▁half way ▁line ▁Isaac ▁Luke ▁made ▁a ▁break ▁from ▁dummy - half , ▁his ▁off load ▁finding ▁support ▁players ▁who ▁got ▁the ▁ball ▁out ▁to ▁Ben ▁Mat ul ino ▁who ▁scored . ▁Bry son ▁Good win ' s ▁kick ▁added ▁the ▁ex tras , ▁bringing ▁the ▁K iw is ▁back ▁within ▁a ▁converted ▁try , ▁trailing ▁ 1 8 - 1 2 . ▁The ▁play ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁half ▁hour ▁went ▁from ▁end ▁to ▁end , ▁with ▁both ▁teams ▁getting ▁good ▁attack ing ▁opportun ities ▁but ▁both ▁teams ' ▁def ences ▁holding ▁them ▁out . ▁Then ▁when ▁England ▁were ▁close ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand ' s ▁line ▁they ▁were ▁awarded ▁a ▁penalty ▁for ▁r uck ▁inter ference ▁and ▁with ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 0 ▁minutes ▁remaining , ▁decided ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁kick ▁for ▁an ▁ 8 - point ▁lead . ▁Sin field ' s ▁kick ▁was ▁successful ▁so ▁the ▁score ▁was ▁ 2 0 - 1 2 ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁home ▁team . ▁England ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁hold ▁New ▁Zealand ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁remaining ▁minutes ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁and ▁so ▁earned ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁final . ▁Kevin ▁Sin field , ▁in ▁the ▁un famil iar ▁position ▁of ▁hook er ▁was ▁named ▁man - of - the - match . ▁ ▁Tournament ▁Lad der ▁ ▁Final ▁The ▁Australian ▁team ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁had ▁the ▁Queensland ▁team ' s ▁hal ves ▁pair ing , ▁front ▁row , ▁centre ▁pair ing ▁and ▁full back , ▁while ▁both ▁w ingers , ▁the ▁whole ▁back ▁row ,