sport news Wales bid to end 69-year All Black hoodoo against New Zealand trends now
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Referee Wayne Barnes will blow his whistle, for the 100th time in Test rugby, and the clocks in Cardiff will begin to turn.
Back through all the years of hurt, and towards a future unwritten. Wales against New Zealand.
The threads woven into this clash stretch back to 1905, when Wales first beat the All Blacks. The whistle from that day will be used to help Barnes mark his own milestone.
Wales are preparing to face New Zealand in the first of four autumn internationals on Saturday
Wayne Pivac's side haven't beaten the All Blacks in 32 meetings and since 1953
They pass through 1953, when Wales last beat New Zealand — 32 meetings ago. Through 1972, when prop Keith Murdoch entered Kiwi folklore following a punch-up in a Cardiff hotel. Wales will certainly be hoping for something different to last year when New Zealand ran out 54-16 winners in
