Shorthanded All Blacks too strong for Wallabies in Bledisloe Cup sweep

The All Blacks ended the game with just 14 fit players, as they beat the Wallabies 43-21 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney.The visitors scored seven tries to the hosts' three to claim back-to-back wins over Australia.Midfielder Quinn Tupaea left the field for an HIA, after hitting his head on the ground early in the match and didn't return, with Rieko Ioane coming on to take his place.Both sides started well, but the All Blacks struck first through wing Josh Moorby, who scored out wide, after a period of attack in the Wallabies 22. First-five Damian McKenzie was unsuccessful with the conversion.The visitors were soon in again, with fullback Beauden Barrett stepping over for a try, after a nice break from flanker Peter Lakai.McKenzie was unable to add the extras, with the All Blacks leading 10-0 nearing the 20 minute mark.Peter Lakai of New Zealand goes over to score.www.photosport.nzLakai was rewarded for some good support play, taking a short ball from halfback Cam Roigard to barge over for the All Blacks' third try. McKenzie nailed the sideline conversion to make it 17-0 to New Zealand.The All Blacks' next try was superb, with some slick handling and good running lines putting Ioane in the clear, before the replacement back beat the last defender to help the visitors extend their lead to 22-0.Australia had barely had the ball, but they looked good when they had it, and lock Jeremy Williams scored their first try, after some nice attacking play inside the All Blacks 22. The conversion was successful to make it a 15-point game at 22-7 to the All Blacks.Williams was then yellow-carded, after being penalised with the All Blacks hot on attack, leaving the Wallabies a man down for the last 10 minutes of the first half.The All Blacks made the most of the numerical advantage and scored on the next play, with No.8 Wallace Sititi storming over from the back of the scrum. McKenzie added the extras to push their lead out to 29-7.The Wallabies then went on the attack and were making inroads into the All Blacks defence, when Barrett intercepted an Australian pass and sprinted 70 metres to put a dagger in the home side's hearts just before halftime. McKenzie kicked the extras for a 36-7 lead at the break.Beauden Barrett of New Zealand dives over to score.www.photosport.nzA big break from midfielder Timoci Tavatavanawai led to another try for Moorby, who sold a dummy to two Australian defenders, before trotting over the line. McKenzie's conversion was good to put the All Blacks ahead 43-7.Replacement back Chay Fihaki came off the bench for his All Blacks debut and made a nice break, before not quite connecting with an attempted grubber kick.The All Blacks had made 14 linebreaks by the 53rd minute and continued to stretch the Wallabies defence, although the hosts were also hard to handle with ball in hand and they scored next through fullback Tom Wright, who had been impressive all game.The conversion was successful to cut the All Blacks lead to 43-14 with about 25 minutes remaining.The Wallabies cut that lead to 43-21, with Filipo Daugunu scoring a try for the hosts, and the All Blacks then went down to 14 men for the final 11 minutes of the match, due to too many injuries.They then had Fihaki yellow-carded for a high tackle, but managed to hold on for a 43-21 victory for 13 straight wins over Australia.The All Blacks had already retained the Bledisloe Cup, after winning last week's first test at Eden Park 50-19.Recap all the action with our live blog below:Embedded content removed for printing