One part of the New Zealand media has claimed a "rubbish" Wales were "not even trying particularly hard" against the All Blacks by the end of Saturday's drubbing.
Wayne Pivac's men opened their autumn campaign with a heavy 54-16 defeat against a world-class visiting team who ran in seven tries at the Principality Stadium in front of its first sell-out crowd in 20 months.
A depleted Wales side remained in the game well into the second half despite their misfiring lineout letting them down, while the All Blacks racked up an 18-6 half time lead through tries from Beauden Barrett and TJ Perenara.
Despite Wales centre Johnny Williams touching down in the second half to cut the deficit to 28-16, it sparked New Zealand into life with three tries in seven minutes and Wales simply collapsed in the final quarter.
Sections of the UK media have dubbed the scoreline "humiliating" and compared Wales to lambs being sent to the slaughterhouse - you can read the full media reaction round-up here - but New Zealand have gone one step further.
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New Zealand Herald journalist Chris Rattue said of Pivac's men: "Wales, by the end, were rubbish and not even trying particularly hard. The Sevu Reece try contained tremendous All Blacks skill, but there was little desperation in the Welsh cover defence."
He expressed "derision" in general at northern hemisphere teams' "ability to dominate the direction of the game", adding: "They have all the advantages but do very little with them on the field."
Confessing a sense of "boredom" around parts of the fixture, he said: "Even when the score was relatively close, you knew with absolute certainty what would happen in the final quarter at Cardiff.
"Any chance of below-strength Wales keeping the margin of defeat down disappeared up the tunnel with their injured captain Alun Wyn Jones."
But there was an impressed word of praise for the Principality Stadium full house: "Wouldn't mind some of that in this part of the world."
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His colleague at the Auckland-based daily newspaper, Gregor Paul, said pre-match fears over Wales' vulnerability proved to be entirely founded as Pivac's team were "reduced to a sorry rabble, unsure where to go or what to do by the last 20 minutes".
"Wales could have had every player in the land available, even played with a few extra and they most likely still would have withered and then sunk without a trace against an All Blacks team that produced a patient, disciplined and impressively controlled effort," he said.
"The Welsh will have sat in their changing room after this one and known they were blown off the park by a team that was light years ahead in speed of thought and movement."
Marc Hinton of New Zealand outlet Stuff wrote : "Wayne Pivac’s home outfit gave a pretty decent account of themselves, a misfiring lineout apart, and were well in the contest through the first 40 minutes as they conceded the only two tries of the spell, but more than held their own in the ebb and flow of the contest to trail 18-6 at the break.
"The home hopes were not helped by the early departure of talismanic skipper Alun Wyn Jones (in his record-breaking 149th Test for his country) to a shoulder injury, nor the early intercept dished up by Kiwi fly-half Anscombe. But they regrouped well, got the rub of the green with the yellow card to All Blacks prop Nepo Laulala late in the first spell, and stayed in the contest – at least until the second spell.
"From there it was pretty much all the All Blacks as the visitors shifted up a gear and showed just why they’ve won 11 of their 12 tests in 2021. Some of the skillwork from Foster’s men over the second 40 was of the very highest quality."
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