Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, Stuart Barnes applauds Kurtley Beale
"Had Kurtley Beale not been quite so brilliant, had the Highlanders not been quite as naive to the point of being remedial in their rugby thinking, the scoreboard could have relayed a startlingly different scoreline to the suggested rout of 33-7.
Beale took it upon himself to answer all the questions regarding the Waratahs' attacking game. He didn't so much have a hand in three tries; he conceived, created and handed them to his grateful teammates on a platter. Nineteen points were effectively the sole property of the wondrous Wallaby. As losing coach, Jamie Joseph, stated matter of factly post-match, "Beale was pretty much responsible for the game."
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