‘Frustration’ was the word of the night for Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt, who rued costly yellow cards at vital times as they lost a record 11th-straight Bledisloe Cup Test.

New Zealand’s unbeaten run over their trans-Tasman rivals will stretch into a sixth year after their 28-14 win over the Wallabies at Optus Stadium.

The margin did not quite tell the full tale of the tape, with the Wallabies in the fight for most of the game, and when Len Ikitau’s try made it a six-point game with less than 15 minutes to go, it felt like game on.

But ultimately, the scoreboard does not lie at the end of the day and on a night when the penalty count was 14-14, Australia’s two yellow cards took their toll over the course of the 80 minutes — even if they did win those 20 shorthanded minutes 3-0 thanks to

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