Ruthless All Blacks destroy Wales with eight tries

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Wales thought it had its champion changeable against New Zealand successful ages.

Then referee Wayne Barnes blew for kickoff with the whistle from the archetypal matchup successful 1905 and a acquainted publication unfolded.

New Zealand won 55-23, answering each question Wales posed with relentless powerfulness and precision earlier a packed Principality Stadium.

The All Blacks notched their 33rd consecutive triumph against Wales, which past took this contention successful 1953.

The visitors flew to 17-0 aft lone 18 minutes past Wales began to marque a crippled of it.

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They closed wrong six points doubly successful the 3rd 4th lone to spot New Zealand deed backmost instantly some times done tries by halfback Aaron Smith and surge distant successful the past quarter.

Smith, Codie Taylor and Jordie Barrett scored 2 tries each among their team's 8 arsenic New Zealand posted its highest people against Wales successful Cardiff, 1 constituent much than they scored past year.

"We didn't expect that," All Blacks manager Ian Foster said.

"We came present past twelvemonth and had a spot much razzle-dazzle successful the past 20-30 minutes. This year, I conscionable loved the ratio of however we went astir it. We didn't effort and overplay our hand. They enactment a batch of unit connected america and that didn't fluster us. We stuck astatine that close-quarter battle."

The All Blacks were objective astatine the Welsh extremity and enjoyed an immense effort from No.8 Ardie Savea.

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He and Smith, who gave his champion show of the year, person said Wales' location is their favourite stadium and they were inspired.

New Zealand's fearfulness origin was doubted aft the squad squeaked past Japan past play successful Tokyo, but the squad was bolstered by the availability of the 3 Barrett brothers, caller circuit skipper Sam Whitelock and Rieko Ioane and was backmost to adjacent afloat strength.

They started impressively successful Cardiff.

Taylor's 2 opening tries came arsenic the battalion hammered the Welsh try-line.

The All Blacks led 17-0 erstwhile Wales executed a planned determination disconnected lineout shot for winger Rio Dyer to people connected debut.

Dyer was past brought to world erstwhile Jordie Barrett, 10cm taller than Dyer, leaped higher than the Welshman to drawback Richie Mo'unga's crossfield footwear and interaction down.

A 3rd successive goalkick by Wales' Gareth Anscombe — astatine fullback aft the precocious wounded withdrawal of Leigh Halfpenny — had them trailing 22-13 astatine the interruption and somewhat relieved.

Another Anscombe punishment footwear closed the spread to 22-16 but Smith conjured a effort from the backmost of a ruck erstwhile helium darted betwixt 2 Wales forwards and stepped Louis Rees-Zammit to glide implicit the line.

Wales was speedy to reply erstwhile a Tomos Williams spot was dropped by some leaping five-eighths and caller skipper Justin Tipuric gathered and scored beside the posts.

Wales was backmost wrong six again and New Zealand struck rapidly again.

Savea sold Wales prop Nicky Smith a immense dummy and burst to the enactment wherever helium offloaded for Smith to people his 2nd try.

"I'm conscionable trying to person fun," Savea said.

"My occupation is to enactment a grin connected people's faces and that's my mindset."

Given a harmless borderline again connected the scoreboard, the New Zealand forwards outmuscled Wales to acceptable up precocious tries for Savea, Jordie Barrett and replacement hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho.

In between, Anscombe charged down other Beauden Barrett and was haring to the near corner.

But Mo'unga dragged him down from down and into interaction to forestall the try.

Anscombe slapped the tract successful frustration. It was a acquainted feeling for Wales.

"You springiness them a sniff and they instrumentality each the points," Tipuric said.

New Zealand 55 (Codie Taylor 2, Aaron Smith 2, Jordie Barrett 2, Ardie Savea, Samisoni Tau'keiaho tries; Richie Mo'unga 4 conversions, penalty, Beauden Barrett 2 conversions) Wales 23 (Rio Dyer, Justin Tipuric tries; Gareth Anscombe 2 conversions, 3 penalties). HT: 22-13

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