Afterwards, Wallabies coach Michael Cheika called for Franks to be cited.
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Hansen said he had nothing to add regarding Cheika’s strong post-match comments on the incident.
The codes governing body SANZAR said there were no citings from the game.
While there has been no official word out of the Australian camp regarding the alleged eye-gouge, it is understood they did not refer the Franks incident to the citing commissioner because they felt it would nearly certainly be picked up in the match review without their intervention.
“On the scoreboard it looks like we’ve done it pretty easy but I don’t think anyone would say it was easy out there tonight”, he said.
“The only person who puts pressure on me is myself”.
“(But) we certainly didn’t have one with Romain Poite.
“We like to beat Australia but you don’t want it to get too far away”.
“There has to be an opportunity when he can speak to the referee”.
“It’s been dealt with, end of story”, he said.
“It was a different game altogether from the last one”.
Michael Cheika’s side were beaten 29-9 at Wellington Regional Stadium and while they were more combative than in the 42-8 loss the previous week, the niggly, negative tactics earned little respect from rugby fans or their local media.
The approach reflected the belligerent nature of Australia coach Michael Cheika who, after an nearly record losing streak since last year’s World Cup final, finds himself under increasing pressure to save his job.
All Blacks hooker Dane Coles also suggested the visitors were not interested in scrummaging, instead preferring to try to milk penalties from Poite.
“They got flustered from time to time but we’ll learn from that”.
“It’s quite sad that’s come out because it’s not true”, he said. What am I saying, of course you do!
While the scoreline was not as emphatic as last week, it was more than enough to send the Wallabies to a sixth successive loss.
The Wallabies arrived in Sydney early Sunday morning, having left the Bledisloe Cup back in New Zealand for the 14th-straight year.
“They (Australia) have copped a fair bit of criticism back home”, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said.
“They were right in the hunt until the last few minutes”.
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Cheika also felt Poite had been harsh to sin bin rookie lock Adam Coleman for a unsafe charge on Ben Smith, while a forearm from Dane Coles to Scott Fardy’s head only received a penalty. “That’s the way it’s rolling at the moment”.
