ALL BLACKS 35 - 29 WALLABIES
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FULLTIME: That is the test match and the series. 15 straight years now the All Blacks have held the Bledisloe Cup. The Wallabies led 17-0 early in the match, but the All Blacks win a great Test match in Dunedin which had it all.
79mins: The All Blacks get the ball and they will just hold it here.
78mins: The conversion goes over.
77mins: TRY ALL BLACKS: Beauden Barrett goes over and Mr Clutch might have saved the day. They throw a few passes and Barrett is the man who goes over.
77mins: The All Blacks kickoff and they get the ball back.
76mins: The conversion goes over and the Wallabies lead by one.
75mins: TRY WALLABIES: Another try to the Wallabies and Kurtley Beale goes over. What a match!
74mins: The Wallabies are five out and have a lineout which they win.
72mins: The conversion goes over and the All Blacks lead 28-22.
71mins: TRY ALL BLACKS: Ben Smith goes over after 22 phases. They spread the ball wide and have numbers and that is an easy try for the man playing his last Test of 2017.
70mins: 10 minutes to go and after 21 phases the All Blacks are close to the line.
69mins: The All Blacks continue to push forward but the Wallabies' defence is not breaking yet.
68mins: SBW is back on as Ryan Crotty has more head issues, meaning head-knock of course.
68mins: For the third time, Benard Foley hits the post. The Wallabies lead by one point.
66mins: TRY WALLABIES: Will Genia goes over and the Wallabies are back in the lead. He goes on a great run and steps his way through.
65mins: Now the Wallabies are hot on the attack. They are just outside the All Blacks 22.
64mins: The All Blacks continue to attack and they are just outside the 22. They get inside the 22 and Beauden Barrett kicks the ball but the Wallabies get the ball.
63mins: Ryan Crotty is down again and he will have to come off surely.
61mins: Sonny Bill Williams is finally taken off and Nepo Laulala also comes off. Beaden Barrett lands the conversion from the wing.
60mins: TRY ALL BLACKS: Now the All Blacks take the lead and Beauden Barrett crashes over. He hits the hole out powers his way over the line.
60mins: They go for a scrum......
59mins: The All Blacks are five out from the line.... And another penalty to the All Blacks.
58mins: They go for touch, but seriously, they have to score here otherwise they are just being silly.
58mins: Another penalty to the All Blacks. Will they go for goal to tie the game up? They have turned down a number of chances to go or goal.
57mins: The Wallabies clear the ball and it will be an All Blacks lineout.
56mins: SBW attacks the line and knocks the ball forward. That is at least five mistakes by the second-five.
55mins: The first 'All Blacks' chant starts around the ground. All Blacks scrum.
54mins: But it is an All Blacks' penalty for offside.
54mins: NO TRY ALL BLACKS: No evidence to award the try and the All Blacks do not look happy at all.
53mins: TMO TRY ALL BLACKS: Brodie Retallick goes over but they want to check to make sure it was grounded. If it is not given. They have a penalty advantage.
52mins: Penalty to the All Blacks. They go for touch which is a big call.
51mins: Beauden Barrett has passed his concussion test and will come back on. But Lima Sopoaga has played great since he has been on.
50mins: Now they are inside the 22. The ball goes to ground and the Wallabies clear the ball.
49mins: Aaron Smith goes for a run off the scrum and finds Ben Smith and he finds Liam Squire. A Highlanders special in Dunedin. The All Blacks are inside Wallabies territory now.
48mins: Another turnover and then the ball goes to ground. What a phase of play that was! All Blacks scrum.
47mins: Now the All Blacks with some magic, but they get to the halfway line and the ball is stripped.
46mins: Rieko Ioane goes on another amazing run and he was close to going over. The All Blacks go quick, but the ball is picked off and the Wallabies boot the ball away.
45mins: Beauden Barrett is going off for an HIA test and Lima Sopoaga is on.
44mins: Israel Folau makes a break and offloads the ball but it goes to Aaron Smith. That was very unlucky.
