Buoyed by a visit from their All Blacks brothers, Stacey Jones's ambitious Kiwis are out to open the rugby league World Cup with a bang by completing a memorable New Zealand double over Australia.
Five days after the All Blacks crushed the Wallabies 50-19 to clinch the Bledisloe Cup for a 23rd straight year, the Kiwis and Kangaroos clash in a trans-Tasman blockbuster in Sydney on Thursday night to kick off the global showpiece.