New Zealand Player Ratings; Wales v New Zeland

A spirited performance from Wales to go blow-for-blow with the All Blacks but a second half surge showed New Zealand’s quality to outplay the Welshmen.

Here is how we rated the New Zealand players performance:

1 Tamaiti Williams - 9 – Some big strong carries from the prop and a try to top it off

2 Samisoni Taukei’aho – 9 – Some good lineouts and big strong carries as well.

3 Pasilio Tosi – 8 – Some good scrumming from the prop.

4 Scott Barrett - 9 – The skipper made a try saving turnover in the first half and had a good game

5 Fabian Holland – 8 – A good performance from the second rower.

6 Simon Parker – 7- A decent performance from the 25-year-old

7 Du’Plessis Kirifi – 8 – Kirifi did well having big shoes to fill.

8 Wallace Sititi – 9.5 - A good carrier of the ball, making 15 carries and making 47 metres. He was everywhere on the park. A man-of-the-match performance.

9 Cortez Ratima – 8 – The scrumhalf helped control the game well for the All Blacks.

10 Damian McKenzie – 8 – As usual, he dictated play for the All Blacks and led them in the right direction.

11 Caleb Clarke – 9 - Despite a disallowed try, Clarke still scored a brace and beat 8 defenders.  

12 Anton Lienert-Brown – 7.5 - A good performance from him in the middle of the park.

13 Rieko Ioane – 7.5 - A good performance from the centre partnership.

14 Will Jordan – A good performance from the winger who had a try disallowed.  

15 Ruben Love – A try and 4 defenders beaten by the 24-year-old fullback, a great performance.