Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as the Wallabies and All Blacks play the first Bledisloe Cup Test of 2023 at the MCG.
After a bright opening half-hour,Australia were blown away at the MCG by the All Blacks,who retained the Bledisloe Cup for a 21st year. Injuries to two star props was salt in the wound.
Ahead of his first Bledisloe Cup since 2005,Eddie Jones took great delight in baiting Kiwi journalists,claiming a Wallabies win on Saturday would sink New Zealand’s ‘whole economy’.
Carter Gordon is poised to make his starting debut for the Wallabies in front of 80,000 people in Melbourne on Saturday.
After six years living in Melbourne,Matt Philip will attend his first sporting event at the MCG on Saturday,if he can muscle his way back into Eddie Jones’ Wallabies team.
Eddie Jones contemplated a shock move to try and bring certainty to his winless Wallabies squad and have his players in a good headspace to take on the All Blacks at the MCG.
In a comfortable win over Tonga,Fiji showed off a couple of stars who could challenge Australia at this year’s Rugby World Cup.
Eddie Jones still conjures up nightmares in New Zealand,due to famous wins against them in 2003 and 2019. His presence will have the Kiwis on edge,creating a perfect storm in Melbourne.
Thirty-six years after it was first tried,a combined Australia-New Zealand side will take on the best of the UK and Ireland in the Lions’ 2025 tour of Australia.
New Zealand chalked up a 35-20 win over South Africa in Auckland before the Wallabies slumped to another defeat thanks to a late Argentina try at the death.
Australia coach Eddie Jones needs to get off to a winning start. There are no free hits,because that would undermine the entire rationale for getting him on board.