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Sunday 16th October 2011 AUSTRALIA KO: 21:00 NEW ZEALAND Eden Park, Auckland Key Facts & Figures Head-to-head New Zealand • Australia and New Zealand have played 142 Test matches. • Ranked No.1 in the world, a position they have held more The All Blacks have won 96 matches, the Wallabies 41 and than all other nations combined. there have been five draws. • Have scored 1,984 RWC points, 588 more than • The All Blacks have outscored the Wallabies by 850 points second-placed Australia. across the 142 Tests. • Have scored 270 RWC tries, 91 more than second-placed • Australia also recognise 24 matches played by New South Australia. Wales against New Zealand XVs in the 1920s as Tests. • Have won 35 RWC matches, three more than • New Zealand have won 49 of the Tests played in New second-placed Australia. Zealand. • Are the only team to finish first in their pool at every RWC. • The teams have met at the RWC twice before, both times • Are one of four teams (along with England, France and in semi-finals. Australia won the RWC 1991 semi-final 16-6 Australia) to have progressed to the quarter-finals at every and the RWC 2003 match 22-10. RWC. • Australia have won two of the last three matches between • Have progressed to the semi-finals on five occasions, these teams. Prior to that, New Zealand had won 10 equal-most with France. matches in a row and 16 of the previous 18. • Along with France, are the only teams to have lost • Australia last beat the All Blacks in New Zealand in 2001, multiple RWC semi-finals. 23-15 at Dunedin. • Have lost two knockout matches after leading at half-time, • None of the Wallabies has played in a win against the All both against France. Australia are the only other team to Blacks on New Zealand soil. have done it more than once (both losses were against • Ten of Australia’s match-day 22 were not born the last England). time the Wallabies beat the All Blacks at Eden Park. • New Zealand have scored at least one try in their past • Richie McCaw plays against Australia for the 26th time, 94 tests and in 100 of the 101 tests coached by Graham which breaks the All Black record he shared with Mils Henry. Muliaina. • Graham Henry coaches a team in a Rugby World Cup • McCaw shares the All Black record for most tries against match for the 15th time, breaking Bernard Laporte’s (FRA) the Wallabies (eight). Ma’a Nonu has seven tries against record. Henry coached Wales in their four matches at RWC Australia. 1999 and the All Blacks in five matches at RWC 2007 and six at RWC 2011. Australia • Graham Henry is the only person to coach 100 Tests for a major nation in the professional era. His 85 per cent • Second in the IRB World Rankings having regained that winning record coaching New Zealand is the best for position after their quarter-final win against South Africa. any coach of a major nation in the professional era. His Will gain the top ranking for the first time if they win this predecessor John Mitchell’s record of 82.1 per cent is the semi-final. only other above 80 per cent. Henry also coached 34 Tests • Have won 32 RWC matches and have scored 1396 RWC for Wales and three for the British and Irish Lions. points and 179 RWC tries. They are second behind only • New Zealand have lost to only South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in all three categories. France during Henry’s reign and have a winning record • Are one of four teams (along with England, France and against all three. New Zealand) to have progressed to the quarter-finals at • New Zealand have won their last 15 Test matches at home, every RWC. a winning streak that goes back more than two years, • Have played in three RWC finals, equal-most with England. since South Africa beat them 32-29 in Hamilton on 12 • Have kept their opposition from scoring a try in a RWC September 2009. record 17 matches, four more than South Africa who are • Under Graham Henry, New Zealand have lost only three second-best. home Test matches, against South Africa (twice) and • Have kept the opposition from scoring a try in a RWC France. record seven knockout matches, two more than South Africa who are second-best. The venue • Have won 10 RWC knockout matches, more than any other team. • Eden Park hosted five matches during RWC 1987, with • Are undefeated against Tri Nations opposition in knockout New Zealand and France winning two matches each and