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All Blacks vs Wallabies: Kick-off time, date, teams - New Zealand vs Australia Bledisloe Cup 3

22nd October, 2016
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The All Blacks are ready and waiting. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
22nd October, 2016
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The All Blacks will host the Wallabies at Eden Park in the final match of the 2016 Bledisloe Cup. The match is scheduled to kick off at 5:35pm (AEDT) on Saturday 22 October, 2016.

All Blacks
1 Joe Moody, 2 Dane Coles, 3 Owen Franks, 4 Brodie Retallick, 5 Sam Whitelock, 6 Jerome Kaino, 7 Matt Todd, 8 Kieran Read, 9 TJ Perenara, 10 Beauden Barrett, 11 Julian Savea, 12 Ryan Crotty, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 14 Israel Dagg, 15 Ben Smith

Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Liam Squire, 20 Ardie Savea, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Aaron Cruden, 23 Malakai Fekitoa

Wallabies
1 Scott Sio, 2 Stephen Moore, 3 Sekope Kepu, 4 Rory Arnold, 5 Adam Coleman, 6 Dean Mumm, 7 Michael Hooper, 8 Lopeti Timani, 9 Nick Phipps, 10 Bernard Foley, 11 Henry Speight, 12 Reece Hodge, 13 Samu Kerevi, 14 Dane Haylett-Perry, 15 Israel Folau

Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Tom Robertson, 18 Allan Ala’alatoa, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 David Pocock, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Quade Cooper, 23 Sefa Naivalu

Key info
Date: Saturday, October 22
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 5:35pm (AEDT)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
Betting: New Zealand $1.05, Australia $11

Recent results
2016: New Zealand won 29-9 in Wellington
2016: New Zealand won 42-8 in Sydney
2015: New Zealand won 34-17 at Twickenham
2015: New Zealand won 41-13 in Auckland
2015: Australia won 27-19 in Sydney
2014: New Zealand won 29-28 in Brisbane
2014: New Zealand won 51-20 in Auckland
2014: Draw 12-12 in Sydney
2013: New Zealand won 41-33 in Dunedin
2013: New Zealand won 27-16 in Wellington
2013: New Zealand won 47-29 in Sydney
2012: Draw 18-18 in Brisbane
2012: New Zealand won 22-0 in Auckland
2012: New Zealand won 27-19 in Sydney
2011: New Zealand won 20-6 in Auckland
2011: Australia won 25-20 in Brisbane
2011: New Zealand won 30-14 in Auckland

For the Wallabies the match is a chance to continue some decent recent form – they’ve won three of their last four, beating Argentina at Twickenham two weeks ago – but they’ll have to break a long-standing hoodoo to do so.

They did get a win over the All Blacks on Australian soil last year, but it’s been a very long time since they last tasted victory in New Zealand.

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