BRISBANE, Australia: Malakai Fekitoa crossed three seconds from full time and Colin Slade converted to give the New Zealand All Blacks a 29-28 win in the last Bledisloe Cup test of the series on Saturday, inflicting more pain on the embattled Wallabies.

New Zealand had already retained the Bledisloe Cup with a thumping 51-20 win in Auckland following the 12-12 draw in Sydney at the start of the Rugby Championship, but was behind for most of the match in Brisbane and were on the cusp of losing back-to-back tests for the first time in three years.

The Wallabies were coming off back-to-back losses in South Africa and Argentina and with speculation mounting about Ewen McKenzie’s coaching future amid an investigation into more off-field disciplinary dramas for the suspended Kurtley Beale.