The All Blacks winning run at the fortress of Eden Park continues as the Wallabies went down 7-27 to New Zealand in Auckland to give the All Blacks a 1-nil lead in the 2020 Bledisloe Cup Series.
A stellar year for the Springboks was triumphantly crowned a day after the RWC Final when the team collected the three top awards in the World Rugby Awards at a glittering event in Tokyo.
Burying the ghosts of recent Tests past, the All Blacks sealed a Rugby World Cup semi-final place by handing Ireland a 46-14 quarter-final defeat in Tokyo.