Match Stats for Australia vs New Zealand at the MCG
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Match Stats for Australia vs New Zealand at the MCG
- New Zealand have won their last five men’s Tests on the bounce against Australia including a 40-14 win when they met most recently (September 2022); though, the teams have alternated wins across their last six meetings in Australia with New Zealand winning 38-21 in their last such fixture (September 2021).
- Six of Australia’s last seven men’s Tests have been decided by a margin of five points or fewer on the day including three games decide by just a single point on the day; though, the Wallabies have logged only two wins in that term (L5).
- Australia have lost their first two games of The Rugby Championship 2023 and will be looking to avoid a winless tournament for just the second time in it’s history (incl. Tri-Nations) after losing all four of their games in the 2005 edition.
- New Zealand are on a nine-game unbeaten run in men’s Tests (W8 D1), holding their opposition to three points or fewer at hakf-time in six of those nine games including their last three in a row; in fact, they’ve lost only once away from home since the beginning of 2022.
- New Zealand will be looking to finish an edition of The Rugby Championship with a 100% win rate for the first time since 2017 (W6) after winning their first two games of the 2023 tournament; in fact, only once before have they won every game at The Rugby Championship/Tri Nations in a World Cup year (W4 in 2003).
- Australia (10) have made the fewest entries into the opposition 22m zone of any team in the 2023 edition of The Rugby Championship; however, they have scored four points per attacking 22m entry this tournament which is more than any other team.
- New Zealand have an average attacking ruck speed of 2.96 seconds in The Rugby Championship 2023, the quickest of any team in the competition while Australia (3.61s) are the slowest of any team.
- Will Jordan (New Zealand) has scored one try in all four of his career starting appearances against Australia in Test rugby, as well as making seven line breaks, three offloads, and beating nine defenders across that term.
- Marika Koroibete (Australia) has carried for more metres (172) and beaten more defenders (11) than any other player in the 2023 edition of The Rugby Championship; though, he’s never run for 100+ metres or beaten more than four defenders in any of his 14 career appearances against New Zealand.
- Damian McKenzie (New Zealand) has made a tournament-high three try assists in the 2023 edition of The Rugby Championship; in fact, he’s made six try assists across his last three starting appearances for the All Blacks.