43mins: The ball comes loose, but it goes forward off the All Blacks. Wallabies scrum.
42mins: The Wallabies attack and they are inside the All Blacks 22.
41mins: The All Blacks have an early lineout and they attack down the right wing. But they try to play too quickly and an obstruction penalty is blown.
40mins: The Wallabies get the second half underway in Dunedin.
HALFTIME: 40 down and 40 to go in Dunedin. The Wallabies should be leading by more, but they only lead by three. A big 40 minutes coming up.
40mins: TRY ALL BLACKS: Aaron Smith goes over for a crucial try. It was a great scrum, but Smith uses his footwork to get over the line. That will be a crucial try to go along with the three missed conversions by Foley.
39mins: Penalty to the All Blacks at the scrum with 20 seconds to play. Now time is off.
39mins: NO TRY ALL BLACKS: Ben Smith lost control trying to plant the ball on the ground. Wallabies scrum. Steve Hansen does not look happy.
39mins: TMO ALL BLACKS: Ben Smith goes over and it might be a try. He does not look confident, however.
38mins: I don't know what happened but the All Blacks won a penalty. I'm not sure why though. Stephen Moore is off and Tatafu Poloata-Nau is on.
37mins: The All Black with a great scrum, but the ball pops out and Aaron Smith knocks the ball forward.
36mins: The All Blacks opt to take the scrum which has been very effective so far.
35mins: Penalty to the All Blacks five metres from the line, out on the right wing.
35mins: Ryan Crotty will be back shortly as he has passed his HIA. The All Blacks throw and they win.
34mins: The All Blacks make another break and it nearly pays off but the last pass went to ground. Luckily they had a penalty advantage.
33mins: Finally the ball goes out of the scrum and the Wallabies just get the ball but they drop the ball and the All Blacks counter.
31mins: The Wallabies have a scrum inside the All Blacks 22. This is a big play right here. If the away side score, the All Blacks will be in trouble.
30mins: The All Blacks win the scrum and clear the ball but they don't find touch.
29mins: The penalty goal attempt hits the posts and the All Blacks just win the race to the ball. The All Blacks clear the ball but it doesn't go far. But Nigel Owens brings the play back for a knock on.
27mins: Ryan Crotty is now heading off for an HIA assesment. Anton Lienert-Brown is on and the Wallabies is going for goal.
26mins: The Wallabies continue to attack and they throw the ball wide and the ball goes to ground and Rieko Ioane swoops and he is away!! But Israel Folau, who tried catching the ball was taken out. Penalty to the away side.
25mins: The All Blacks nearly drive the Wallabies over the line but they keep the ball in the field of play. They are on the outskirts of the 22.
24mins: The All Blacks are not happy and in that phase, they played with heaps of aggression. The Wallabies win a penalty as Ardie Savea was well offside.
24mins: Time is off due to possible foul play on Brodie Retallick. But the referees can't see enough to award a penalty. All Blacks scrum.
23mins: The match gets back underway and Rieko Ioane goes on a big run. Then a poor kick by Beauden Barrett hands the Wallabies back the ball.
22mins: The conversion goes over, but the Wallabies lead 17-7.
21mins: TRY ALL BLACKS: Finally the home side goes over and Rieko Ioane scores. The All Blacks drive and Aaron Smith gets the ball and throws it on the inside to Ioane and he powers over.
20mins: Penalty to the All Blacks right on the line. That could have been a yellow card or a penalty try but Nigel Owens sees differently.
20mins: As expected Sam Cane failed his concussion Test.
19mins: Finally the All Blacks win a penalty and they will kick to touch. No question about it.
18mins: The All Blacks make another mistake and the Wallabies kick the ball away.
17mins: Just remember, the Wallabies were paying $12.00. The All Blacks now have a scrum.
16mins: The conversion hits the post and goes wide. But the Wallabies lead 17-0. Who would have guessed?
