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Ben James

The Wales v New Zealand fans' player ratings as three stand out and hookers blamed for lineout woes

Taine Basham was described by Wayne Pivac as Wales' man of the match on Saturday night and that was certainly a view shared by supporters too.

According to our own set of fan ratings, decided by you, the Dragons flanker was the man who came out of the 54-16 defeat to the All Blacks with the most credit - claiming an average rating of 7.15 out of 10.

More than 2,000 readers gave their marks in the aftermath of defeat to New Zealand, with Aaron Wainwright and Rhys Priestland the only other Welsh players to get above a 6.

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Unsurprisingly, given the scoreline, only four more in red jerseys were handed above a five - with Johnny McNicholl, Josh Adams, Tomos Williams and Ross Moriarty all averaging above the halfway mark.

As for the lowest performers, the lineout woes were seemingly placed at the hands of the hookers, with Ryan Elias and Kirby Myhill scoring 3.04 and 3.95 respectively.

Three other players were marked below a four, Rhys Carre, Dillon Lewis and Ben Thomas, although all were replacements who came off the bench when the match got away from Wales.

Wales' fan ratings

15. Johnny McNicholl - 5.56

14. Owen Lane - 4.46

13. Jonathan Davies - 4.29

12. Johnny Williams - 4.71

11. Josh Adams - 5.18

10. Gareth Anscombe - 4.11

9. Tomos Williams - 5.09

1. Wyn Jones - 4.96

2. Ryan Elias - 3.04

3. Tomas Francis - 4.82

4. Adam Beard - 4.70

5. Alun Wyn Jones (c) - 4.63

6. Ross Moriarty - 5.63

7. Taine Basham - 7.15

8. Aaron Wainwright - 6.60

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Replacements

16. Kirby Myhill - 3.95

17. Rhys Carre - 3.78

18. Dillon Lewis - 3.66

19. Will Rowlands - 4.50

20. Seb Davies - 4.05

21. Gareth Davies - 4.25

22. Rhys Priestland - 6.01

23. Ben Thomas - 3.65

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