The All Blacks finished their season with another late flourish to ease their burden but victory over Wales won’t be enough to drastically alter the comple

If it is easy to be negative, then it is even more difficult to be positive about a team losing for the 34th consecutive time against the same opposition.

All Blacks: 1. Tamaiti Williams, 2. Samisoni Taukei'aho, 3. Pasilio Tosi, 4. Scott Barrett, 5. Fabian Holland, 6. Simon Parker, 7. Du'Plessis Kirifi, 8. Wallace Sititi, 9. Cortez Ratima, 10. Damian McKenzie, 11. Caleb Clarke, 12. Anton Lienert-Brown, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14. Will Jordan, 15. Ruben Love

The victory doesn’t address issues exposed by England, as Wales’ defence lacked the calibre of top teams. A gold-standard scoreline from a slow but effective surgical dissection of Wales gave the All Blacks the glossy finish to their season,

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The All Blacks finished their 2025 campaign on a winning note after they claimed a 52-26 triumph over a spirited Wales side at the Principality Stadium. New Zealand made mass alterations for this encounter but they were still expected to dispatch the struggling Welsh comfortably.