School by a shot after finishing on 13
under.dddddddddddd. Kimsey also had to come through the first and second stages
of Q School, meaning he had to play 252 holes to get his first card.The last two
days have been up there in terms of how nervous Ive ever been on a golf course
up until this point, Kimsey said, so to come through both of them under par for
those two rounds is so pleasing.There was a tension-filled end to the day for
Englishmen Jamie Rutherford and Gary King, Jaco Ahlers of South Africa, Niclas
Johansson of Sweden and Espen Kofstad of Norway, who were all tied for 25th
place -- the cut-off mark for qualifying -- as Richard McEvoy made his way down
the 18th. A birdie for McEvoy would have deprived the quintet of European Tour
privileges and forced them to compete next year on the second-tier Challenge
Tour, where the prize money is much less.McEvoy made par and all six got their
cards.It is probably the most stressful day I have had on a golf course,
watching Tom (Lewis) and Richie (McEvoy), Pepperell said after watching his
compatriots qualify. It is something I do not want to do again. ' ' '
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