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New Zealand captain Winston Reid will retire from international football after Sunday's home friendly against Australia. The match in Auckland is New Zealand men's first home game in nearly five years. "It is great to have the opportunity to play my final international game in Auckland," Reid, 34, said in a statement Monday. "It's going to be nice to come home to the city I grew up in, where I first started playing football."
New Zealand scrumhalf Aaron Smith said on Monday that it was "very special" to host Australia at Eden Park on Saturday with the chance to clinch the Rugby Championship title.
Captain James Slipper warned his Australia side that they face "a world of hurt" if they linger on defeat to South Africa and underestimate the stuttering All Blacks on Thursday.
Coach Dave Rennie is confident a new-look Australia can get one hand on the elusive Bledisloe Cup with victory over New Zealand in Melbourne on Thursday, but warned the Wallabies must be at their best.
Beauden Barrett and Richie Mo'unga have long shut out other claimants to New Zealand's number 10 jersey but All Blacks fans may see a new challenger emerge in the Rugby Championship clash against Argentina on Saturday.
New Zealand super coach Scott Robertson has revealed that he wants to win the Rugby World Cup - with or without the All Blacks.
Barely a week goes by during the rugby season without some controversy on the disciplinary front and it was the same story in the summer internationals. Just about the one consistent factor right now seems to be inconsistency.
For more than 100 years, the thought of beating the All Blacks was fanciful. In the last nine months it has started to feel normal.