All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith celebrates a scrum win during the Bledisloe Cup/Rugby Championship. Photo: PhotoSport / Brett Phibbs.
[See how all the action unfolded with RNZ's live blog here](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/475429/live-updates-all-blacks-vs-wallabies-in-bledisloe-2-rugby-championship) Two Australian players were given yellow cards in the first half. "That's a very disappointing outcome for us. It just wasn't good enough." New Zealand then countered with a Samisoni Taukei'aho try in the 65th minute, and Jordan Petaia scored a consolation try for the Wallabies in the dying seconds of the match. New Zealand led 17-0 at half-time, with Will Jordan dotting down for a try in the 23rd minute, followed five minutes later by a penalty try when the All Blacks went for a lineout drive and it was pulled down illegally.
The All Blacks put one hand on the Rugby Championship trophy with a convincing 40-14 bonus-victory over an error-prone and ill-disciplined Wallabies side at ...
New Zealand hasn't lost a test at Eden Park in 28 years and hasn't lost to Australia at the Auckland stadium since 1986. The Australian players celebrated and flyhalf Bernard Foley prepared to kick for touch to set up a lineout which could have been the last play of the match. The All Blacks win a scrum, five yards out. The All Blacks have a scrum, 10 yards into their own half. but the All Blacks manage to regroup and turnover and push the Wallabies right back to their 22. All Blacks on the forward march here! The All Blacks opt for a lineout... Incursion from Porecki who goes to the bin - in fairness it was the whole pack dragging the NZ maul down, but someone had to take the hit. Impressive work from the hosts to push the visitors back as the pressure started to build. The story of the game for the visitors. It's a shaky Aussie scrum, Tyrel Lomax getting lots of pats on the back from his team-mates to overturn it. Australia concede a penalty, metres from the try line for a knock on.
However, there's solid scramble defence from New Zealand and once an illegal neck roll happens from Holloway, the All Blacks are given a penalty. The TMO Ben ...
The Wallabies will be out to break a 36-year drought at Eden Park when they face the All Blacks to conclude their Rugby Championship campaign.
We gave away too many penalties, lost the collisions and gave the All Blacks field possession and they put us in the corner and hurt us. Thatโs the growth we need in this group.โ We were shaded in all areas tonight,โ Rennie said after the match. โWe wanted to come here and perform. The All Blacks extended their lead five minutes later when a rolling maul 5 metres out proved unstoppable, leading to a penalty try and a yellow card to Dave Porecki. The visitors saw themselves twice reduced to 14 in the first half, allowing the All Blacks to build pressure via their rolling maul.
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The All Blacks thumped the Wallabies at Eden Park in Auckland to put one hand on the Rugby Championship trophy.
The visitors paid dearly for their ill-discipline in the first half as forwards Jed Holloway and David Porecki were both sent to the sin bin as New Zealand built up a 17-0 lead at the break. Tries by Will Jordan, Codie Taylor, Sam Whitelock and Samisoni Taukei'aho plus a first-half penalty try at Eden Park kept New Zealand top of the table in the final round of matches. Their points difference is now 39 better than South Africa's.