The All Blacks may have missed the opportunity to make the record books again in terms of reaching the elusive 18 consecutive wins - but what are the odds of their winning streak coming to an end at the hands of the Wallabies at the 18th hurdle not once but twice?
That deserves to be put in the record books.
The Wallabies seem to replace liniment with kryptonite when they play the super men in black, and it does the trick.
They snatched victory from the All Blacks in Hong Kong in 2010 which provided the opening scenes for the made-for-TV movie The Kick, symbolising the start of Stephen Donald's transformation from national pariah to saviour.
It was actually quite an amusing movie and the best part was trying to guess which of the players and coaching staff the actors were trying to portray!
Fast-forward to Brisbane in 2012 (and no longer a part of the movie) and the Wallabies once again rain on our parade, preventing Richie McCaw and his team from achieving what their predecessors did in the 1960s and matching what the Springboks did in the 1990s.
That elusive 18 straight wins was stopped in its tracks with an 18-18 draw.
With that hollow-feeling outcome, the men in green and gold managed to reset the tally of wins on the trot to zero.
Transport yourself to Saturday night in rain-soaked Sydney, and the Aussies do it again.
The Wallabies know how to keep their colonial cousins from getting too big for their rugby boots and once again they dampened any smugness we may have felt.
That 12-12 draw not only broke the All Blacks' winning streak, but also broke their three-year losing streak against the men in black, giving them some much-needed self-confidence (and we all know what happens to an Aussie sports team full of self-belief) and injured a few of our key players in the process.
Hopefully, those who are fit and able are ready to resurrect the mana of New Zealand rugby in front of a home audience at Eden Park.
They need to not only win, but to win in dominating style to stop any suggestions that New Zealand rugby is going through a bit of a crisis.
Yes, a crisis - a crisis of confidence.
The next generation of All Blacks failed to win the IRB Junior World Championship despite having the home advantage, for the first time the men's sevens team didn't win gold at the Commonwealth Games, the Crusaders lost the Super Rugby final by the narrowest of margins to the Waratahs, and the Black Ferns were humiliated at the Women's Rugby World Cup by Ireland which brought their World Cup winning streak to an unceremonious end.
Now what are the odds of these collective losses happening by fluke?
Do these losses indicate a more systemic failure in New Zealand rugby structures and programmes?
Maybe they do, and although we are doing well financially, we are not so healthy when it comes to on-field performances when it matters.
Yes, we want to be in the record books, but for the right reasons. If we lose to the Wallabies at a venue the Australians haven't tasted victory at since 1986, then we really are in dire straits.
Even if the All Blacks come away with a victory at Eden Park, we'll need to reflect on what has gone wrong this year, and not only focus on record books and bottom lines, but also coaching manuals, development programmes, and team tactics.
What is going on within New Zealand rugby that has brought out these losses?
How can we get more of our teams over the try-line on successive occasions when it matters? How can we resurrect New Zealand's status as a dominant force in world rugby?
These questions and more will be hovering over Eden Park, and I'd like them answered, just as much as I'd like to see the Wallabies' self-confidence brought down a peg or two.
