All Blacks 29-9 Wallabies
FULLTIME - The Wallabies have been kept scoreless in the second half as the All Blacks claim a bonus point victory over Australia. The game finishes 29-9
79mins - Possible try here to Australia. The last away team to score a try at Westpac stadium was back in July. It has been ruled no try.
75mins - Anton Lienert-Brown leaves the field, he has had an impressive first game in the Black jersey. Definitely one for the future.
70mins - We are into the final 10 minutes of the game, can the All Blacks put the icing on the cake? or Can Australia get some sort of consolation try?
66mins - A poor kick by Foley. He has a kick to touch off a penalty and fails to put it in touch. They continue to attack down the left wing.
62mins - TRY ALL BLACKS - Off the Ben Smith run, Sam Cane gets the ball and goes down low to charge his way over. The Cup looks like it will be staying in New Zealand for another year.
61mins - All Blacks close to the line, after Ben Smith has an incredible run with the ball and is tackled 2 metres out.
57mins - Beauden Barrett pushes another penalty goal wide. Expect the All Blacks to clear their bench very shortly and let the subs finish the game off strong.
54mins - Injury break at Westpac Stadium as Dancing in the Dark is being blasted around the stadium. Wallabies with the scrum close to their line.
50mins - Reece Hodge has another shot at goal from 50 metres out but he pushes it wide. Barrett with a cheeky kick from the dropout.
47mins - TRY ALL BLACKS - Julian Savea now has 41 career tries. Barrett throws a fantastic cut-out ball who finds Ben Smith who passes it off to Julian Savea who dives over in the corner.
46mins - Adan Coleman is back on the field, so the All Blacks unable to add any more points with the one man advantage.
41mins - The All Blacks with a attacking line out early in the second half. The Wallabies defence is holding.
40mins - We are back underway here at Westpac Stadium. The All Blacks are 40 minutes away from retaining the Bledisloe Cup.
HALFTIME - All Blacks have scored two tries to nil and lead 15-9 at the break.
38mins - Due to the card, Scott Fardy goes off and Deam Mumm comes on. Then Stephen Moore gets a boot to the face, so he has to go off for a blood bin.
36mins - YELLOW CARD AUSTRALIA - Adam Coleman has been yellow carded for a very very very late shot on Ben Smith. Walk of Life by Dire Straits starts playing over the speakers at the Caketin.
33mins - PENALTY GOAL AUSTRALIA - Hodge gets the Wallabies third penalty of the night, It was a massive kick which was kicked back in the Wallabies half of the field.
33mins - Scrum Penalty awarded to Australia and the man on Debuet Reece Hodge is going to have a shot at goal from 53 metres out.
30mins - Beauden Barrett pushes his penalty goal attempt wide of the mark. From the drop-out, Ben Smith hits the ball up before Barrett puts the ball high and the home side recover the ball.
29mins - No card for Dane Coles, but the Penalty advantage they had has been reserved, So Australia now with the chance to clear the ball downfield.
28mins - Dane Coles could be in trouble for a possible swinging arm on Scott Fardy. TMO is looking at it.
26mins - A couple of chances for the All Blacks, but Australia turn the ball over.
23mins - It has been confirmed that Adam Ashley-Cooper will not be returning for Australia. That is a big loss. Australia have a scrum forty metres out from the Tryline, but a mistake gets the ball all the way to the Australia try line. They clear it right away. But the All Blacks straight back on the attack.
22mins - TRY ALL BLACKS - Dagg has scored his second. Barrett broke through the line, who finds Dagg who steps past the defenders to dive over.
22mins - Possible try here for the All Blacks, they are checking over with the TMO. They are checking to see if Aaron Smith knocked the ball on or not.
20mins - PENALTY GOAL AUSTRALIA - Bernard Foley doubles Australia's score now. Now only trail by four points.
19mins - Australia are getting slow ball from the breakdown and the Wallabies are awarded a penalty as the All Blacks are slowing things down. Foley going for the three points again.
15mins - Wallabies appear to be in trouble right now, the All Blacks are all over them right now. Adam Ashley-Cooper now leaving the field for a concussion test. Reece Hodge will come on the field for his first taste of international rugby.
13mins - PENALTY GOAL ALL BLACKS - Beauden Barrett gets the chance to go for goal and he takes it. The crowd roars the second it leaves his boot. All Blacks now with a seven point lead again. Barrett brings up 200 career points in the All Blacks jersey.
11mins - PENALTY GOAL AUSTRALIA - Bernard Foley kicks Australia's first points of the night.
10mins - The away side have been fired up after conceding that try. They go close to scoring but awarded a penalty. Foley is going to go for the penalty goal.
8mins - TRY ALL BLACKS - Israel Dagg scores the game's opening try, his third of 2016. Anton Lienert-Brown draws the defenders in and gives the ball to Dagg who brings the ball in closer to the sticks.
6mins - Referee Roman Poite calls time off to chat to the captains to calm things down. All Blacks win a penalty.
5mins - The Wallabies are defiantly trying to show the All Blacks they are a new team after last weeks thumping.
2mins - All Blacks win a early penalty and straight on the attack. Just outside the 22, but the Wallabies turn it over at the breakdown. However a poor kick by Samu Kerevi sees the ball travel out on the full. Another attacking lineout for the All Blacks.
