Cam Roigard scores a attempt to Ethan de Groot celebrates throughout Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup match between the All Blacks and the Wallabies at Eden Park. Photograph: Aaron Gillions/motion press
Cam Roigard scored two tries on his return from harm because the All Blacks held off a Wallabies fightback to prevail 33-24 in a hard-fought Rugby Championship check on Saturday and preserve their grip on the Bledisloe Cup for one more 12 months.
Tries from Caleb Clarke, Leroy Carter and scrumhalf Roigard gave New Zealand an early 17-point lead, however Australia, who final held the Bledisloe Cup in 2003, have been inside two factors of the lead when flanker Carlo Tizzano crossed 11 minutes from time.
Wallabies winger Harry Potter was proven a yellow card within the 73rd minute, nevertheless, and the All Blacks made the a lot of the additional man to ship Roigard in for his second attempt to lengthen their unbeaten run at Auckland’s Eden Park to 52 checks over 31 years.
The victory additionally despatched New Zealand to the highest of the Rugby Championship standings forward of Argentina’s conflict with South Africa within the penultimate spherical of the competitors afterward Saturday.
