Alun Wyn Jones injured as New Zealand thump underpowered Wales

• Wales 16-54 New Zealand
• Beauden Barrett scores on 100th Test

The last time Wales beat New Zealand was the year Everest was conquered for the first time. At no stage did it remotely look as if the hosts were about to scale their still-elusive peak beneath the bright Cardiff lights,
particularly after losing the totemic Alun Wyn Jones to a painful-looking shoulder injury inside the first quarter. The All Blacks were runaway winners by the end, despite not always being at their fluent, all-dancing best.

Instead it was an evening to remember for the reliably influential Beauden Barrett, on the occasion of his 100th Test. Two interception tries from their silver-booted No 10 neatly bookended a record loss for Wales on home soil, equalling the widest margin of victory the All Blacks have managed in Wales since this fixture was first played for in 1905. Seven tries to one, four of them coming in the last quarter, accurately reflected the difference in cutting edge between the respective teams.

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