
With his dog safely set up in his new pad, veteran playmaker James O'Connor has been handed a starting role on what will be a special night for Wallabies prop James Slipper in Saturday's blockbuster against New Zealand.
Eden Park has been a graveyard for the Wallabies - their last win at the venue coming in 1986 - and it's been a long and winding road for O'Connor to get there in time for the Bledisloe Cup opener in Auckland.