New Zealand All Blacks, Aussie Wallabies Face Off on ESPN2

By Michael Malone
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Two of the elite rugby teams in the world face off on ESPN2 Oct. 22, when the World Cup champ New Zealand All Blacks stare down the Wallabies of Australia.

The match kicks off at 2:30 ET from Auckland, New Zealaand.

This will be the third match of the Bledisloe Cup, the annual competition between the Australian and New Zealand teams. The first two matches, held in August, were won by New Zealand by scores of 42-8 and 29-9.

WorldRugby.org ranks New Zealand No. 1 in the world and Australia No. 3, with the U.S. at No. 17.

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Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.