New Zealand routed Australia 50-19 at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday to keep the Bledisloe Cup for a 24th year and extend its unbeaten run against the Wallabies at the venue into a fifth decade.
Australia started strongly and led 14-10 before halftime, but the match turned early in the second half when a missed opportunity inside the New Zealand 22 ended in a penalty against the visitors. From there, the All Blacks took control and pulled away with five second-half tries.
Cam Roigard opened the scoring burst in the 48th minute, followed by tries from captain Codie Taylor, substitute Josh Moorby, Will Jordan and Leroy Carter. Australia’s only second-half score came late through hooker Josh Nasser, after the Wallabies had already fallen out of reach.
The loss ended Australia’s six-match unbeaten run under head coach Les Kiss and leaves the team with more ground to make up ahead of another meeting with New Zealand in Sydney next week. Harry Wilson, who scored just before halftime, said the Wallabies believed they could win but did not handle the key moments well.
