| AUSTRALIA 16 | V | NEW ZEALAND 14 | |||
| COMPETITION:Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations | |||||
| VENUE: Telstra Stadium, Sydney | DATE: 3 August 2002 | SPECTATORS: 79, 543 | |||
| REFEREE: Andre Watson (South Africa) | HALFTIME: 8 - 3 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Sharpe, Rogers | TRIES: McCaw | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Burke (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Mehrtens (3) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Chris Latham (22) | Queensland | 15 | Christian Cullen (22) | Wellington |
| 14 | Ben Tune | Queensland | 14 | Doug Howlett | Auckland |
| 13 | Mathew Burke | New South Wales | 13 | Tana Umaga | Wellington |
| 12 | Daniel Herbert | Queensland | 12 | Aaron Mauger | Canterbury |
| 11 | Stirling Mortlock | Australian Capital Territory | 11 | Caleb Ralph | Canterbury |
| 10 | Stephen Larkham (21 temp.) | Australian Capital Territory | 10 | Andrew Mehrtens (21) | Canterbury |
| 9 | Geroge Gregan (C) | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Justin Marshall | Canterbury |
| 8 | Toutai Kefu | Queensland | 8 | Scott Robertson | Canterbury |
| 7 | George Smith | Australian Capital Territory | 7 | Richard McCaw (18 temp.) | Canterbury |
| 6 | Owen Finegan (19) | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | Reuben Thorne (C) | Canterbury |
| 5 | Justin Harrison | Australian Capital Territory | 5 | Chris Jack | Canterbury |
| 4 | Nathan Sharpe (18) | Queensland | 4 | Simon Maling | Otago |
| 3 | Patricio Noriega (17) | New South Wales | 3 | Greg Somerville (17) | Canterbury |
| 2 | Jeremy Paul | Australian Capital Territory | 2 | Tom Willis | Otago |
| 1 | Bill Young | Australian Capital Territory | 1 | Dave Hewett | Canterbury |
| 16 | Brendan Cannon | New South Wales | 16 | Andrew Hore | |
| 17 | Ben Darwin (3) | Australian Capital Territory | 17 | Joe McDonnell (3) | Otago |
| 18 | Matt Cockbain (4) | Queensland | 18 | Marty Holah (7 temp.) | Waikato |
| 19 | David Lyons (6) | New South Wales | 19 | Sam Broomhall | Canterbury |
| 20 | Chris Whittaker | New South Wales | 20 | Byron Kelleher | Otago |
| 21 | Elton Flatley (10 temp.) | Queensland | 21 | Daryl Gibson (10) | Canterbury |
| 22 | Mat Rogers (15) | New South Wales | 22 | Leon MvDonald (15) | Canterbury |
| COACH: Eddie Jones | COACH: John Mitchell | ||||
| MATCH NOTES 1) Mehrtens played his 62nd test which places him 4th equal with Robin Brooke on the list of most capped All Blacks. 2) Gregan played his 77th test as a half-back for Australia. This equalled Joost van der Westhuizen's South African record as the most capped test half-back. Sources-' Miller's Milestones', NZ Rugby News |
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