Two decades and counting.
The All Blacks have retained the Bledisloe Cup for the 21st year, following Saturday's 38-7 win over the winless Wallabies at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
In his second stint as Australia coach, Eddie Jones has yet to taste victory in 2023, with three straight losses in the Rugby Championship.
Their woes were compounded by another heavy defeat to rivals New Zealand, and the result hasn't gone unnoticed across the trans-Tasman.
Tiny green shoots, but the same old black story
By Iain Payten, The Sydney Morning Herald
The All Blacks blew out the candles on the 21st year of holding the Bledisloe Cup after fighting off a spirited early showing from the Wallabies and racing away to a 38-7 win in Melbourne on Saturday night.
A huge crowd of 83,944 jammed into the MCG - the biggest attendance at a Wallabies game since 2000 - but the home fans' cheers were limited to the opening half-hour, when Australia played with pace and ambition, and led 7-5.
But when discipline problems reared their head again - the Wallabies received another two yellow cards - the All Blacks made them pay, scoring two tries before the break and then unleashing in the second half.
As many vocal All Blacks fans as Wallabies supporters
By Simon Chapman, Wide World of Sports
In a week when the Wallabies began an ad campaign "proving dads wrong", those know-it-all fathers were once again wondering when Australia might end the Bledisloe woe.
It'll be one more year before the Wallabies get another chance to win the gargantuan trophy after the All Blacks put on another clinic.
All told, it was 38-7 to the visitors at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground that had as many vocal All Blacks fans as Wallabies supporters.
Everything went black
By Angus Fontaine, The Guardian
For a hot half-hour the Wallabies were golden. After two dismal defeats, they had rolled the dice in the biggest game of the year.
This Bledisloe clash at one of the few venues where the All Blacks have a losing record, was to be Australia's last on home turf before the World Cup and coach Eddie Jones had issued a young side licence to thrill and to "light up the MCG".
But after leading early, everything went black. From 7-5 up at the 30-minute mark, Australia went to the break 19-7 down after New Zealand scored twice in six minutes.
In the end, a crowd of 83,944 watched Australia obliterated 38-7 to give the new Jones era a dismal 0-3 start and leave the Bledisloe Cup to stay where it has for 21 long, dark years.
What social media said:
