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Dan Carter bowed out as king of rugby on Saturday when he kicked the All Blacks to a historic 34-17 Rugby World Cup victory over Australia at Twickenham.
Carter kicked a decisive 19 points in his final match for New Zealand as they became the first team to retain the World Cup and the first to win three titles.
When the Wallabies had closed to within three points of the All Blacks in the second half, Carter struck with a monstrous drop goal and a 50-metre penalty to decide the game.
We played some damned good rugby there
New Zealand captain Richie McCaw
With three tries, two converted, and a further three Carter penalties the All Blacks put on a brilliant show, spoiled only by Ben Smith becoming the first player to be sin-binned in a final.

Richie McCaw, in what may have been his international swansong raised the Webb Ellis Cup for the second time in four years after 80 minutes of high-octane rugby.
“We played some damned good rugby there,” said McCaw as celebrations started.
Fly-half Carter, who has confirmed it was his 112th and final test, stretched his world record tally to 1,598 points.
The Wallabies put up a stubborn resistance for much of the first half, but the speed of the All Blacks and their pin-point passing proved too much for them.
The Australians’ resistance broke just before half-time, when Conrad Smith, Aaron Smith and McCaw all combined to put Nehe Milner-Skudder over in the corner.

Sonny Bill Williams, who replaced Conrad Smith at half-time, produced two classy offloads with his first touches. The second put Ma’a Nonu on a 40-metre run to the line.
Before a capacity crowd of 80,125, it put the All Blacks ahead 21-3.
The Wallabies came back with two converted tries in the middle of the second half when the All Blacks were down to 14 men with Ben Smith in the sin-bin.

David Pocock crossed from a line-out drive and Tevita Kuridrani scored when Australia counter-attacked after Milner-Skudder missed touch with a clearing kick.
The two wings with places in the record books at stake, Julian Savea and Drew Mitchell, were unable to cross the line.
Savea finishes the tournament with eight tries, equalling the record for a single World Cup set by Jonah Lomu (1999) and Bryan Habana (2007).

Mitchell signed off without adding to his 14 career World Cup tries, one behind the record also shared by Lomu and Habana.
Australia kicked off but were almost immediately forced back into their own half when Nonu stepped around Sekope Kepu to get the All Blacks up to the Wallaby line.

They threatened on the right side with Milner-Skudder then on the left with Savea before winning a penalty for Carter to put the first points on the board.
Although the All Blacks were applying the early pressure a series of errors allowed Australia into the game.
A kick for the corner went out on the full, a Carter clearing kick did not go out and when Australia kicked Ben Smith knocked on.
At the resulting scrum the All Blacks front-row was penalised and Bernard Foley landed the equalising penalty.

New Zealand blew a chance to regain the lead when awarded a handy penalty which scrum-half Aaron Smith decided to run with rather than let Carter have a shot at goal.
Smith then found himself penalised when tackled near the posts.
Wallaby prop Kepu, warned once for a late tackle on Carter, gave away another penalty for a high tackle on the New Zealand fly-half.

This time Smith contained himself and allowed Carter to kick the points.
After Carter landed his third penalty the All Blacks produced the opening try of the game, just before half-time with Conrad Smith, Aaron Smith and McCaw all featuring in the move to put Milner-Skudder over for the All Blacks to turn 16-3 ahead.
The Pocock and Kuridrani tries saw Australia close the gap to 21-17 before Carter, the man of the match, landed his drop goal and penalty.
Beauden Barrett then scored the shut-out try with Carter landing the easy conversion.



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Dan Carter bows out as king of rugby after New Zealand beat Australia to win World Cup

New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter (centre) celebrates with team-mates after the All Blacks beat Australia 34-17 in the final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup at Twickenham on Saturday. Photo: AFP

New Zealand's Beauden Barrett scores a try during the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium in London, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Australia's flanker Michael Hooper reacts after losing the final match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham stadium, south west London, on October 31, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, NO USE IN LIVE MATCH TRACKING SERVICES, TO BE USED AS NON-SEQUENTIAL STILLS

New Zealand's centre Ma'a Nonu (C) celebrates with New Zealand's lock Sam Whitelock (L) and New Zealand's wing Julian Savea (R) after scoring his team's second try during the final match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham stadium, south west London, on October 31, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, NO USE IN LIVE MATCH TRACKING SERVICES, TO BE USED AS NON-SEQUENTIAL STILLS

Australia's fly half Bernard Foley (C) is tackled by New Zealand's prop Joe Moody during the final match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham stadium, south west London, on October 31, 2015. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, NO USE IN LIVE MATCH TRACKING SERVICES, TO BE USED AS NON-SEQUENTIAL STILLS

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Australia players react after the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium in London, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. The All Blacks won 34-17. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

New Zealand's Daniel Carter kicks a penalty during the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium in London, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

New Zealand's centre Sonny Bill Williams is tackled during the final match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham stadium, south west London, on October 31, 2015. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, NO USE IN LIVE MATCH TRACKING SERVICES, TO BE USED AS NON-SEQUENTIAL STILLS

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The Webb Ellis Cup will be awarded to the winning team after the final of the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham on 31 October (1 November HKT). Photo: AFP

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Dan Carter bowed out as king of rugby on Saturday when he kicked the All Blacks to a historic 34-17 Rugby World Cup victory over Australia at Twickenham.


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All Blacks become first team to win back-to-back titles and first to win three RWC crowns after beating Wallabies 34-17 in final