The All Blacks have beaten the Wallabies 33-13 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Wellington, their final home game of the year. The victory ends the hosts' six-year losing run in the city and means the All Blacks finish the Rugby Championship with three wins and three defeats. Former captain Sam Cane became the 13th All Black to play 100 tests, while he and halfback TJ Perenara were playing their last tests on New Zealand soil.
It was fast start from the Joe Schmidt-coached Wallabies with visitors running a blindside move from a scrum before putting in a chip and chase that almost resulted in the first try of the game. The Wallabies would continue to apply early pressure and would soon score, with flanker Fraser McReight burrowing over from a ruck on the tryline in the eighth minute. The try was converted giving the visitors a 7-0 lead and they broke the All Blacks again from the resulting kickoff with the hosts having to scramble.
The Wallabies dominated early possession, but the All Blacks were the next to score, with wing Sevu Reece scoring in the right corner following a break from blindside flanker Wallace Sititi. First-five Beauden Barrett missed the conversion and the chance to draw level leaving the score 7-5 to the Wallabies, who then kicked a penalty through first-five Noah Lolesio to go ahead 10 points to 5 after 20 minutes. That lead didn't last long, with fullback Will Jordan slicing through several Wallabies defenders to score the All Blacks second try of the .