Overview
- Australia took the two-match series 4-1 on aggregate after a 1-0 win in Canberra and a 3-1 victory in Auckland.
- Mohamed Toure, 21, scored twice and had a potential hat-trick overturned by VAR for offside.
- Teenager Nestory Irankunda scored a solo goal and later struck the crossbar with a long-range free kick.
- New Zealand captain Chris Wood pulled a goal back, ending a 15-year scoring drought against the Socceroos.
- Australia fielded a youthful XI with 21-year-old Alessandro Circati as captain, and the team now looks to October friendlies against Canada and the United States.