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Sniff of an upset in the air as Wallabies meet All Blacks in Bledisloe battle royale

And so it all comes down to this. Australia against New Zealand. The Bledisloe Cup on the line. Neither team is in form, with two dazzling wins and two dizzying losses apiece in this Rugby Championship. But in the fourth round a fortnight ago, the All Blacks rebounded to blitz Argentina 53-3 while the Wallabies crashed to earth, smashed 24-8 by South Africa. Now New Zealand on top of the table, Australia are third and either side can still win both trophies on offer.

Of the 152 Bledisloe Tests already played, New Zealand have won 108 and Australia 37, with seven drawn. The Wallabies have not won the Cup since 2002 but they get a chance to foil a 20th series loss this Thursday at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium. On home turf, against a weirdly inconsistent and vulnerable New Zealand, there is the sniff of an upset. After four defeats in 2022 – three at home – Ian Foster’s side is still under siege and the bulletproof All Blacks fear factor is gone. But do these misfiring Wallabies have the golden guns to take them out?

The hosts have a new old triggerman in Bernard Foley, replacing Noah Lolesio as five-eighth, after the young playmaker failed his concussion protocols this week. It gives Australia their fourth No 10 this season. And while it’s unlikely Lolesio sent shivers up All Blacks spines, Foley is 33, hasn’t run on for the Wallabies since 2019 and hasn’t played at all since May, when he failed to get his Kubota Spears into third-place in the Division One finals series.

The last time Australia called in a veteran five-eighth for his first Test in four years was the previous mid-week Test in 1994. That night David Knox – for many years a shadow to the Ella brothers and Lloyd McDermott at Matraville High and then at club

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