WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia may have its best chance in more than two decades to recover the Bledisloe Cup from New Zealand when the teams meet Saturday at Auckland’s Eden Park in the first of two tests.

While Australia hasn’t beaten the All Blacks at the Auckland stadium since 1986, the Wallabies are a team on the rise under new head coach Joe Schmidt.

Australia will have to win Saturday’s match and the return match at Perth, Western Australia, next week to win the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in 23 years. Two wins also would likely be enough to also see the Wallabies win the Rugby Championship for the first time since 2015.

Australia leads the tournament after four rounds with 11 points, ahead of New Zealand and South Africa with 10 and Argentina with nine.

“I think

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