The All Blacks ripped apart the Wallabies 49-28 to take control of this year's Tri-Nations series at Docklands stadium in Melbourne, yesterday.

Ruthless New Zealand won their 12th consecutive Test and their eighth in a row over the Wallabies to lead the southern hemisphere championship by 11 points over Australia with South Africa yet to register a point.

The All Blacks scored seven tries to three and were far too strong for the Wallabies, who played the last 37 minutes without winger Drew Mitchell, who was red-carded by South African referee Craig Joubert.

The Wallabies will now be battling to prevent the All Blacks next weekend in Christchurch from stretching their winning sequence over them to nine Tests, their worst losing run in the last 63 years.

Fullback Mils Muliaina scored two tries in his 86th international and fly-half Dan Carter claimed 19 points from a try, four conversions and two penalties for New Zealand.

While the All Blacks were again dynamic following their two home Test wins over South Africa, they were helped along by a flood of Wallaby errors and had the game shot to bits with a 32-14 half-time lead.

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