2018 Rugby Championship
New Zealand v Australia
Match Day 2
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Saturday, 25 August 2018
Kick-off is at 09h35 CAT
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
New Zealand will take on Australia in their second match of the
2018 Rugby Championship at the Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.
The All Blacks defeated Australia 38-13 in their first game of this year’s tournament which was played in Sydney last weekend.
The win took the World champions to the top of the Rugby Championship standings with five points from one match.
This was the New Zealand’s' ninth consecutive win all competitions. The last time the All Blacks lost was against Australia in an international friendly match in October 2017.
Meanwhile, Australia suffered their third consecutive defeat in all competitions when they lost to New Zealand at home last weekend.
The defeat left the Wallabies placed fourth on the Rugby Championship standings without a single point with one game played.
The last time Australia won a game was against Ireland in an international friendly match in June 2018.
Form Guide
Australia - L,W,L,L,L
New Zealand - W,W,W,W,W
Head-to-Head (In all competitions)
Matches - 162
New Zealand - 112
Australia - 43
Draws - 7
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Teams:
New Zealand
15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Jack Goodhue, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Waisake Naholo, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Squire, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Joe Moody
Substitutes: 16 Nathan Harris, 17 Karl Tu'inukuafe, 18 Ofa Tuungafasi, 19 Scott Barrett, 20 Ardie Savea, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Damian McKenzie, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown
Australia
15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Jack Maddocks, 13 Reece Hodge, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Will Genia, 8 David Pocock, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Lukhan Tui, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Scott Sio
Substitutes: 16 Folau Faingaa, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Sekope Kepu, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Matt Toomua, 23 Tom Banks
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