Last weekend, Gilgandra shearer Andrew Murray helped Australia break the dry spell when it comes to beating New Zealand, scoring the first trans-Tasman shearing win in his category since its inception in 2010.
When it comes to shearing competitions, the title tends to go back and forth between New Zealand and Australia, both sharing in the glory of the skill. For those who choose hand shearing with a pair of shears – known as blade shearing – taking the win from New Zealand has proven impossible.
That was until last weekend’s Sports Shear event in Jamestown, SA, where Andrew Murray and his teammate John Dalla achieved a history-making win, taking the trans-Tasman Blades Test for the first time since it was added to the series thirteen years ago…