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‘Not acceptable’: Kiss blasts humiliated Wallabies as All Blacks claim 13th straight Bledisloe win

The Guardian Sport · 17 October 2026 at 08:00

‘Not acceptable’: Kiss blasts humiliated Wallabies as All Blacks claim 13th straight Bledisloe win

Australia 21-43 New Zealand at Accor Stadium Concerns mount for Les Kiss’s side with Rugby World Cup on horizon The ruthless All Blacks embarrassed the Wallabies in their final home Test of the year, brushing aside the golden pretenders 43-21 in Sydney, a second thrashing in a week that makes a mockery of the hosts’ ambitions for next year’s World Cup.

The All Blacks were too fast at the breakdown, the ball hardly slowing as the New Zealanders appeared to advance it at will.

They spoiled all but three Wallaby attacking forays, aided by errors and execution failures.

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‘Not acceptable’: Kiss blasts humiliated Wallabies as All Blacks claim 13th straight Bledisloe win

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