The All Blacks have beaten the Wallabies 33-24 at Eden Park, extending their 39-year and counting winning record against Australia at their Auckland fortress.
The Wallabies fought back from 20-3 down to trail just 20-17 at half time, and then drew within 2 points mid way through the second half.
But a late yellow card to Harry Potter that led to a breakaway try to Cam Roigard, ensured the All Blacks' 52-match winning run continued at Eden Park.
[Summary]The All Blacks came into this Test off the back of a record defeat against South Africa and were under enormous pressure as a result.
And they came out in the best possible way, Caleb Clarke, Leroy Carter and Cam Roigard pushing the hosts into a 20-3 lead mid way through the first half.
To make matters worse, the Wallabies lost scrum half Tate McDermott to injury early in the contest, his 50th international ending prematurely as he hobbled off the pitch.
Despite being very much second best in the opening half hour, the Wallabies finally managed to get some flow into their game, Billy Pollard and Potter both scoring before half time after a succession of flowing passages of play that forced the All Blacks onto the back foot.
Two Damian McKenzie penalties pushed out the lead even further, but the Wallabies hit back again through Carlo Tizzano with 11 minutes remaining.
The game was very much still in the balance before Potter was shown a yellow card for having hands in the ruck as New Zealand attacked, with the All Blacks sealing the victory and a 23-year stranglehold on the Bledisloe Cup thanks to a late Roigard score.
"Credit to New Zealand, they outplayed us tonight," Harry Wilson said post-match.
"We gave ourselves an opportunity there. But yeah well done to New Zealand.
"We're definitely on the right track, just can't keep giving teams head starts.
"The Rugby Championship is still alive, so there's a lot for us to play for next week."
Morgan Turinui goes overboard
With a number of close decisions going against the Wallabies, former Australian international Morgan Turinui launched an extraordinary tirade against Italian referee Andrea Piardi late in the second half.
With the score at 26-17 and Jordie Barrett having just tackled James O'Connor and lifted him suspiciously close to the horizontal, Turinui had enough.
"The Wallabies just need to take a breath," he said on Channel Nine's coverage.
"They're in the fight, they've just got to be more accurate and not allow a referee that's not up to this occasion, that's been appointed by World Rugby in error, to take them out of the game at the moment."
Tim Horan, also on Nine, said he felt there were four penalties that went against the Wallabies at "crucial parts of the ground".
Wallabies coach Joe Schimdt was far more accepting of the decisions that went against his team.
"It's really hard because what we've perceived as inconsistencies, players are asking us questions and we get clarification afterwards.
"But I do think that we've just got to be better at adapting to how the referee is refereeing.
"And if you don't do that, then you pay the price as we did today."
The 33-year-old Piardi has refereed just 13 Test matches in his career according to rugby database.
He was in charge of the controversial second Test against the British and Irish Lions at the MCG earlier this season.
Look back on how all the action unfolded in our live blog.
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