Bledisloe Cup result: All Blacks 33-25 Wallabies

The All Blacks and Wallabies will clash in the first of their three Bledisloe Cup clashes at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, 7 August.

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Kick-off is at 09:05 SA time.

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Players to watch

In addition to finding the line in their last outing, Australia’s Noah Lolesio also scored a try in the previous head-to-head meeting.

For the All Blacks, Rieko Ioane is the only man of this matchday squad to have scored in two appearances in 2021, starting ahead of the injured Will Jordan.

Hot stat

The second half has been the highest scoring half in New Zealand’s last six matches against all opposition.

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PREDICTION

New Zealand by 12 points

WEATHER

Awful!

RECENT RESULTS:

2017: NZ won 54-34, Sydney
2017: NZ won 35–29, Dunedin
2017: Aus won 23–18, Brisbane
2018: NZ won 38-13, Brisbane
2018: NZ won 40–12, Auckland
2018: NZ won 37–20, Yokohama
2019: Aus won 47–26, Perth
2019: NZ won 36–0, Auckland
2020: NZ & Aus drew 16–all, Wellington
2020: NZ won 27–7, Auckland
2020: NZ won 43-5, Sydney
2020: Aus won 24–22, Brisbane

TEAMS:

New Zealand

15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 David Havili, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Dalton Papalii, 6 Akira Ioane, 5 Sam Whitelock (captain), 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 George Bower

Substitutes: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18 Angus Ta’avao, 19 Scott Barrett, 20 Luke Jacobson, 21 Brad Weber, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Jordie Barrett

Australia

15 Tom Banks, 14 Jordan Petaia, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Andrew Kellaway, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Tate McDermott, 8 Harry Wilson, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Darcy Swain, 3 Allan Ala’alatoa, 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1 James Slipper

Substitutes: 16 Jordan Uelese, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Matt Philip, 20 Fraser McReight, 21 Jake Gordon, 22 Matt To’omua, 23 Reece Hodge