Victor Matfield predicts that Scott Barrett and Shannon Frizell will have a massive impact in their return to the All Blacks but warns that Australia beat the Springboks in an area where New Zealand were poor in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.
Dave Rennie’s side will host Australia at Eden Park in the first Bledisloe Cup match of 2027 with the Wallabies heading into the fixture off the back of a 42-38 victory over South Africa.
The Boks were on a three-game winning streak before the defeat in Perth, beating the All Blacks in Cape Town, Soweto and Baltimore to win the
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