The match doubles as the second test in the Bledisloe Cup series with Australia needing to snap their 35-year victory drought against the All Blacks at Eden Park to keep alive their hopes of winning the symbol of trans-Tasman Sea supremacy.... " We're all excited to be returning to Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup test," All Blacks coach Foster said in a statement.... " We know that Australia will be disappointed with( last week's) result and will lift....

Yokohama F Marinos' Daizen Maeda( C) celebrates his first goal during a J-League match against Oita Trinita on Aug.... F Marinos also saw manager Ange Postecoglou leave for the Scottish giants in June but their fluid attacks remain a huge threat under his successor and fellow Australian Kevin Muscat, with 12 goals scored on his watch as they close in on runaway leaders Kawasaki Frontale.... " I think in the first half we were a little bit frustrated with ourselves in the way we were using the

Open this photo in gallery Canada defender Alphonso Davies, left, and United States' Miles Robinson battle for the ball during the first half of a World Cup soccer qualifier on Sept.... He had shared the previous Canadian men’s record with Martin Nash( 2000). Davies was also hurt with Canada in July, suffering a torn ligament in his ankle in training prior to the Gold Cup.... At the time, Herdman said Davies turned his ankle after riding a tackle in a small-sided game. Davies returned to full

Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu, left, vies for the ball with West Ham's Manuel Lanzini during an English Premier League game on Dec.... The Samurai Blue's World Cup history began 23 years ago in Toulouse, France, where the all-round center-back Ihara led his team out against one of the tournament's favorites in Argentina.... While he had already faced their prolific marksman Gabriel Batistuta in international matches in 1992 and 1995, Ihara and his teammates were venturing into the unknown of pla