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Wallabies can’t let chance of Bledisloe win slip through their fingers

Paul Cully Rugby columnist September 14, 2025 — 7.40pm

Joe Schmidt might be planning for the future, but the Bledisloe Cup opener at Eden Park in two weeks is a once-in-a-blue-moon chance against an All Blacks team that looked like ghosts after their 43-10 humiliation against South Africa on Saturday.

Tane Edmed struggled in Sydney - similar to Ben Donaldson’s difficult Test against Georgia last year - and the Wallabies need James O’Connor’s experience in Auckland. The sight of Nic White spraying Edmed in Sydney after the two collided in the first half was a bad look - arguably for both players - and the Wallabies can’t cross the ditch with anything less than full confidence in their

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