The Landmark Victories
August 16, 2003
New Zealand 21-17 Australia
The All Blacks lost the Bledisloe Cup in 1998 and had battled for five years to win it back with no success.
They didn’t have the quality to beat a great Wallabies side twice in a season, until 2003.
The first game in Sydney was a one-way try-fest for the All Blacks. They knew the return game at Eden Park – the last before the World Cup – would see the Wallabies raise their standards and scrap to the death to hold the trophy.
Which is exactly what happened. Two tries by
