ALL BLACKS VS WALLABIES 1996, BEST WET GAME EVER?

The last game ever played at Athletic Park Wellington, in the worst conditions imaginable, driving wind and rain. Also the first ever Tri Nations game. Add to that the first time Sean Fitzpatrick had been replaced in a test. In the games I have seen, this from the All Blacks would be the best wet weather performance I have seen. Their backrow of Kronfeld, Zinzan Brook and Michael Jones were huge. Their physical dominance was something of note. And to have mid field power from Walter Little and hard man Frank Bunce, with the brilliance around them in Cullen, Wilson and Lomu, always hard to beat. Sean Fitzpatrick also a pretty special footballer with an uncanny ability to control the entire game, wonderful leader. This game was an application of excruciating, suffocating pressure, unrelenting and ruthless pressure that just never stopped.
00:00 Team Lists
0:02:20 Kick Off First Half
0:42:46 Second Half
1:22:51 Sean Fitzpatrick Interview
1:24:36 John Eales Interview

[@andysurfer318]

27 years later..still awesome.

[@St_AngusYoung]

The best exhibition of how to play wet weather rugby you will ever see. The All Blacks were magnificent that day.

[@chrischilton8455]

I was there too! Was in the crowd behind the goal-line pretty much in line with where Marshall scored his try. Unbelievable performance by the ABs that day.

[@jeewa7961]

Thanks for uploading this

[@rbjohmson77]

I was there! Very wet and cold but its didn't stop the AB's turning in one of their all time best performances.

[@ablewilling2778]

Me too.

[@khayasontsele8984]

New Zealand were irresistible in this match. Quite phenomenal

[@tommyhassan3545]

Michael jones in my oppinion the greatest wing forward I have ever seen

[@rh5466]

In your opinion he's the greatest you've ever seen? Who else would have an opinion on who is the greatest you've ever seen? LOL.

[@tommyhassan3545]

@@rh5466 what would you know about anything plum 😂

[@scottjohnston6841]

After his first knee injury in 1989, 1996 was his best year playing for the All Blacks. Jones was world class at 6

[@khayasontsele8984]

I have never seen Jonah Lomu work so much in a match before

[@wobblertv8083]

The all blacks used to peak between world cups in this era ..But iv always said there Series win in south africa in 96 was there greatest moment in there history .Even more kudos than the world cup wins ....

[@andysurfer318]

Pakaka creeky express...great Oz pronunciation

[@Jo_240]

7:30 WALLABY KNEED CULLEN IN THE FACE, WHEN RUGBY WAS A GREAT GAME TO WATCH.

[@user-uz8zl8rz8v]

Rugby 2023

[@nickybutt9733]

Used to make me laugh when Kiwis would come to the UK and whinge about weather. They have awful winters and houses made out of fibro with no heating.

[@jacktuhega6005]

That's what made them tough

[@robdykes3659]

When rugby was rugby hard tough no quotas for black players