Beauden Barrett's interception punctuates All Blacks' Bledisloe win
Wide World of Sports' highlights draw an unusually large audience, with Australia's late attacking flashes also getting attention.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 132,352 views a day, 66 times a normal first day on this channel (1,992).
All Blacks vs Wallabies: Bledisloe Cup Game 2 Highlights | Wide World of Sports
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- 0:00The All Blacks perform the haka before kickoff at Homebush.
- 2:18New Zealand opens the try scoring in the corner.
- 5:20Jeremy Williams scores Australia's first try near the corner post.
- 7:05Beauden Barrett intercepts an Australian pass and runs away to score before halftime.
- 11:29Filipo Daugunu finishes a length-of-the-field Australian try.
- 12:15The final whistle and result come as McKenzie kicks into touch.
Filipo Daugunu's length-of-the-field finish gives Australian supporters something to savor late in these highlights. By then, though, New Zealand has already done the damage, including a pass picked off by Beauden Barrett and carried away for a try before halftime.
The All Blacks' 43-21 victory at Homebush has brought more than 120,000 views to Wide World of Sports' Bledisloe Cup Game 2 package before its first full day online. That is far beyond the channel's usual opening audience for regular videos.
The package begins with the haka, then follows New Zealand's succession of scoring moves. Australia's Jeremy Williams gets his team on the board, but later receives a yellow card. Barrett's interception follows, a particularly sharp illustration of the cost of an Australian mistake.
There is another thread here besides the score. Harry Wilson dives over near the corner, and Daugunu's late finish takes the Australian attack the length of the field. Those passages help explain the specific discussion beneath the video: some viewers point to Australia's attacking play and promising tries, while others focus on errors, defensive organization and support for the ball carrier.
One commenter comes to it from an entirely different sporting habit: usually a tennis viewer, they describe this match as a reason to try watching more rugby.
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What viewers say
Never been into this sport - don't even know the rules, but this was captivating. (Usually watch tennis) Thinks... maybe I should check this out? I think I'm hooked - great game!
@SusanPaddockSee it on YouTubeIm loving how this young Wallabies are playing such exciting, positive rugby. Awesome to see and so much better than a few years ago. Some of those tries were amazing, and a few almosts! Whats with the negativity?
@pittchaserSee it on YouTubeLove both ❤Australia and New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤❤❤
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- Channel
- Wide World of Sports
- Subscribers
- 280,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 560,755
- Channel views, pace per day
- 37,823 (on a normal day: 71,071)
- Video published
- October 17, 2026
- Video views so far
- 124,502 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 132,352
The numbers
The highlights reached an audience many times larger than Wide World of Sports' usual first-day crowd. The comment section was also much busier than usual.
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