| Australia: (9) 9 |
| Pens: Foley 2, Hodge |
| New Zealand: (15) 29 |
| Tries: Dagg 2, Savea, Cane Pens: Barrett 1 Cons: Barrett 3 |
New Zealand won the Bledisloe Cup for the 14th year in a row as they beat Australia 29-9 in Wellington.
Australia
were more competitive than in the 42-8 defeat in Sydney last weekend,
but were 15-9 down at half-time with Israel Dagg scoring a brace of
tries.Julian Savea and Sam Cane added further scores for the world champions in the second half to make it two wins from two in the 2016 Rugby Championship.
In Saturday's other game Argentina host South Africa at 20:40 BST.
The Springboks won their home fixture against Argentina 30-23 last weekend.
The Rugby Championship is contested home and away between the four southern hemisphere sides, while the Bledisloe Cup - which is a best-of-three Test series - has been played between New Zealand and Australia since 1932.
The All Blacks next face Argentina on 10 September, with the Wallabies hosting South Africa later on the same day.
The third and final match of the 2016 Bledisloe Cup, which is not part of the Rugby Championship, takes place on 22 October in Auckland.
LINE-UPS
New Zealand: B Smith, Dagg, Fekitoa, Lienert-Brown, Savea, Barrett, A Smith, Moody, Coles, Franks, Retallick, Whitelock, Kaino, Cane, Read.Replacements: Parsons, Crockett, Faumuina, Squire, A Savea, Perenara, Cruden, Tamanivalu.
Australia: Folau, Ashley-Cooper, Kerevi, Foley, Haylett-Petty, Cooper, Genia, Sio, Moore, Kepu, Douglas, Coleman, Fardy, Hooper, Pocock,
Replacements: Polota-Nau, Slipper, Ala'alatoa, Mumm, Skelton, Kuridrani, Hodge, Phipps.
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