matches having beaten New Zealand in two semi-finals Romania one. and South Africa in a semi-final and quarter-final. • Eden Park will host 11 matches at RWC 2011. It has already • Have lost two RWC knockout matches after leading at hosted two Pool A matches, one match in each of the half-time, both against England. New Zealand are the only other three pools and two quarter-finals. It will also host other team to have done it more than once (two losses both semi-finals, the bronze final and final. against France). • This match is Eden Park’s 14th RWC match, breaking the • Have two players (Quade Cooper and Adam record held by Murrayfield. Ashley-Cooper) who have played every minute of all five • New Zealand have played four Rugby World Cup matches RWC 2011 matches. They are the only semi-finalist with at Eden Park, two at RWC 1987 and three at RWC 2011, more than one player to do so. winning by a minimum of 20 points each time. Their closest matches were the 29-9 victory against France in the final of Rugby World Cup 1987 and their 37-17 victory against the French three weeks ago. © International Rugby Board 2011. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (14/10/2011 11:42). Page 1 Sunday 16th October 2011 AUSTRALIA KO: 21:00 NEW ZEALAND Eden Park, Auckland Key Facts & Figures The venue (cont’d) The lineups (cont’d) • The All Blacks have won their last 25 Tests at Eden Park • Aaron Cruden, who came on as a replacement against since an 18-18 draw against South Africa in August 1994. the Pumas, replaces the injured Colin Slade at fly half, • France were the last team to beat New Zealand at Eden Israel Dagg returns from injury to replace the injured Mils Park, in July 1994. That match is also New Zealand’s only Muliaina at full back and Richard Kahui returns from injury defeat at Eden Park in the past 25 years, since Australia to play left wing, with Sonny Bill Williams returning to the won there in September 1986. bench. Andy Ellis replaces Jimmy Cowan on the bench as • The All Blacks have collected 23 wins from as many back-up scrum half while Stephen Donald joins the bench attempts at Eden Park in the professional era (1996-2011). as the reserve fly half. • New Zealand will play five matches at Eden Park at RWC • If Donald comes on as a replacement, he will become the 2011, equalling Scotland’s record of playing five matches fourth player to make his RWC debut in a semi-final and at Murrayfield at Rugby World Cups 1991 and 1999. the first since South Africa’s Henry Honiball in the RWC • Australia have played 24 matches at Eden Park. Their first 1999 semi-final against Australia. match was a loss against a New Zealand XV in 1925 and • This is New Zealand’s most settled RWC line-up since their their most recent match was a loss against Ireland, which last three matches of RWC 2003, where they made one, was also their only RWC match at the venue. The other zero and one change respectively. matches were all against the All Blacks, with Australia • The 694 caps earned by New Zealand’s starting XV is their winning four of the 22. third highest for a RWC match, falling behind the 727 of • Australia’s last win at Eden Park was a 22-9 victory against the XV that beat France in their RWC 2011 pool match the All Blacks in September 1986. and the All Blacks record of 769 earned by the side that • Australia have lost their 13 Tests at Eden Park (nine in the defeated Argentina last weekend. professional era) since 1986. • Eleven of New Zealand’s starting XV also started the All • Eight of Australia’s 12 losses against New Zealand at Eden Blacks’ last match against the Wallabies, their loss in the Tri Park since 1986 have been by at least 10 points. During Nations decider in Brisbane in August. Jerome Kaino is the that 12-match streak, the Wallabies have scored 20 points only forward present that did not play in Brisbane, while in a match only twice and have restricted the All Blacks to the new backline faces are Cruden, Kahui and Dagg. less than 20 points only once (a 6-3 loss in 1991). • Eight of those 11 players also started the last match • Dan Vickerman plays his seventh Test at Eden Park, setting between the two teams in New Zealand, at Eden Park, an Australian record, while Adam Ashley-Cooper plays in also in August, including two of New Zealand’s three try his sixth Eden Park international, which is the most by an scorers that day, Keven Mealamu and Ma’a Nonu.