Both the All Blacks and Australia will hope to put down a marker ahead of the forthcoming World Cup on Saturday
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The Dominion Post's Duncan Johnstone casts his eye ahead to Saturday's Tri-Nations clash.
"Saturday's Bledisloe Cup test is the All Blacks' most important assignment before the Rugby World Cup.
The match venue alone is enough to justify that sort of status.
With the test, that doubles as a Tri-Nations assignment, being played at World Cup headquarters, it is imperative that the All Blacks maintain their impressive record at Eden Park.
To have the Wallabies waltz across the Tasman and claim victory at HQ on the eve of the tournament would be a huge psychological lift for Robbie Deans' side and, equally, a bitter blow to the All Blacks.
There is no doubt there's a swagger to the Aussies at the moment on the back of the Queensland Reds' Super Rugby triumph.
That was tempered somewhat by the sloppy loss of the back-up Wallabies to Samoa. But they have a spring back in their step after demolishing the B Boks in Sydney although they will have noted that the All Blacks did an even better job on the South Africans in Wellington last week."
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