The All Blacks have their Bledisloe blinkers on, but they’re also not blind to what’s going on in the world and are already mulling the possibility that they could be about to embark on the road trip from hell. The All Backs host the Wallabies in back-to-back tests at Eden Park in Auckland on the next two Saturdays. Then the two squads will cross the Tasman for their third and final Bledisloe in Perth on August 28. So that raises the realistic prospect of the All Blacks having to remain in Australia to play out the Rugby Championship through until early October. Hannah Peters/Getty Images The All Blacks huddle in tight ahead of what shapes as a testing Bledisloe Cup opener at Eden Park on Saturday.

Source: Stuff August 06, 2021 04:16 UTC