{"id":155357,"date":"2025-11-26T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/155357\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:36:08","slug":"blast-from-the-past-the-day-the-kiwis-stunned-the-kangaroos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/155357\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast from the Past: The day the Kiwis stunned the Kangaroos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olsen Filipaina tries to escape a tackle by Mark Murray during the 1985 clash between the Kiwis and Kangaroos at Carlaw Park. Photo \/ NZ Herald<\/p>\n

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Step back to July 7, 1985, Carlaw Park… a mud-soaked cauldron where New Zealand\u2019s rugby league pride clashed with the might of the Australians.<\/p>\n

\n In the latest episode of K\u00e4rcher\u2019s \u201cBlast from the Past\u201d, hosts ACC\u2019s G Lane, Dai Henwood, and Dylan Cleaver relive a series that was anything but
\n a dead rubber. The Aussies may have led the series 2-0, but the third test became a defining moment in the transtasman rivalry.\n <\/p>\n

The buildup was electric: fierce clashes, controversial coaching decisions, and a notorious brawl between Kevin Tamati and Graham Dowling set the tone. The Kiwis, still reeling from a heartbreaking loss in the second test, found themselves rejuvenated by a surprise show of public support orchestrated by coach Graham Lowe. Meanwhile, the Australian camp was in turmoil, divided by state rivalries and coach Terry Fearnley\u2019s contentious team selections.<\/p>\n

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What unfolded was historic. The Kiwis dominated, shutting out the Kangaroos 18-0, the first time Australia had been held scoreless since the 1950s. Heroes emerged, legends were born, and the victory marked a turning point for New Zealand players seeking opportunities across the Tasman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 26 Nov, 2025 05:36 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25303,20919,1863,45290,103054,103056,103057,5972,71,5832,103053,807,14731,5978,103055,111,139,69,8143,4517,55233,6327,213,21694,20247,223,540,102,2963],"class_list":["post-155357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-25303","tag-australians","tag-back","tag-blast","tag-carlaw","tag-cauldron","tag-clashed","tag-day","tag-from","tag-july","tag-kangaroos","tag-kiwis","tag-league","tag-might","tag-mudsoaked","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-park","tag-past","tag-pride","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-step","tag-stunned","tag-the","tag-where","tag-with","tag-zealands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}