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BLEDISLOE CUP #2
Queensland lock Lukhan Salakaia-Loto will play his 50th Test in the second Bledisloe Cup Test at Accor Stadium. He will again partner Jeremy Williams in the second row, with the back row also unchanged from Auckland. Aidan Ross is named as the run on loosehead prop, alongside his club teammate and hooker Josh Nasser. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii shifts back to outside centre, after Len Ikitau was ruled out of the Test following a concussion at Eden Park while Declan Meredith has been named to start at flyhalf.
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BLEDISLOE CUP #2
All Blacks Head Coach Dave Rennie has named his team to play Australia at Accor Stadium in Sydney on Saturday 17 October in the second Bledisloe Cup Test. There are eight changes to the match-day 23 that played Australia at Eden Park last weekend, three of them in the starting side.
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BLEDISLOE CUP #1
New Zealand powered clear in the second half to beat Australia 50-19 extending their remarkable unbeaten record at Eden Park.
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BLEDISLOE CUP #1
All Blacks Head Coach Dave Rennie has named his team to play Australia at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday 10 October in the first Bledisloe Cup Test. A rejigged team sees McKenzie at flyhalf, Beauden Barrett at fullback with forwards Scott Barret and Shannon Frizell [pictured] recalled to the squad.
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BLEDISLOE CUP
Toby Macpherson has been called into his first Wallabies squad, named as one of a 34-man squad for the upcoming Bledisloe Cup Two Test Series against New Zealand. The 22-year-old can play lock and back row and has been rewarded for his strong performances in Super Rugby Pacific for the ACT Brumbies. He replaces Tom Hooper in the group, who has returned to the UK and his club side Exeter with the Wallabies next two Tests falling outside World Rugby’s Regulation 9 window. The same goes for France-based Taniela Tupou, with Massimo de Lutiis recalled to the squad.
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NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Hemisphere Shield has been revealed as the prize that will immortalise Northern or Southern Hemisphere supremacy in the inaugural Nations Championship Finals Weekend. The Hemisphere Shield will be claimed by the Hemisphere group that earns the most number of points during the Finals Weekend, settling one of the fiercest debates in the sport: which hemisphere is truly the most dominant.
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BLEDISLOE CUP
Codie Taylor will captain the All Blacks for the Bledisloe Cup series, having led the side in a Test for the first time in the fourth Test against South Africa in Baltimore. Scott Barrett returns after a long stretch on the sidelines and Shannon Frizell makes his return for the first time since 2023, having returned to New Zealand this year and appearing for Tasman in the NPC.
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The Wallabies have grabbed their biggest scalp so far of the Les Kiss era, being reduced to 11 men in the closing stages to survive a fast-finishing Springboks in Perth, winning 42-38 to reclaim the Mandela Challenge Plate for the first time since 2022.
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Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii will start on the wing for the Wallabies for the first time against South Africa at Perth’s Optus Stadium on Sunday evening. Suaalii’s move to the wing will see last year’s John Eales Medallist Len Ikitau shift one position wider to outside centre with Queensland’s Hunter Paisami named at inside centre. Paisami and Ikitau starting together in the midfield for the 13th time in Wallaby gold.
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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a new-look team for their one-off Test against Australia in Perth, which will mark significant occasions for No 8 Jasper Wiese as he earns his 50th Test cap off the replacements bench, while hybrid player Andre Esterhuizen will become the 68th player to captain South Africa.
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Wallaby coach Les Kiss has announced a 34-man squad for the one-off Test against the Springboks in Perth on 27 September, including Jordan Petaia who has been selected in his first Wallabies squad since the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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The Springboks reserved their best performance to claim Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, series 3-1, with a convincing 43-28 victory in the fourth and deciding test at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, USA in front of a 68,173 crowd – a record for a rugby match in the USA.
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All Blacks Head Coach Dave Rennie has named his team to play South Africa at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday 12 September in the fourth and final Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry. Rennie has been forced into changes, as injury and rotation continue to impact the All Blacks’ squad. Prop Fletcher Newell, lock Patrick Tuipulotu, loose forward Ethan Blackadder, first five-eighth Richie Mo’unga and centre Anton Lienert-Brown will all make their first Test starts of the series.
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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has made only two changes to the starting team that defeated the All Blacks in Johannesburg for the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series decider in Baltimore. Given the team’s performances in the last two matches to take a 2-1 lead in the four-Test series, the Bok coach opted for continuity in selection with an eye on trying to clinch the series win in the USA.
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The Wallabies have been held to a 28-all draw against Argentina in Mendoza, but claimed a maiden away series win in Argentina. In doing so, the side remains undefeated under coach Les Kiss.
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The Springboks ended more than a decade of hurt by beating the All Blacks 29-24 (halftime 12-12) at the third attempt at the FNB Stadium in front of an ecstatic crowd of 85,967 to take a 2-1 series lead in the third Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Test in Soweto.
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The Wallaby and Pumas teams have been announced for the second and final test of their series in Argentina... with both head coaches making changes for the match in Mendoza.
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For the third RGR test against the Springboks, All Blacks hooker Asafo Aumua [pictured] will start with Samisoni Taukei’aho coming into the 23. Sam Darry starts at lock, while Fabian Holland moves to the bench. Peter Lakai will start in the six jersey, and Wallace Sititi will make his first Test appearance in the Series, coming into the 23 as loose forward impact.
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