What a way to go out

[Parra]

For Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Ma'a Nonu, Conrad Smith and Kevin Mealamu

AB's were just too good & took a well deserved win. Even when we got back within range the key AB's just took the game up another notch.

Carter & Nonu & SBW when he came on just dominated the Wallabies. It's noticeable, that in a team billed as the GOAT, the only win the Wallabies had against them this year was when Nonu was not on the field. The difference he makes to the backline is that significant.

From the Wallabies side of things - they can't afford to turn that much ball over against any side and win, let alone New Zealand. Stuffed up every kickoff, every lineout. All that effort by Pocock, Hooper & Fardy to get over the ball and get us out of trouble and we blow it in the lineout anyway.

With this coach and squad we'll be a force to be reckoned with over the next few years.

We done AB's with back-to-back RWC's.

 

[RoosTah]

Great game all told - just that the Wallabies weren't quite up to NZ's standards sadly. We scored a couple great tries to get back into it and could have won with a better set piece and some better handling, but the kiwis were just too clinical in the end and were tactically just more sophisticated.

Glad we were in it up until near the end and it wasn't like the dominance the Kangaroos displayed in the League version a couple years ago (very satisfying win that). Still very proud of the boys and very impressed with Cheika's first year in the job.