The first clash in Rugby Union between Australia and New Zealand took place in a test match on 15 August 1903 in Sydney, New South Wales.

The Australian Rugby Union retroactively awarded test status caps to its own players for those matches.

[3] In 2000 in Sydney, a record crowd of 109,874 witnessed what some have called 'The Greatest Ever Rugby Match' when the All Blacks defeated The Wallabies 39–35.

Another one of the most dramatic matches was played on 1 September 2001 at Stadium Australia, in what would be Wallaby great John Eales' last ever test.

However, tries for Doug Howlett and Pita Alatini, along with Andrew Mehrtens kicking, saw the All Blacks back in front 26–22.

In the Sydney test on 11 September, converted tries by Richie McCaw and Kieran Read in the last 13 minutes allowed the All Blacks to overcome a 9–22 deficit.

On 30 October 2010 the sides contested the now-customary fourth annual Bledisloe Cup test at a neutral venue.

The Wallabies recycled through numerous phases of possession, until finally the ball was passed wide to James O'Connor, who beat the scrambling All Black defence to touch down and level the scores.

The 20-year-old winger then kicked the resulting conversion to win the match for the Wallabies, ending New Zealand's recent domination of the fixture.

[7][8][9] Following news of New Zealand's 2026 tour of South Africa,[10][11] it was revealed that the Rugby Championship would be played biennially from 2025 onward.

Despite the Wallabies losing 22–3[13] this tour greatly increased the popularity of rugby and large crowds started attending grade matches in Sydney and Brisbane.

From 1920 to 1928, twenty-four matches took place.Australia was represented by New South Wales as the Queensland union suspended rugby post-war.

The sports authorities in Australia decided it was unpatriotic to play rugby while thousands of young Australian men were being sent overseas to fight.

The results were eighteen victories against six for the All Blacks with sixteen games taking place in Sydney, New South Wales (most of them at the Royal Agricultural Society Ground) and the rest in New Zealand.