Player ratings: All Blacks v Wallabies, Brisbane

NZ Herald

19 Oct, 2014 08:11 PMQuick Read

These All Blacks simply don't know when they are beaten. This was Dublin all over again. Maybe it was even braver because the opposition were better and had given them nothing all night. They had to pull the rabbit out of the hat when it looked like they surely couldn't. And then, fourth-choice first-five, Colin Slade had to nail a tough conversion. What a kick. What a game and the All Blacks can wake up this morning and be proud of their courage and commitment. They can look at themselves in the mirror and smile because they know they have once again dodged a bullet.

How the players rated in the All Blacks' dramatic one-point victory over the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday.