was there a ridiculous margin of victory, it was done with a lot of back ups starting for the All Blacks. I’m not even sure some of them can be called back ups as many of them are not the normal 23 man team. Yes, there were still a number of their normal 23 man squad still playing but just not the same. Score would have been more lopsided if some of the missing players were there.

The All Blacks sent 11 players on to the UK yesterday to start acclimating to the time change. This Northern hemisphere tour is going to try the depth of NZ rugby.