KICKOFF: We are underway here in Wellington, Quade Cooper kicks the ball on the first chance he gets. Great kick by the New Zealand born first-five.
7:34pm: The All Blacks will kick off tonight.
7:28pm: All BLacks now out on the field. The national anthems are to come, and then the Haka.
7:26pm: The Wallabies run out onto the field to a few boos and a applause by the fans also. All Blacks to walk out very shortly
7:20pm: It has been a great day of rugby so far today with Waikato beating North Harbour and Taranaki coming from behind to beat Hawke's Bay in the Mitre10 Cup. Now it's time for the main event. We are 15 minutes away from kickoff.
Commentary will start from around 7:20pm (NZT). In the meantime check out the latest Crooked Feed which sees Ross Karl catch up with Beauden Barrett and learns about the usual game day regime for the All Blacks.
Also check out pre-match banter below, Richie McCaw wants the Wallabies to get closer to the All Blacks.
Lineups
All Blacks
1. Wyatt Crockett, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Owen Franks, 4. Brodie Retallick, 5. Sam Whitelock, 6. Jerome Kaino, 7. Sam Cane, 8. Kieran Read (c),
9. Aaron Smith, 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Julian Savea, 12. Anton Lienert-Brown, 13. Malakai Fekitoa, 14. Israel Dagg, 15. Ben Smith
16. Dane Coles, 17. Wyatt Crockett, 18. Charlie Faumuina, 19. Liam Squire, 20. Ardie Savea, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. Aaron Cruden, 23. Seta Tamanivalu
Coach: Steve Hansen
Wallabies
1. Scott Sio, 2. Stephen Moore (C), 3. Sekope Kepu, 4. Kane Douglas, 5. Adam Coleman, 6. Scott Fardy, 7. Michael Hooper, 8. David Pocock,
9. Will Genia, 10. Quade Cooper, 11. Dane Haylett-Petty, 12. Bernard Foley, 13. Samu Kerevi, 14. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 15. Israel Folau
16.Tatafu Poloata-Nau, 17.James Slipper, 18. Allan Alaalatoa, 19. Dean Mumm, 20. Will Skelton, 21. Tevita Kuridrani, 22. Reece Hodge, 23. Nick Phipps
Coach: Michael Cheika
Referee: Roman Poite (FRA)
Assistants: Jaco Peyper (RSA), Federico Anselmi (ARG)
BLEDISLOE CUP II - AT A GLANCE
Head to head: Played 156, New Zealand 107, Australia 42, draws 7
In Wellington: Played 19, New Zealand 12, Australia 6, draws 1
Last time in Wellington: New Zealand 27 def Australia 16, 24
August 2013, Westpac Stadium
Head to head odds
All Blacks - $1.07 Australia $7.50
Pre-match banter
Even McCaw wants Wallabies to get closer
Even Richie McCaw is saying he hopes for a closer match but the Wallabies remain stubborn amid
overwhelming opinion that they can't beat the All Blacks on Saturday.
Michael Cheika's embattled team go into the clash at Wellington's Westpac Stadium as the biggest outsiders in Bledisloe Cup history.
Winless in New Zealand since 2001, all signs point to another Bledisloe bloodbath as Australia attempt to rebound from their heaviest-ever loss on home soil to the All Blacks in Sydney last weekend.
So bad was that defeat that recently-retired All Blacks captain McCaw has told The Guardian: "I hope that it is a bit closer, because you don't want to see big one-sided results for the top teams
"I don't think that's healthy for Southern Hemisphere rugby, or for world rugby."
No Australian team in the professional era has been so widely written off, with gallant defeat seemingly the best they can hope for against the world champions, who stand to lift the Bledisloe Cup for a 14th consecutive year with another win.
Bookmakers have New Zealand as unbackable favourites at $1.07 with Australia at a wild $9.00 to dodge a sixth Test defeat in a row.
Just don't tell Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore they can't do it.
"I wouldn't even give that an answer, mate," Moore said when informed of the tone of public opinion.
"I'm not going to forecast anything. I just think we need to play better than last week."
At least McCaw back the Wallabies' fighting spirit to ensure that.
"I reckon it'll be closer," he said. "Aussies don't lie down.
But I can still see the All Blacks winning. They've got too much firepower."
The Wallabies were due to train at Westpac Stadium on Friday but instead had an early run at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua, away from prying eyes and cameras - perhaps a sign they do indeed have something up their sleeve.
Certainly a somewhat different Australian side will take the field with Quade Cooper restored as playmaker for his first match in months and Bernard Foley at inside centre among a handful of calculated selection gambles by Cheika.
Cheika has also recalled Scott Fardy to restore his first-choice back-row, a move All Blacks captain Kieran Read expects will boost the Australian lineout, which was comprehensively beaten in Sydney.
"We'll keep looking to put as much pressure as we can. It is an area of strength of ours at the moment but they've certainly got quality players," Read said.
Moore said every Wallabies player, including himself, was desperate to improve on last week's effort.
"After a performance like that it really forces you to look hard at (yourself), probably more individually than collectively," he said.
Weather conditions are expected to clear by Saturday night but there is a chance wind and rain could linger and present another challenge for the Wallabies - one Cheika reckons they can handle, if they come with the right attitude.
"(That) will not have any affect on the things that are important about winning this game. That's the type of stuff you bring in any weather," Cheika said.
