• Updates from the second game of the series at Eden Park
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There’s a fair bit of rugby news flying around at the moment that we should probably cover, starting with South Africa’s withdrawal from The Rugby Championship in a major blow to an already heavily compromised tournament. The championship will now consist of just six Tests in Australia, starting with the third Bledisloe Cup clash between the hosts and New Zealand in Sydney on 31 October.

Related: Rugby Championship cut in half as world champions South Africa pull out

“We’ve talked about being excited about the opportunity to create history,” says Dave Rennie when asked about the Eden Park hoodoo. Other buzzwords from the brief standup were discipline, structures and physicality.

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