The Wallabies suffered a Bledisloe Cup black-out in Wellington, blowing another bright start against the All Blacks to fall to a crushing 33-13 loss. The defeat means Australia finish the Rugby Championship last, with one win from six matches and it extends their losing run against New Zealand to nine Tests and 22 consecutive series.
After winning his first three matches as coach, Joe Schmidt’s win-loss record has now slipped to 4-5, with a gruelling grand slam tour of Europe featuring Tests against England, Scotland, Wales and rugby’s world No 1 Ireland his next massive challenge. Australia have improved on his watch but this Test proved there is much yet to do.
