New Zealand's All Blacks fly-half Aaron Cruden (3rd L) offloads to centre Ma'a Nonu (12) during their Rugby Championship match against the Australia's Wallabies in Sydney August 16, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's hopes of a world record dissolved in the Sydney rain last week but retaining the Bledisloe Cup remains a major motivating factor for the All Blacks ahead of the return match against Australia on Saturday.
Lose their second Rugby Championship encounter at their Eden Park fortress and the Wallabies will only need to draw in the third Bledisloe test in October to regain the symbol of trans-Tasman superiority, which they have not held since 2003.
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