All Blacks aiming for 20th straight Bledisloe Cup series win

ALL TO PLAY FOR: Rieko Ioane, Samuel Whitelock, Codie Taylor of the All Blacks perform the haka with the team ahead of the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australia Wallabies last year. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

For all the woe surrounding New Zealand’s unprecedented losses in 2022, it could take just one win over long-time foe Australia to start turning perceptions of the All Blacks around.

Everything seems to be stacked in favor of the All Blacks ahead of Thursday’s test in Melbourne, where a win would extend their trans-Tasman rugby superiority streak to 20 years and likely keep them atop the Rugby Championship standings.