Wallabies again Face Eden Park Hoodoo against All Blacks
Australia will enter its Rugby Championship test against New Zealand on Saturday in the grip of overlapping losing streaks and with experts in both nations forecasting those droughts will continue.
The Wallabies must win in Auckland to avoid a defeat in the three-match Bledisloe Cup series against the All Blacks which would extend to 10 years the span since Australia last held the trans-Tasman trophy.
It would also enlarge a 26-year losing streak against New Zealand at Eden Park, which encompasses defeat in last year's World Cup semifinal, the teams' last meeting at the venue.
Nothing in the Wallabies' performance last weekend in Sydney, where they were beaten 27-19 by a measurably stronger All Blacks team, suggests either of those streaks is about to end.
Source: Associated Press
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