Bledisloe Cup finale anything but a dead rubber in Rugby Championship | Bret Harris

Saving face will not be the only thing on the Wallabies’ minds when they seek to avoid a 3-0 series defeat to the All Blacks

The third Bledisloe Cup Test in Perth on Sunday is a dead rubber, but it is also a crucial match in the Rugby Championship, so it becomes a contest with dual meanings.

The All Blacks’ 33-25 and 57-22 wins in the first two Tests, both played at Eden Park in Auckland, decided the Bledisloe Cup series, keeping the symbol of trans-Tasman supremacy in Kiwi hands for the 19th year in a row. The Wallabies will now be seeking to avoid the humiliation of a 3-0 sweep.

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