Saturday, December 19, 2009

Controversy follows Tri Nations win


All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen has claimed an Australian television network filmed one of their closed training sessions and handed the footage to the Wallabies before Saturday's final Tri-Nations encounter.

Both the Australian team, and a reporter for the Channel Seven network, who Hansen alleges to have filmed Friday's training session, denied the claim. The All Blacks came back from 17-7 down with 30 minutes to play to win the match 28-24 and clinch their fourth successive Tri-Nations title and retain the Bledisloe Cup. The winning try was scored by Dan Carter, pictured above.