15mins: TRY WALLABIES: The try is given and the crowd is stunned. I wonder what the Wallabies had with their Weetbix this morning
14mins: TMO WALLABIES: It is raining yellow in Dunedin as Bernard Foley goes over. Will Genia makes a break from the scrum and Foley gets the ball and wins the race to the line.
14mins: The All Blacks turn the ball over and Rieko Ioane makes a break and Haylett-Petty just makes the tackle. But Ioane drops the ball and another mistake by the home side.
13mins: A couple of lucky bounces and the Wallabies are inside the 22.
11mins: Sam Cane is off due to an injury. Plus this time Bernard Foley makes no mistake and the Wallabies lead 12-0.
10mins: TRY WALLABIES: Michael Hooper is over and the Wallabies have two inside the opening 10 minutes. Hooper is held in a tackle and then the defenders let go and the flanker goes over.
10mins: Wallabies lineout 10 out from the line.
9mins: The Wallabies opt to kick for touch and all of a sudden they are inside the NZ 22.
8mins: A stop in play as Dane Coles is down. They win the scrum and all of a sudden have a penalty advantage.
7mins: Four mistakes inside the opening seven minutes of the match. That is Sonny Bill Williams' FOURTH mistake now.
6mins: The All Blacks get deep inside the 22, and drop the ball forward and once again they clear the ball away.
5mins: The All Blacks are five out from the line. But after five phases Sonny Bill Williams knocks the ball forward and the Wallabies clear the ball.
4mins: The All Blacks' scrum out powers the Wallabies scrum and they turn the ball over. They attack down the left wing but the ball goes into touch, but off an Australian player.
4mins: The All Blacks win the lineout and Beaden Barrett throws the ball to SBW, but the pass was forward.
3mins: The All Blacks win a penalty for an 'accidental offside' They kick to touch and they have a lineout 10 out from the line.
2mins: It is a unconverted try as Bernard Foley pushes the conversion wide.
1mins: TRY WALLABIES: Israel Folau intercepts the ball and the Wallabies score inside the opening minute. The All Blacks spread the ball wide and Damian McKenzie throws a questionable pass which was picked off.
1mins: The All Blacks kick short and the All Blacks get the ball back!
KICKOFF: We are finally underway in Dunedin. The All Blacks get the match started. T
7:48 pm: Haka time!
7:46 pm: Advance Australia Fair has been sung. Now time for God Defend New Zealand.
7:45 pm: Well as you can see the match has not started yet. We have just had a minutes silence for Sir Colin Meads.
7:43 pm: The All Blacks are now on the field. We have the National Anthems, the Haka and a moment's silence all before the match starts.
7:41 pm: The Wallabies out on the field. The All Blacks will be out momentarily.
7:40 pm: The last time the Wallabies won in New Zealand was in 2001.
7:39 pm: Teams should be out on the field shortly.
7:35 pm: On the bright side, the Wallabies have never lost a Test kicking off at 7.45 pm under a roof.
7:31 pm: Kickoff will now be at 7:45 pm due to the delay below.
7:30 pm: We might have a slight delay here! The Wallabies went to the changing rooms early and did not get to complete their warm-ups.
7:28 pm: Thanks for tuning in for tonight's live updates of tonight's clash in Dunedin.
Hello and welcome to live updates of the All Blacks hosting the Wallabies in the second Bledisloe Cup Test at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand.
We bring you live streaming written commentary, video highlights (be sure to refresh your browser) and all the action. VIDEO will be available as soon as the final whistle goes.
Commentary will start from around 7:30 pm (NZT). In the meantime check out the video above as Kieran Read talks about what the Bledisloe Cup means to the All Blacks.
