Wales 23-55 New Zealand: Rampant All Blacks outclass hosts with eight-try show

Player of the lucifer Ardie Savea scores for New Zealand contempt the tackle of Wales' Will Rowlands

New Zealand extended their winning series against Wales to 33 games with a thrilling triumph successful the Autumn Nations Series opening crippled successful Cardiff.

Ardia Savea and Samisoni Taukei'aho besides added tries.

Wales debutant Rio Dyer and skipper Justin Tipuric scored tries, portion Gareth Anscombe kicked 13 points.

New Zealand fig 8 Savea was a changeless thorn successful Wales' broadside with his almighty ball-carrying and tenacious turnover enactment successful his player-of-the-match performance.

Wales, who person inactive not beaten New Zealand since 1953, volition look Argentina, Georgia and Australia successful the remainder of the autumn campaign.

New Zealand had been deemed susceptible by immoderate aft defeats by France, Argentina, Ireland and South Africa successful the past 12 months but the All Blacks had rallied to triumph the Rugby Championship.

The All Blacks proved reports of their demise were exaggerated arsenic they scored 50 points oregon much astatine the Principality Stadium for the 2nd successive year.

Both sides were missing players; New Zealand had seen skipper Sam Cane and Dane Coles instrumentality location injured, portion fastener Brodie Retallick was suspended aft his reddish paper against Japan.

Sam Whitelock - whose gramps Nelson Dalzell played successful the 1953 New Zealand losing broadside - captained the team, portion chap fastener Sam Barrett was included alongside his brothers Jordie and Beauden astatine wrong centre and full-back respectively.

Wales were without Liam Williams, Josh Adams and Alex Cuthbert which allowed a debut for Dragons helping Dyer.

Head manager Wayne Pivac was besides forced into a precocious reshuffle with full-back Leigh Halfpenny pulling retired with a hamstring injury.

Rhys Priestland slotted successful astatine 10 for his archetypal Wales commencement successful 5 years and Anscombe switched to 15.

With regular skipper Dan Biggar injured, Tipuric led the broadside retired earlier poignant pre-match tributes to erstwhile Wales captains Eddie Butler and Phil Bennett.

English referee Wayne Barnes became lone the 2nd rugby national referee to power 100 Test matches and started the crippled by blowing the whistle utilized successful the 1905 crippled played betwixt Wales and New Zealand.

It was Mo'unga who opened the scoring earlier Dyer got himself into the crippled with a dense deed connected Sevu Reece.

After Savea had turned implicit possession, flanker Dalton Papali'i burst done the Wales defence to acceptable up a determination that lasted 11 phases earlier hooker Taylor burrowed implicit and Mo'unga converted.

The aforesaid operation struck soon afterwards arsenic Taylor scored his 2nd effort aft almighty build-up enactment from Savea.

Winger Rio Dyer breaks done to people a effort connected his Wales debut

Dyer enjoyed a Wales imagination debut with a effort from a well-worked lineout determination which saw the helping instrumentality a well-timed walk from centre Nick Tompkins, with Anscombe converting.

Tompkins and chap centre George North were heavy progressive successful carrying shot successful the archetypal fractional and helped acceptable up the level for an Anscombe punishment to trim the shortage to 7 points.

New Zealand struck backmost quickly, though, arsenic Jordie Barrett towered implicit Dyer to cod a hanging Mo'unga footwear and dropped implicit the enactment for the All Blacks' 3rd try.

Hooker Ken Owens, 35, was playing his archetypal Wales planetary aft recovering from a semipermanent backmost wounded and proved a pivotal fig successful the hosts' carrying effort.

Another galloping Owens tally acceptable up Anscombe's 2nd punishment conscionable earlier half-time arsenic Wales trailed 22-13 astatine the break.

Wales brought connected satellite grounds headdress holder Alun Wyn Jones and Dillon Lewis for Adam Beard and Tomas Francis astatine the commencement of the 2nd half.

A Tomos Williams hack done acceptable up an attacking level for Wales aft Taulupe Faletau had hunted down Beauden Barrett.

Wales were initially repelled earlier Anscombe slotted implicit his 3rd punishment to bring the location broadside wrong a score.

New Zealand again eased distant with a superb idiosyncratic effort from scrum-half Smith, who was celebrating becoming the All Blacks' astir capped back.

Wales rallied with a Tomos Williams spot footwear that resulted successful a effort for skipper Tipuric aft Priestland had situation for the precocious ball.

The hosts threatened a comeback arsenic they trailed 29-23 with conscionable nether 30 minutes remaining but the people of the All Blacks told.

Once much New Zealand capitalised connected a mediocre location exit from a restart, Savea producing an outrageous dummy earlier feeding Smith for his 2nd try.

The New Zealand fig 8 had created truthful overmuch for others but gained his reward erstwhile helium crossed for the visitors' sixth try.

Anscombe astir scored Wales' 3rd effort aft charging down a Beauden Barrett footwear but was denied by a superb Mo'unga covering tackle.

Wales handed a debut to replacement fly-half Sam Costelow who witnessed a New Zealand masterclass connected his accomplishment to planetary rugby.

Jordie Barrett popped up for his 2nd people earlier replacement hooker Taukei'aho crossed arsenic the visitors dominated the last quarter.

Beauden Barrett's conversion proved the last people arsenic Wales' losing series against the All Blacks continues.

Wales: Anscombe; Rees-Zammit, North, Tompkins, Dyer; Priestland, T Williams; Thomas, Owens, Francis, Rowlands, Beard, Tipuric, Reffell, Faletau.

Replacements: Elias, Smith, Lewis, Alun Wyn Jones, Tshiunza, Hardy, Costelow, Watkin.

New Zealand: B Barrett; Reece, R Ioane, J Barrett, Clarke; Mo'unga, Smith; De Groot, Taylor, Lomax, Whitelock (capt), S Barrett, Frizell, Papali'i, Savea.

Replacements: Taukei'aho, Tu'ungafasi, Newell, Vaa'i, A Ioane, Weber, Havili, Lienert-Brown.

Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (RFU) & Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)