It was not a perfect performance, but Australia will have taken a tremendous psychological boost from their Bledisloe Cup draw against the All Blacks
History will record the opening Bledisloe Cup Test in Wellington as a 16-all draw, but the result was actually a massive moral victory for the underdog Australians. No one really gave the Wallabies any chance of upsetting the All Blacks, but they showed enormous character and commitment to challenge the Kiwis on their own turf in a dramatic contest that lasted for 89 minutes.
The result will give long-suffering Wallabies fans hope that their team is finally on the right path, albeit at the beginning of a new journey. New coach Dave Rennie assembled a new-look team, but more importantly he instilled a new attitude into the group. The Wallabies seemed hungrier than the All Blacks. You could see it in the way players dived on loose balls and fought for all those valuable one percenters.