1907–08 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
Monkbot (talk | contribs)
m Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 60 templates: hyphenate params (57×);
m punct
Line 253:
|manofmatch = |
}}
The game developed into a tight, low -scoring affair, and the visitors were ahead 6–0 at halftime. They then extended their lead to 9–3 before Australia came back and then ran out winners 14–9, claiming the country's first test match victory in the final match of the New Zealand tour.
 
The second visit to Australia by the tourists had done much to boost the game in the country. They had played the first ever rugby league matches in Newcastle and Brisbane and had boosted the coffers of the fledgling [[New South Wales Rugby League]] and [[Queensland Rugby League]] organisations.<ref name=Keeps /> The New Zealanders then headed home to very little fanfare, and certainly nothing to match the lavish official welcome that had been granted [[The Original All Blacks]] in 1905.