Over the years I‚ve been privileged enough to witness many great Bledisloe Cup matches both in Australia and New Zealand. I was even more fortunate to see one of the greatest-ever Bledisloe moments unfold right in front of me.

At the outset there was something unique about the match. It was August 1994 and Australia - world champions at the time -  and New Zealand were playing their only match of the year against each other. Additionally it wasn't played on a weekend but on a Wednesday night.

The Wallabies were settled in the forwards where they fielded most of their World Cup winning pack but in the backs they had the not-so-familiar names of Pini, Smith, Howard and Knox. Despite this, they raced out of the blocks heading out to a 17-6 lead courtesy of tries by Phil Kearns and Jason Little.

Slowly but surely the All Blacks clawed their way back into the match. The two sides exchanged penalty goals before New Zealand fullback Shane Howarth crossed over and converted his own try to leave Australia clinging on at 20-16.

With full-time approaching, the All Blacks had one throw of the dice left. With a ruck forming by the left touchline, the ball came out to Zinzan Brooke who threw it to Howarth. The fullback who scored all of New Zealand's points that night was playing in the last of his four Test matches.

He passed it to Jeff Wilson who was only appearing in his third Test. With the Wallabies defence tiring, Wilson accelerated from 40 metres out and beat off two defenders with pace before coming back inside and brushing off a third. Now only five meters out from the line and right in front of where I was sitting, he made his descent towards the line. The try was all but inevitable now.