The All Blacks have defeated the Wallabies 43-21 in Sydney to complete a Bledisloe Cup series clean sweep and stay unbeaten against the Wallabies since 2020.
The Wallabies were looking to make amends after losing the Bledisloe Cup last weekend at Eden Park, but the All Blacks came out with the same desire and intensity that they showed in the first Test.
The All Blacks stormed out to a 36-7 lead at half-time, scoring six tries in the first half with little resistance from the Wallabies' defence.
Quinn Tupaea was forced off early after his head hit the ground hard in a tackle, with the centre subsequently failing his head injury assessment. Rieko Ioane was called into action earlier than he would've anticipated, coming on in just the second minute.
Patient build-up play from the All Blacks in their first venture into the Wallabies 22, as they shifted it wide to Josh Moorby to open the scoring on the left edge after a lengthy period of sustained possession.
After a storming run from Peter Lakai beating four defenders, quick hands from the All Blacks freed the ball up to Beauden Barrett to go over for the All Blacks' second try, with the fullback using some nice footwork to get him over the line on the right edge.
The All Blacks went back-to-back in quick succession as Lakai bounced off tacklers after a short pass from Roigard to go over close to the line and put the All Blacks well in control inside the first 20 minutes.
Following a brilliant lineout steal from Fabian Holland, McKenzie took control once again as he linked up with Will Jordan, who in turn gave it to Ioane on the left wing to run in untouched.
The home side finally responded with their first points on the board as Wallabies lock Jeremy Williams finished off an 11-phase attack from the Wallabies, running onto a tidy offload from first-five Declan Meredith.
Just after scoring his try, though, Williams had to head to the sin bin after English referee Luke Pearce caught him cynically offside in stopping an All Blacks attack.
The All Blacks opted for the first scrum of the match in the 31st minute from the resulting penalty, with Wallace Sititi picking it up off the back to crash over for the All Blacks' fifth try.
Beauden Barrett finished off a dominant first-half performance with the fullback picking off a pass from Max Jorgensen and putting in a 70-metre effort to get his 48th try in the black jersey.
The All Blacks were ruthless at the start of the second half as Moorby cleverly faked a pass inside to stroll over untouched for his second try of the Test.
The All Blacks attack looked slightly different this week as Jordie Barrett was a late omission from the squad due to a tight calf muscle, with his absence felt in midfield. Timoci Tavatavanawai had some powerful runs in his first Test start of the year but offered a different style to Barrett.
The Wallabies hit back with their second try through Tom Wright, who scored in the right wing after a great break from Jorgensen.
There were worrying signs for Shannon Frizell, as just five minutes after coming on he collapsed off the ball with what looked to be a knee injury.
Meredith almost scored a stunning try for the home side as he sliced through the All Blacks' line, but he was stopped over the line by Cam Roigard. The TMO had a look to see if Roigard kicked the ball out of the first-five's hands, but referee Pearce decided there was no kicking action from the All Blacks halfback.
The All Blacks were forced to play the last 12 minutes of the Test with 14 men as replacement hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho went off injured after they had already used all their substitutes.
After being called in as an injury replacement ahead of the Bledisloe Cup series, Crusaders winger Chay Fihaki made his All Blacks debut in the second half of the Test.
However, Fihaki was forced to spend the last five minutes of his debut off the field after he was carded for a head-on-head tackle on Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii to put the All Blacks down to 13 men.
A much-improved second-half performance from the Wallabies helped them win the second half 14-7.
That was the All Blacks' last Test match before their end-of-year Northern Tour, which kicks off against Scotland at Murrayfield on November 8.
Wallabies 21 (Jeremy Williams, Tom Wright, Filipo Daugunu tries; Ryan Lonergan 3 cons)
All Blacks 43 (Josh Moorby 2, Beauden Barrett 2, Peter Lakai, Rieko Ioane, Wallace Sititi tries; Damian McKenzie 4 cons)
Halftime: 7-36
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