ABs advance through Australia's mare
With 77 minutes on the clock of last night's Bledisloe Cup test match, Wallaby winger, Dane Haylett-Petty, tracked across field before selecting to slide an innocuous grubber behind the All Black defence. The kick was fielded by Man of the Match, Beudan Barrett, who found himself at Full Back as part of an injury enforced reshuffle. Barrett surveys the situation, makes a decision and executes it. Five seconds later, and Australia are chucking a line out in their own 22. The aforementioned passage of play had zero baring on the final result, but was indicative of why the game had long since ceased to be any form of contest. Put simply, another poorly thought out, poorly executed piece of Australian play had been pounced upon by the All Blacks who in instant flipped opposition error into opportunity. With the All Blacks racking up a record winning margin on Australian soil, it would be easy to wax lyrical about their individual and collective dominance. However, the context o