Black cloud over NZ win

Published: Saturday, 24. November, 2012 in category New Zealand

New Zealand retained their remarkable decade-long victory run on year-end tour, when they demolished Wales 33-10 in Cardiff on Saturday.

It has not just been 10 years since the All Blacks lost a match on a year-end tour - when England beat them in November 2002 - but it was their 28th consecutive victory on these November visits to the Northern hemisphere..

However, a wonderful victory was soured by the disgusting behaviour of All Black hooker Andrew Hore, who displayed the worst kind of thuggish behaviour with a cheap shot on Welsh lock Bradley Davies - which resulted in the No.4 having to leave the field after being knocked out cold with a punch from behind.

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The scorers:

For Wales:
Tries:
Williams, Cuthbert

For New Zealand:
Tries:
Messam, Woodcock, Romano
Cons: Cruden 3
Pens: Cruden 4

Yellow card: Cory Jane (New Zealand, 60 - professional foul, slapping the ball away)

Teams:

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Ryan Jones, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Gethin Jenkins, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Aaron Shingler, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 James Hook, 23  Scott Williams.

All Blacks: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Liam Messam, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 8. Charlie Faumuina, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20 Victor Vito, 21 Piri Weepu, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Ben Smith.

Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces, Greg Garner (England)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)