New Zealand ran riot at Eden Park, beating Australia 50-19 to stretch their unbeaten home run to 54 Tests and deepen the Wallabies' misery.
The All Blacks put the Wallabies to the sword at Eden Park, winning 50-19 in the Bledisloe Cup and sending Australia to a 12th consecutive defeat in the fixture. It was another statement of dominance from a side that treats this ground as a fortress.
The win stretches New Zealand's unbeaten run at Eden Park to 54 Tests. Few venues in world rugby carry that kind of aura, and the Wallabies once again found out how hard it is to break it.
The atmosphere matched the occasion. When Australia ran out, the welcome from the home crowd was muted, a quiet that said plenty about the weight of history in this rivalry. As a warm evening faded into dusk, the floodlights took over and gave the contest a dramatic backdrop.
Andrew Brace took charge of the match. Born in Cardiff, he is a former Belgium international and now an official with the Irish Rugby Football Union. For the Wallabies, the question now is how to end a losing streak that stretches across more than a decade of Bledisloe rugby.
