All Blacks vs Australia

A crucial Bledisloe Cup match at Marvel Stadium sees the All Blacks and Wallabies square off.

He is cut down and forced to hold on - New Zealand kick for touch. New Zealand’s maul leaves the station at speed and there is plenty of coal in the engine, Jake Gordon unintentionally knocking it off the tracks as he is rather buffeted backward by it. Jordan falls awkwardly over Marika Koroibete - a penalty coming, but New Zealand might just make the most of the advantage... The conversion extends New Zealand’s advantage. With three playmakers on the pitch there are options aplenty for the New Zealand attack. Mathieu Raynal penalises the New Zealand prop, but decides there is no more sanction needed with Lomax just about managing to ensure Fainga’a came down on his back. A third yellow for Australia! The All Blacks look to be making a mess of clearing their lines but switch into attacking mode in an instant, Jordie Barrett spotting Caleb Clarke all alone with chalk on his heels on the left. A much-needed Australia try! Beauden Barrett steps up into the line with Will Jordan in the sidecar, the replacement lifting a dainty little chip for Jordan to rush on to and take. The lineout goes awry! Australia will be back to 15 in about a minute.

Like much of this year's Rugby Championship, at times it hasn't been that pretty, but it has been captivating and chaotic.

After heavy wins for New Zealand and South Africa in the last round - against Argentina and Australia respectively - the All Blacks sit atop the standings by a point. Yes, it has not been a vintage tournament in terms of standard, but what a turnaround that would be for Ian Foster and his coaching team, who were on the verge of sackings a month ago. Detailed team news will follow, but one selection that caught the eye was that of Bernard Foley at fly-half for Australia. After a weekend off, the Rugby Championship comes back with a bang. Australia fought back to all square on the scoreboard but then lost two players to the bin at the end of the half. Foley spills a bomb and the All Blacks ignite an attack. Penalty New Zealand at the scrum. Other than Ardie Savea - whom Sotutu replaces today due to paternity leave - New Zealand can lack explosiveness in the ball-carry. Imagine a back row of Frizzell (when fit), Savea at openside and Sotutu at No 8. There are too many Premiership matches on a Saturday afternoon, which means that no amateur or semi-pro player can go and watch their local professional team in person. The All Blacks attack from inside their own half and Ioane finds a half-gap and explodes through it. The depleted Wallabies try to scramble across but there are too many numbers out wide.

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But off the back of a crucial scrum penalty and collapsed rolling maul, the Wallabies scored through Rob Valetini. Follow all the live coverage in our blog below! Follow all the live action in our blog below!

Australia will host cross-Tasman neighbours New Zealand in a Round 5 Rugby Championship clash on Thursday, 15 September, 2022.

For the All Blacks, Caleb Clarke will be looking to become their first player of 2022 to score tries in three consecutive matches. Australia will host cross-Tasman neighbours New Zealand in a Round 5 Rugby Championship clash on Thursday, 15 September, 2022.

Despite their patchy season the All Blacks are the favourites for their rare midweek test against the Wallabies in Melbourne tonight.

Australia has not held the Bledisloe since 2003 and did not manage a win over the ABs in the previous two seasons. The All Blacks have a one-point lead at the top of the Rugby Championship standings while the Wallabies are third on points difference. At half time in tonight's Bledisloe Cup rugby test in Melbourne, the All Blacks and the Wallabies had each locked in 10 points on the scoreboard.

Wallabies lock Darcy Swain was sin binned in the Bledisloe Cup on Thursday after a clearout on Quinn Tupaea which appeared as if he targeted the left leg of ...

Welshman Ben Whitehouse was TMO for the game and pointed out that Swain had targeted the left leg of Tupaea. Shocking and a red card all day long." He then posted the video clip of the incident, adding: "Here’s the woeful clearout from Darcy Swain targeting the knee/lower leg of Quinn Tupaea. Former England man Andy Goode wrote: "Great call from Ben Whitehouse the TMO on calling out the clear out by Darcy Swain targeting the leg/knee of Quinn Tupaea who’s now hobbled off injured. Wallabies lock Darcy Swain was sin binned in the Bledisloe Cup on Thursday after a clearout on Quinn Tupaea which appeared as if he targeted the left leg of the All Black. Replacement Tupaea was jackling at a ruck when Australian second-row Swain flew in with a clearout, and appeared to make heavy contact with the left leg of the Kiwi centre.

Sam Whitelock turned down the shot at goal and chance to draw the match. The Wallabies repelled the All Blacks maul attempt, winning a penalty which Raynal then ...

In-form hooker Taukei'aho delivered another dominant display with two tries, the first in the third minute helping the All Blacks rapidly establish a 10-0 lead. With Tom Wright also carded for a professional foul following a stunning 60-metre Caleb Clarke bust, the Wallabies were reduced to 13 men. Tupaea's absence forced the All Blacks into a major backline reshuffle. They were down and out, and had no right to be close at the death. The Wallabies repelled the All Blacks maul attempt, winning a penalty which Raynal then deemed Foley took too long to kick into touch, leaving White to blow up at the referee. Instead of closing out the test, they immediately invited the Wallabies back.

Australia had one hand on the trophy until a last-minute refereeing decision turned a 37-34 victory into a 39-37 defeat.

As the siren went, Australia scrambled again and again but the All Blacks found space and went over in the corner. The All Blacks took the scrum. But the All Blacks came again, won a penalty. The All Blacks blinked first though, Valetini stealing it on the halfway. Although Foley landed a penalty for 17-13, the All Blacks raised the tempo and dared the home side to go with them. A kick-through set up a siege in the corner but after 14 steady phases the All Blacks spoiled and the chance went. It shook the All Blacks. With it went the momentum. His side were in the ascendency and he wanted the points to prove it. They were even on the scoreboard and winning the clinches and the All Blacks bench was busy with lots of soldiers suffering concussions, captain Sam Cane included. Australia won a penalty, pulled it back to 10-3, then ran into the red zone from a free-kick. Australia finally got the ball and inched forward, reeling from ruck to ruck with little progress.

Meanwhile, the All Blacks are looking to extend their lead on top of the Rugby Championship ladder after their thumping victory over Argentina. Brodie Retallick ...

The first Test between the Wallabies and All Blacks will kick off at 7:55 pm AEST at Marvel Stadium on Thursday, September 15 The Wallabies' clash with the All Blacks will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport and the Nine Network. [Catch the Wallabies take on the All Blacks on Stan Sport.

All the Bledisloe Cup action between the All Blacks and the Wallabies. ‌. The Rugby Championship. Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. Australia. -. 44m 54s.

The Wallabies beat the All Blacks down the road at the MCG in 2007 where they don't have a great record (1-2). Winds northerly 25 to 40 km/h becoming 15 to 25 km/h in the evening. The Wallabies haven't had their hands on the trophy since 2003 and have lost three straight tests to the All Blacks. The Alternative Commentary Collective will have live coverage from 9.45pm on iHeart Radio and Sky Sport Now 9. A better omen for All Blacks fans, they've won their other three tests with Raynal including a 54-16 drubbing of Wales in Cardiff last year. The two AFL games this week are in Sydney and an hour down the road in Geelong while the Storm were knocked out of the NRL playoffs last weekend.