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ANZAC Test ... Cooper Cronk celebrates his try with Billy Slater and Greg Inglis. Source: Mark Evans / News Limited
Australia crushed 50 minutes of New Zealand resistance in a withering second-half burst to stretch their mid-year Test winning streak to 14 matches with a 32-12 victory in Canberra on Friday night.
The depleted Kiwis, who lost skipper Simon Mannering two hours before kickoff with a calf strain, gave the Kangaroos all they could handle before the hosts turned it on with four tries in the space of 11 minutes early in the second half.
Greg Inglis started the rot as he scored his 20th try in the green and gold in the 51st minute - Kiwi fullback Josh Hoffman paying dearly for his lack of urgency to get to a ball rolling in the in-goal.
With their gallant effort undone, Kiwi heads dropped and the Australians pounced, Brett Morris, Luke Lewis and Darius Boyd all crossing before the 62nd minute to end the game as a contest.
Justin Hodges added his name to the tryscorers' list six minutes from fulltime before Frank Pritchard scored a consolation four-pointer to complete a night of what might have been for the visitors.
As it was, the final scoreline failed to reflect what was a gallant Kiwi effort with what was a patched up outfit.
It threatened to be an ugly night for the Kiwis when Cooper Cronk opened Australia's account after just six minutes, but it was nearly all black and white for the remainder of the half.
Three times, the Kiwis claimed what they thought were tries only be denied by the video referee - Alex Glenn's dropped ball over the tryline the costliest with his side dominating proceedings.
Handed one last chance, courtesy of a penalty with less than a minute remaining in the first half, the Kiwis chanced their arm and finally received the approval of referee Ashley Klein - who was in charge of his first Test between the two nations since New Zealand's 2008 World Cup final win.
The Kiwis try after the halftime siren came from the unlikely playmaking source of Pritchard, who grubbered as Billy Slater had an airswing - Hoffman much more eager to pounce on the ball than he proved to be later in the night.
"The try right on halftime maybe shook us up a bit which maybe we needed," Australia coach Tim Sheens said.
"The boys had that 'kangaroo in the headlights' look.
"They had the better of the game (in the first half). It could have been anything.
"We came out and took our chances in the second half and had the class to put a score on them."
While disappointed with the result, Kearney took heart from a performance made more meritorious by then fact skipper Simon Mannering was a late withdrawal and they went into the game without a host of stars including Benji Marshall, Sonny Bill Williams and Krisnan Inu.
Kearney said ill-discipline cost the Kiwis during that pivotal stretch.
"It's hard when you're playing against a side with the talent they have if you leg them out of the back field with penalties," Kearney said.
"I thought we probably deserved a bit more reward for the effort in the first half, but I didn't expect the lads to go out in the second half and lose their way."
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