Last gasp penalty wins it for Australia

Australia blew open the 2002 Tri-Nations title race, and retained the Bledisloe Cup once again, as Matt Burke rediscovered his kicking boots.

Burke nailed a last-gasp penalty in the last seconds to give Australia a 16-14 win at a blustery Telstra Stadium in Sydney.

Australia

Tries: Sharpe, Rogers

Pens: Burke 2

New Zealand

Tries: McCaw

Pens: Mehrtens 3

Australia: 15 Chris Latham (Mat Rogers 60), 14 Ben Tune, 13 Matthew Burke, 12 Daniel Herbert, 11 Stirling Mortlock, 10 Stephen Larkham (Elton Flatley 56-66), 9 George Gregan (c), 8 Toutai Kefu, 7 George Smith, 6 Owen Finegan (David Lyons 58), 5 Justin Harrison, 4 Nathan Sharpe (Matt Cockbain 63), 3 Patricio Noriega (Ben Darwin 63), 2 Jeremy Paul, 1 Bill Young.

Replacements not used: 16 Brendan Cannon, 20 Chris Whitaker,

New Zealand: 15 Christian Cullen, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Tana Umaga, 12 Aaron Mauger (vc), 11 Caleb Ralph, 10 Andrew Mehrtens, 9 Justin Marshall, 8 Scott Robertson, 7 Richard McCaw (Marty Holah 50-58), 6 Reuben Thorne (captain), 5 Chris Jack, 4 Simon Maling, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Tom Willis, 1 Dave Hewett.

Replacements not used: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 Joe McDonnell, 19 Sam Broomhall, 20 Byron Kelleher, 21 Daryl Gibson, 22 Leon MacDonald.

Referee: André Watson (South Africa)

Touch judges: Jonathan Kaplan, Mark Lawrence (both South Africa)

TMO: James Apollis (South Africa)