Australia v New Zealand (Oct 31st, 8:30am) Olympic Stadium - Tokyo

ScrubsfanChris

So, who's getting up in the morning for the last Bledisloe Cup game of 2009?
Should be a great game, but I predict NZ to win it. What do you think.

Australia:
15 James O'Connor,
14 Peter Hynes,
13 Ryan Cross,
12 Adam Ashley-Cooper,
11 Digby Ioane,
10 Matt Giteau,
9 Will Genia,
8 Wycliff Palu,
7 David Pocock,
6 Rocky Elsom,
5 Mark Chisholm,
4 James Horwill,
3 Ben Alexander,
2 Tatafu Polota-Nau,
1 Benn Robinson.

Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 George Smith, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Drew Mitchell, 22 tbc.

New Zealand:
15 Mils Muliaina,
14 Cory Jane,
13 Conrad Smith,
12 Ma'a Nonu,
11 Sitiveni Sivivatu,
10 Daniel Carter,
9 Jimmy Cowan,
8 Rodney So'oialo,
7 Richie McCaw (c),
6 Adam Thomson,
5 Tom Donnelly,
4 Brad Thorn,
3 Neemia Tialata,
2 Andrew Hore,
1 Tony Woodcock

Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 John Afoa, 18 Jason Eaton, 19 Kieran Read, 20 Brendon Leonard, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Zac Guildford.

Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert, Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Television match officials: Akihisa Aso (Japan)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)

nipps

i love my sleep ins but have to get up for this match, its gonna be a great game. i think the all-blacks will win it but i'm rooting for the wallabies!

Judgement Day

Hope there's going to be a stream for this as I will surely be up to watch. Have to fancy the All Blacks for this as they will, hopefully, bounce back from a woeful tri-nations display. Can't wait to see Dan Carter facing up to Jonny Wilkinson at Twickenham on the 21st November!

toomevara

Folks, post match streams only in the cunningly named "match streams" thread. I'll delete streams posted in match threads.

Judgement Day

Full-time 32-19 they are back black. Looking forward to a clean sweep on the Winter tour!

Jemo

How did Rocky get on?

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Jemo wrote: »

How did Rocky get on?

Wasn't great, seemed to have the weight of the captaincy on his shoulders, didn't take much in the lineout.

jank

Lacklustre game which lacked intensity which is unusual for a game like this. Will be interesting to see how they fair now against the Northern teams

Judgement Day

jank wrote: »

Lacklustre game which lacked intensity which is unusual for a game like this. Will be interesting to see how they fair now against the Northern teams

I wouldn't agree that it was a lacklustre game but a good start to the tour and, with the possible exception of England (Jonno) putting up a fight, the All Blacks will sweep all before them.

Ooops!! Just noticed this Sivivatu and Woodcock banned for 1 week on http://www.scrum.com/bledisloecup/rugby/story/104778.html - I'd be more concerned about Dan Carter as he is in superb form.