A courageous defensive performance led the Kiwi Ferns to their first victory over Australia in seven years on Saturday afternoon, as they edged past the world champions 12-6 in Melbourne.
With seven minutes to play in a match which saw them spend long periods camped on their own line and enjoy few opportunities in attacking territory, Leianne Tufuga scored her first try at Test level to end New Zealand's seven-game winless streak against their trans-Tasman neighbours.
From there the Kiwi Ferns did what they had done for the entire game and toughed it out off the ball, denying...