Aussies losing battle

AUSTRALIA’S Super Rugby strugglers face a second straight humiliating season whitewash at the hands of their New Zealand rivals.

NSW’s 24-21 loss to the Blues in Sydney and the Rebels’ 55-10 capitulation against the Crusaders in Melbourne extended Australia’s near-two-year drought in trans-Tasman games to 38.

The Waratahs, Rebels, Brumbies and Queensland are now a collective none from six against Kiwi outfits this year.