Lineups
All Blacks
1. Joe Moody, 2. Dane Coles, 3. Nepo Laulala, 4. Brodie Retallick, 5. Sam Whitelock, 6. Liam Squire, 7. Sam Cane, 8. Kieran Read (c), 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Beauden Barrett 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. Sonny Bill Williams, 13. Ryan Crotty, 14. Ben Smith, 15. Damian McKenzie
Reserves: 16. Codie Taylor, 17. Kane Hames, 18. Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 19. Scott Barrett, 20. Ardie Savea, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. Lima Sopoaga, 23. Anton Lienert-Brown
Wallabies
1. Scott Sio, 2. Stephen Moore, 3. Allan Ala'alatoa, 4. Rob Simmons, 5. Rory Arnold, 6. Ned Hanigan, 7. Michael Hooper (c), 8. Sean McMahon, 9. Will Genia, 10. Bernard Foley, 11. Henry Speight, 12. Kurtley Beale, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Dane Haylett-Petty, 15. Israel Folau
16.Tatafu Poloata-Nau, 17. Tom Robertson, 18. Sekope Kepu, 19. Izack Rodda, 20. Lopeti Timani, 21. Nick Phipps, 22. Reece Hodge, 23. Curtis Rona
Match facts and stats
Referee: Nigel Owens (WAL)
Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes (ENG) and Andrew Brace (IRE)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (ENG)
The All Blacks have now won six games on the bounce against the Wallabies, averaging 40 points per game in that run.
The last time Australia travelled to New Zealand and defeated the All Blacks was in August 2001; they’ve since lost 20 such fixtures.
The All Blacks posted 40 first-half points against the Wallabies last week, setting the record for the most first-half points in a Rugby Championship game, and the most ever conceded in a Test match by Australia.
The last and only previous meeting between these teams at Forsyth Barr Stadium saw the All Blacks run out 41-33 victors, in 2013.
Kieran Read is set to make his 95th start for the All Blacks (102nd cap), which would equal Mils Muliaina for the fourth most ever by a New Zealand player (behind McCaw, Carter and Woodcock).
The Wallabies will be looking to win back-to-back Rugby Championship games away from home for the first time since 2000 when they earned consecutive wins in New Zealand and South Africa.
Only Bryan Habana (21) has scored more tries than Ben Smith (17) at The Rugby Championship.
Past meetings
Head to head: Played 159, All Black 110, Australia 42, Drawn 7
In New Zealand: Played 73, All Blacks 57, Australia 15, Drawn 1
Last time played: All Blacks 54 def Australia 34, August 19, 2017
Last time in New Zealand: All Blacks 37 def Australia 10, October 22, 20116
Last time in Dunedin: All Blacks 41 def Australia 23, October 19, 2013
Head-to-head: All Blacks - $1.02 Australia - $12.00
Pre-match banter - Nelson set to host first All Blacks Test as NZ Rugby announce 2018 international schedule
Nelson will become the eighth New Zealand city to host an All Blacks Test following its inclusion on the international schedule for 2018.
Argentina will face the All Blacks at Trafalgar Park in a Rugby Championship Test on September 8.
The Test bisects Rugby Championship clashes in Auckland (versus Australia) and Wellington (South Africa).
Auckland and Wellington will also host the first two Tests against France in June, with Dunedin staging the third.
Christchurch hasn't been given a Test, sparking disappointment from rugby officials there.
Nelson, the venue for three pool games at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, joins Hamilton, Napier and New Plymouth as cities to host All Blacks Tests in the professional era.
Before 1996, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin had a mortgage on such Tests.
New Zealand Rugby chief strategy and operations officer Nigel Cass said Nelson has proven it has the ability to stage a major event.
"We're excited that the people of Nelson will be able to experience All Black rugby on their patch," he said.
"They proved during the 2011 Rugby World Cup that they are capable of hosting world class events and this will certainly be a highlight on the calendar."
Meanwhile, Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive Nathan Godfrey said Christchurch's omission - it was also snubbed in 2014 - underlines the need for the city to build a new stadium.
AMI Stadium, which has hosted four Tests and is home to the Super Rugby Champion Crusaders, was always regarded as a temporary solution for Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake crippled Lancaster Park.
"This is disappointing news for Canterbury rugby fans," Godfrey said.
"We understand that there are clear criteria for awarding All Black games. We need to accept that we no longer meet that criteria with the current facilities and infrastructure - that is just the reality we now face."
The initial stage of a feasibility study is being conducted into the construction of a new stadium.
