So Ben Smith is a relic....

....and SBW is finished. These great players are written off to o soon by morons, you know who I mean

As it turned out Wales provided token opposition. They were there for the taking and the score should have been much higher, except for a few silly lineout overthrows by the ABs deep in the Wallies 22.

We also saw just how much power is needed to run through Dan Biggar. This time Moanga did it, and in this case Biggar actually tried to make the tackle.

The only time NZ went off the boil was when all 3 of the bird men in the Barrett aviary were on the park, and Jordie in particular wasted the ball.

Nice to see some running rugby.....not much else to learn from this game.

I'm not a Sonny fan, he has had very few adequate tests the past few years, but he does have experience and skill. Quick decision making also helps, as in that strong counter-ruck leading to a try. Ben has long been a quality player. He carved us up last year. An under-utilised player. Hansen is a very poor selector and tactician. 

The Welsh defence was putrid though. An absolute sieve, which was very disappointing. I wasn't very impressed by either team though. Too many unforced errors and sloppy play. New Zealand's shocking fundamentals clearly the reason why the world has caught up to them, why England smashed them.

The Welsh retained one backline player from their "A" team and I am not surprised their  backline was not up to standard,   It is always surprising that the Bronze play-off game is used to say goodbye to the aged and include players with very little international experience, It is in fact always a game of no real significance so I wonder why so much credit is given to players play in that game.  

The game in 2015 was a typical example of what I wrote and the fact is the win against the Argentina "B" team  was on the same level as the game played today,        

The Wallies were waaay better Mikey. Bottom line... dont stray from your roots or your guaranteed to have your ass kicked. That means dont be tryin to run the ball on us!