The All Blacks produced a masterclass of attacking rugby last night as they demolished Wales 46-6 in the third and final test last night.
The world champions outscored their visitors by six tries to zero with Beauden Barrett leading the way with a superb all round display, finishing with a 26 point haul through two tries, five conversions and two penalties.
The scorers:
For New Zealand:
Tries: Barrett 2, B Smith, Moala, Coles, Dagg
Cons: Barrett 5
Pens: Barrett 2
Yellow Card: Cane
For Wales:
Pens: Biggar 2
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 George Moala, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Elliot Dixon, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Joe Moody
Replacements: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 19 Luke Romano, 20 Liam Squire, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Lima Sopoaga, 23 Waisake Naholo
Wales: 15 Rhys Patchell, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Ross Moriarty, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Aaron Jarvis, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams
In other test matches, England completed an outstanding 3‑0 series in Australia after winning 44‑40 in Sydney.
Taqele Naiyaravoro scored a late try for the Wallabies but it was not enough to help his team.
The scorers:
For Australia:
Tries: Foley, Haylett-Petty, Hooper, Folau, Naiyaravoro
Cons: Foley 3
Pens: Foley 3
For England:
Tries: Cole, Brown, B Vunipola, George
Cons: Farrell 3
Pens: Farrell 6
Australia: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Dane Haylett-Petty, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Toomua, 11 Rob Horne, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Sean McMahon, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Will Skelton, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Stephen Moore (c), 1 James Slipper
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Greg Holmes, 19 Adam Coleman, 20 Wycliff Palu, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Christian Leali’ifano, 23 Taqele Naiyaravoro
England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Teimana Harrison, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Kruis, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Courtney Lawes, 21 Jack Clifford, 22 Danny Care, 23 Elliot Daly
Meanwhile, two second half penalties from the Springboks saw them beat Ireland 19‑13 to clinch the three‑match Test series in Port Elizabeth this morning.
Source: stuff.co.nz and Planetrugby
