World View: Wallabies’ ‘mightily gutsy display’ undone by ‘unfathomable’ refereeing, JOC’s ‘dumb errors’

The Wallabies were praised for a Bledisloe Cup defeat with distinction after finding themselves in referee Andrea Piardi’s bad books during the 33-24 loss in Auckland.

On the back of a 15-10 penalty count – with the majority of those coming in a second half where their momentum was stripped away in a series of puzzling calls by the Italian – the Australians were unable to end the long Eden Park hoodoo.

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