Latest score and updates as All Blacks start fast in Rugby Championship clash - Both the Wallabies and All Blacks are in need of a win as they meet in Sydney

New Zealand scored four tries in the first 25 minutes and held off a second-half Australia fightback with 13 men to beat the Wallabies 31-28 in a Rugby Championship thriller.

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New Zealand have chosen to recall 23-cap wing Caleb Clarke as well as fullback Beauden Barrett, restoring the three-man back row (Clarke, Barrett and Will Jordan) who ran amok in the redemptive 42-10 win over Argentina earlier in the Championship.

Australia and New Zealand will hope to bounce back from Rugby Championship defeats as the rivals meet in their first Bledisloe Cup clash of the year. The Wallabies suffered a record loss to Argentina last time out, continuing a difficult campaign for a side in transition after a damaging World Cup last year.

New Zealand snapped a two-game losing streak with a nail-biting 31-28 win over Australia on Saturday, holding off a second-half charge to retain the Bledisloe Cup.

Australia and New Zealand will look to salvage difficult Rugby Championship campaigns as they meet in the first of back-to-back Bledisloe Cup clashes. Joe Schmidt’s hosts are reeling after a record defeat in Argentina that raised yet more tough questions over the state of the Wallabies.