25 Jun, 2017 9:52am
By: Chris Rattue
Ben Smith 6 Heavily involved in his short stint but major problems under the high ball - three spills.
Israel Dagg 9
Seems
built for tests. You name it, he did it. Started by twisting Daly out
of a try, and set up two of the All Black tries. Fabulous, especially in
the first half.
Ryan Crotty 7
Half an hour of strong running before a hamstring injury struck.
Sonny Bill Williams 8
Monster game as a battering ram. Only real blot was a loose moment which led to Lions counter-attack.
Rieko Ioane 8
Didn't
do a lot, but nailed tries and that's his job. The second try revealed
him as the ace of pace. Early steps on a long career.
Beauden Barrett 8
Shock,
horror...magnificent goal kicking. Early switch to fullback. Plenty of
good stuff, including under high balls and wonder recovery pick-up, but
without the famed attack magic.
Aaron Smith 8
It's
the little things that count, like the shimmy to help create first
Ioane try. Vital ankle tap to prevent early Murray try chance.
Constantly involved.
Kieran Read 9
Amazing
performance after two month absence. Endless charges, great scrum scoop
to create a try, soaring kickoff reception. Smashing tackle on Farrell.
Staggering. My man of the match.
Sam Cane 8
A
tradesman by All Black openside standards, but strong and huge work
appetite. Ripped ball of Kruis. A bit static so prone to getting shoved
backwards. Lots of passes.
Jerome Kaino 8
Making his considerable presence felt before departing early for a head assessment.
Sam Whitelock 8
Not a classic Whitelock performance in the air, but good enough, and strong toiler on the ground.
Brodie Retallick 9
Knocked
the Lions back with series of short runs, great covering tackle on
flying Watson...where would the All Blacks be without the great man?
Owen Franks 7
Stolid. Solid. Stoic.
Codie Taylor 6
Fine low catch to score, a couple of good runs, but the lineout throwing unravelled, big tackle miss on Davies.
Joe Moody 8
One memorable charge, and plenty of work. Turning into an outstanding test prop.
Reserves:
Nathan Harris (Taylor, 67m) 5
A lineout lost. Not much around the field.
Wyatt Crockett (Moody, 54m) 7
Big first scrum the highlight. Still a bit of a penalty magnet.
Charlie Faumuina (Franks, 54m) 7
Big initial scrum led to a try, and a couple of bruising runs in the tight.
Scott Barrett (Read, 77m) 4
Just enough time to let Webb in for a try. Tough gig.
Ardie Savea (Kaino, 46m) 7
Usual bundle of energy - the perfect second half replacement loosie.
TJ Perenara (A. Smith, 57m) 7
Bomb led to try, fine defensive steal. Couldn't get running though.
Aaron Cruden (B. Smith, 27m) 8
Fabulous
physical game from the little bloke. Even tangled with the mighty
Sinckler. Let Williams free though, allowing great Lions try to unfold.
Anton Lienert-Brown (Crotty, 32m) 7
Not convincing as a commanding centre but he was willing and made some runs.
