New Zealand captain Kieran Read has bitter experience of Australia snapping long All Blacks winning streaks and thinks the world champions have learned their lesson ahead of tonight's clash in Auckland. Read started all three games and on Saturday will lead out the All Blacks at Eden Park when they make a second bid to secure the top tier record with an 18th straight test victory. It is not just our record, it is the Australian's record to try to stop us from making it. Australia have not beaten the All Blacks at Eden Park in 16 attempts going back 30 years but Read was keen to reiterate that the record attempt would also add extra motivation for the Wallabies too. It is going to be massive as it has never been done in the history of tier one nations.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 21, 2016 23:48 UTC