Local prop Tony Woodcock scores the only try of the game – there’ll be dancing in the streets of Kaukapakapa and Helensville tonight.
Stephen Donald, Waikato whitebait fisherman and fourth choice ‘prodigal son’ first-five seals the deal with his kick.
A picture twenty four years in the making – big hearts and a tiny trophy.
Photos © Brett Phibbs; AP/Alastair Grant; Getty Images.
In an hour and a half, these blokes will clock on for the most important 80 minutes of their playing career. 4.5 million people will hold their breath, hoping to see the All Blacks win the William Web Ellis Trophy on home ground and cement themselves into the history books and the country’s collective consciousness for ever. Excited to be a Kiwi tonight.
…speaks a thousand words.
A great photo by Fairfax Media’s Mark Taylor of Dagg escaping the clutches of Cooper.
(Via Stuff.co.nz)