The Wireless

Perfect season

07:51 am on 25 November 2013

The All Blacks have achieved a perfect season by beating Ireland 24-22 after the 80th minute at Lansdowne Road in Dublin.

The winning points came from the boot of Aaron Cruden when he converted at the second attempt a late try by Ryan Crotty which tied the Test. Ben Franks and Julian Savea also scored.

Cruden is thankful he got a second chance to kick the winning conversion. He missed the first attempt, but was given another shot after the Irish players charged off their line too early.

The win means the All Blacks are the first international team in the professional era to go through a season unbeaten, with 14 Test victories.