{"id":923307,"date":"2026-10-10T18:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/923307\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T18:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T18:04:11","slug":"les-kiss-backs-wallabies-to-return-fire-in-bledisloe-cup-rematch-in-sydney-after-heavy-eden-park-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/923307\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Kiss backs Wallabies to &#8216;return fire&#8217; in Bledisloe Cup rematch in Sydney after heavy Eden Park defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wallabies head coach Les Kiss has already turned his focus to next weekend\u2019s Bledisloe Cup rematch in Sydney after they suffered a heavy defeat to the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The men in black delivered an outstanding all-round performance en route to a deserved 50-19 triumph at Eden Park and outscored their trans-Tasman rivals by seven tries to three.<\/p>\n<p>The result extends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/new-zealand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a>\u2018s unbeaten run at Eden Park to 54 Tests \u2013 their last defeat at the famous venue was in 1994 \u2013 and it also means they retain the Bledisloe Cup for the 23rd successive year.<\/p>\n<p>First loss for Wallabies under Kiss<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/australia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a>\u2018s loss is significant as it is the first time they have tasted defeat since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/Les-Kiss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kiss<\/a> took over the coaching reins and comes after a five-match unbeaten run under his guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The Wallabies were quietly confident of causing an upset against the All Blacks after they came into this encounter after claiming a shock 42-38 win over the world champion Springboks in Perth a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his team\u2019s defeat against the All Blacks, Kiss is remaining positive and is backing his troops to deliver an improved performance when the teams meet again at the Accor Stadium in Sydney next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like anything. You get a knockback, you find out more about yourself and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll do. We\u2019ll work hard on what we have to do,\u201d he told reporters at Eden Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelief is created and sustained by not just wins and losses, they\u2019re created by other things. These boys have a strong culture, a strong belief in themselves and a confidence about what they can do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/wallabies-player-ratings-visitors-skipper-the-shining-light-while-joseph-aukuso-suaalii-a-big-disappointment-in-all-blacks-loss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wallabies player ratings: Visitors\u2019 skipper the \u2018shining light\u2019 while Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii a \u2018big disappointment\u2019 in All Blacks loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the lessons are there: if you can\u2019t get your strengths going and their strengths grow, it makes it a difficult game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll go back and we\u2019ll work on what we have to and try and turn the dial in the right areas that can go to Sydney and return fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kiss said his team would go back to the drawing board following a review of the Auckland Test and will then focus on areas of improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetrugby.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The boys always said we\u2019ve got work to do\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last five Tests, we didn\u2019t lose the run of ourselves; the boys always said we\u2019ve got work to do. It doesn\u2019t change now,\u201d Kiss said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have a good look at that game, like we have, get into the nuts and bolts of what we need to get right. How do we get our strengths into the game? How do we just nullify their strengths and that\u2019s what we\u2019ll look at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure that we do the work that gets that done\u2026 it\u2019ll be making sure that we get the things that we feel that can make a difference, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they got their momentum, it was hard to wrestle back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/all-blacks-v-wallabies-five-takeaways-as-disciplined-new-zealand-run-riot-at-eden-park-and-les-kiss-suffers-first-defeat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks v Wallabies: Five takeaways as disciplined New Zealand run riot at Eden Park and Les Kiss suffers first defeat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallabies head coach Les Kiss has already turned his focus to next weekend\u2019s Bledisloe Cup rematch in Sydney&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,818,1182,92253,1736,44,760,85],"class_list":["post-923307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-home-page","tag-internationals","tag-les-kiss","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923307","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=923307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}