{"id":159806,"date":"2025-09-21T23:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/159806\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T23:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:28:09","slug":"ex-all-blacks-on-whether-the-wallabies-could-snap-the-eden-park-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/159806\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-All Blacks on whether the Wallabies could snap the Eden Park record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You\u2019d be forgiven as an All Black fan for feeling slightly skeptical about this Saturday\u2019s mouth watering clash against the Wallabies at Eden Park, after what occurred two weeks ago against the Springboks.<\/p>\n

Back on September 6, the All Blacks<\/a> extended their unbeaten streak to 51-games at Eden Park, after beating the Springboks 24-17, but if that record wants to stay in-tact for another season, the All Blacks will need to be at their best on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Three former All Blacks have discussed their feelings ahead of the first Bledisloe Cup Test this Saturday, after witnessing the first four rounds of this year\u2019s Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n

When asked about whether he\u2019s worried that the Eden Park record could be under pressure this weekend, former World Cup winning first-five Stephen Donald<\/a> was straight up with his response.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no. Jeff Wilson<\/a> mentioned the response, there\u2019s gonna be a massive response and I\u2019m still convinced that the Australian team come over and are trying to get it through their head that they can come here and win,\u201d Donald said on The Breakdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a mental edge there still, and I genuinely believe that\u2019s a factor and I genuinely believe the response, they\u2019re not oblivious to the 40 point thing at the cake tin.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019d imagine they come out roaring, as it was two games ago when they bet the world champions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson agrees with Donald, but says his confidence is almost coming from the fact there will be no Will Skelton<\/a> or Rob Valetini<\/a> for the Wallabies at Eden Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a little bit like Beaver in regards to the fact I\u2019m almost looking at these two Test matches together, because if we can\u2019t put two performances together, we\u2019re no better off if we perform at Eden Park and then we go to Perth and then not perform,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes it tell us we\u2019re learning? Does it tell us we\u2019re getting better? Does it tell us we\u2019re adapting what we need to do? So I think, I think I\u2019m confident, I\u2019ll say I\u2019m confident because there\u2019s no more Will Skelton<\/a>, and Rob Valetini has been ruled out for this game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they were two massive bodies that gave them some real punch, some real solidity up front. Skeleton hasn\u2019t been there for a couple of games, but I still think they needed that size against us, and you\u2019re right.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got to win both games. So for me, I\u2019m confident in the response, I just want to see two really good weeks of preparation and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former centurion Mils Mulaina explains that there\u2019s still a mental edge there when the All Blacks take on the Wallabies.<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Rugby Championship<\/p>\n

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New Zealand <\/p>\n

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Australia <\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not, I\u2019m similar to these guys. I don\u2019t look at it as a two games, they\u2019ve got to get this right, and they\u2019ve had a lot of time to brew over the fact that they lost in Wellington.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a mental edge going into Eden Park thinking that, hey, they haven\u2019t won here for a long time. They have not had the better side for a long time and if you look before that game in Wellington, we\u2019re looking pretty good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to try and emulate that and then back up with the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You\u2019d be forgiven as an All Black fan for feeling slightly skeptical about this Saturday\u2019s mouth watering clash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-159806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}