New Zealand vs Australia Test Series, November 2009
 
The weekend of the 21 and 22 November saw the New Zealand Men's Goalball
Team take on Australia. The five game series took on even more
significance than usual with the winners being eligible to compete at
the World Champs in Sheffield, England next year.
The last time New Zealand played Australia, Australia won the series 3-2
and so expectations were high in the New Zealand camp. The New Zealand
Men's team consisted of Paihau Solomon, Dennis Wells, Gary Williamson,
Mike Law, Jason Griffiths, Charles Tauhore, Troy Ramsay (Coach), Jeff
Clendon (Assistant Coach), Chris Orr (Manager) and Hamish Tahana
(Technical Advisor).
The first game went down to the wire with the scores tied at 6-6
until there were 12 seconds remaining on the clock, when Australia scored
to take out the game.
Australia then went on to take out the second game 10-4, and third game
8-4 and therefore the series. The fourth game was all tied up 6-6 at
the end of full time and went into extra time. Once
again Australia had the edge and scored to take the game out 7-6. The
fifth game was another close affair with Australia once again coming
through and winning 6-5.
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