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- ANDREW GUNN

And with two minutes left to play in this live coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final brought to you by TVNZ and Spark the tension is indescriba­ble. The All Blacks have clawed their way back into the game. The scores are tied.

Can New Zealand make it three in a row. Australia with the restart. Here’s the kick. The Wallabies driving deep into All Black territory and –

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And it’s a lineout on the fivemetre line! This could be the All Blacks’ last chance. Kieran Read is marshallin­g his men. Everyone’s off the bench! Here’s the throw…

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And with the All Blacks now down to fourteen men and thirty seconds left to play, that red-card will surely be one of the most talked-about decisions in Rugby World Cup history for years to come. Desperate times. Can the Wallabies press home the advantage? Now Australia has the scrum. Here comes the ball. Out wide and –

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Well that must go down as one of the most nail-biting Rugby World Cup finals ever. Both teams left everything on the field, but in the end there could only be one winner.

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