Rugby Union: Wallabies' Rob Valetini has become just the third Australian ever to win successive John Eales medals.
Rob Valetini makes Wallabies history | 00:48 New Zealand may only have edged out England 24-22 at Twickenham on Saturday but two-try star Mark Tele ’a victory in their November international opener was “massive” for the All Blacks.
“So eight points down and to come back with a win is massive. So yeah, happy for that.” It was a point emphasised by New Zealand head coach Scott Robertson, who said: “We probably hit every emotion in the game, we showed a lot of character, with 15 minutes to go to come from eight points down was a special moment for us as a group.”
But it came at a cost, with both Beauden Barrett and hooker Codie Taylor failing head injury assessments, leaving New Zealand with an anxious wait on their availability for a key game against Ireland in Dublin on Friday.It might have been a different story, however, had not England replacement fly-half George Ford hit the post with a 79th-minute penalty before he was off-target with a last-ditch drop-goal, the final play of the game.
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