That's what happened in both of tonight's rugby games, but not the league game from this afternoon: New Zealand beat Papua New Guinea 76-12 in this afternoon's Rugby League Four Nations clash. New Zealand's points came from three tries each by Junior Sa'u and Sam Perrett, two tries by Jeremy Smith, one try and two goals (remember that in league, there's no need to distinguish between conversions and penalties because they're both worth the same) by Issac Luke, one try each Simon Mannering, Lance Hohaia, Greg Eastwood, Jason Nightingale, and Sika Manu, and eight goals by Benji Marshall. Papua New Guinea's points came from one try each by Emmanuel Yere and Glen Nami; Ryan Tongia scored two goals.
Waikato is in next week's ITM Cup final after a close game; they beat Auckland 38-37. Waikato's points came from tries by Sosene Anesi, Dominiko Waqaniburotu, Romana Graham, Henry Speight, and Hikairo Forbes; Trent Renata added three penalties and two conversions. Auckland got their points from Benson Stanley, Toby Morland, Auvasa Faleali'i, and Chay Raui; Gareth Anscombe kicked three penalties and four conversions.
The All Blacks and the Wallabies played a fourth Bledisloe Cup test in Hong Kong with the Wallabies coming out on top, final score 26-24. Whose fault is this? Graham Henry. That bellend made a terrible mistake in not having Sonny Bill Williams on the field - the former league star helped Canterbury win several ITM Cup games over the past couple of months and I think he would have helped the All Blacks keep their unbeaten run alive. But let's review how the Wallabies got that alphabet soup from right under our noses: tries by Quade Cooper, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Drew Mitchell, and James O'Connor; with two conversions by James O'Conner and one by Matt Giteau. The All Blacks scored tries courtesy of Jimmy Cowan, Cory Jane, and Ma'a Nonu; Daniel Carter scored a penalty and three conversions.
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