All Blacks sweep the Bledisloe Cup with 43-21 win over Wallabies in Sydney

For the 13th match in a row, Australia had no answer to New Zealand. The All Blacks were 22-0 up inside 26 minutes at Stadium Australia on Saturday 17 October and went on to win 43-21, sealing a clean sweep of the Bledisloe Cup.

The series was already heading one way after New Zealand won the first Test 50-19 at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday 10 October. The second Test in Sydney gave the Wallabies little hope of changing that.

A first half that settled it

The visitors had trouble before the game started. Jordie Barrett was ruled out with a calf injury shortly before kickoff, and the midfield took another hit within the first two minutes when centre Quinn Tupaea went off with a head injury. Rieko Ioane took his place.

None of that slowed New Zealand down. Josh Moorby, Beauden Barrett, Peter Lakai and Ioane all scored in the first 26 minutes to make it 22-0. Wallabies lock Jeremy Williams was then sin-binned, and Wallace Sititi scored while Australia were down to 14 men. By half-time it was 36-7, with New Zealand six tries to one ahead.

"I thought we were awesome in that first 40," New Zealand captain Codie Taylor said.

In all, the All Blacks scored seven tries. Moorby and Beauden Barrett got two each, and Lakai, Ioane and Sititi one apiece. Williams, Tom Wright and Filipo Daugunu scored for Australia. New Zealand also had a player sent to the bin late in the game, when Chay Fihaki, on his All Blacks debut, was shown a yellow card.

Wallabies left to regroup

Wallabies captain Harry Wilson did not hide from the result. "We've got to be a lot better. It's been a very disappointing series, and we're going to have to regroup," he said.

Over the two Tests, New Zealand scored 93 points to Australia's 40.