Lethal All Blacks carve up Cheika's Pumas

Pumas hooker Agustin Creevy scores a fashionable consolation effort but it is the All Blacks' time arsenic they footwear disconnected the Rugby Championship with a crushing 41-12 win.

That sets up a mouthwatering clash with the Springboks in Auckland connected Saturday aft the satellite champions outclassed the Wallabies earlier.

New Zealand 41 (Dane Coles, Ardie Savea, Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Emoni Narawa tries; Damian McKenzie 3 conversions) Argentina 12 (Lucio Sordoni, Agustin Creevy tries; Emiliano Boffelli conversion). HT: 31-0

That's the icing connected the barroom for the All Blacks, arsenic winger Emoni Narawa scores his archetypal Test effort connected debut successful the close corner.

"He is specified a beautifully balanced player. He tin bash things successful tight spaces that different humans can't do," Tony Johnson says connected Stan.

New Zealand pb 41-5 aft 77 minutes.

Now it's Beauden Barrett crook to score, this clip from a set-piece onslaught arsenic Damian McKenzie loops astir to enactment the Pumas defence connected its heels.

"Silky smooth," Tony Johnson says connected Stan.

The All Blacks pb 36-5 aft 57 minutes.

That's much similar it from the Pumas, who yet get connected the scoreboard aft 52 minutes.

Prop Lucio Sordoni barrels implicit from adjacent scope and the All Blacks pb is chopped to 31-5.

The 1 mode postulation continues arsenic All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith snipes implicit to people and Pumas No.8 Rodrigo Bruni is yellowish carded by referee Angus Gardner.

"Absolutely ruthless," Karl Te Nana says connected Stan.

New Zealand pb 31-0 astatine halftime.

The carnage continues successful Mendoza arsenic Rieko Ioane uses beauteous footwork and assemblage power to compression done a spread and people the 4th All Blacks effort of the archetypal half.

The visitors pb 24-0 aft 29 minutes.

"Absolutely sublime truthful far," Justin Marshall says connected Stan.

Wow, that is electrical from the All Blacks arsenic Beauden and Jordie Barrett harvester for a agelong scope effort down the near edge.

Jordie is the 1 to drawback 5 points and what a connection this is from Ian Foster's men successful their Rugby Championship opener.

New Zealand pb 17-0 aft 12 minutes.

The All Blacks person made a reddish blistery commencement successful Mendoza arsenic Ardie Savea barges implicit for their 2nd aboriginal try.

The visitors are playing astatine precocious gait and person caught the Pumas napping arsenic the assemblage falls silent.

New Zealand pb 10-0 aft 9 minutes.

"All Black forwards making a statement," Karl Te Nana says connected Stan.