All Blacks flex Rugby Championship muscle before easing up on Aussies
The first weekend of the Rugby Championship threw up no surprises in terms of the results of the two matches and it remains clear the All Blacks are still the team to beat. New Zealand beat Australia 54-34 in a match that yielded the second-highest aggregate score in the tournament’s history as the All Blacks went to sleep for the final 30 minutes. By the 47th minute New Zealand had scored eight tries and raced into a 54-6 lead. And then suddenly it was the mighty All Blacks who amazingly lost the ability to tackle as the Wallabies scored four unanswered tries to lose by a still significant 20-point margin.
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