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All Blacks player ratings: Barrett shines, Fekitoa fades

Chris Rattue
By Chris Rattue
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18 Jun, 2016 09:49 PM4 mins to read

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Malakai Fekitoa of New Zealand has his head patched up during the International Test match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Wales. Photo / Getty Images.

Malakai Fekitoa of New Zealand has his head patched up during the International Test match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Wales. Photo / Getty Images.

Chris Rattue runs the rule over the standout players in the All Blacks' 36-22 win over Wales in Wellington last night.

New Zealand

Israel Dagg 7
Really strong start on his return although he drifted out of the game in the second half.

Ben Smith 7
Made the most of limited chances.
Has a much bigger impact from fullback.

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Malakai Fekitoa 5
Injured, then hooked at halftime. Struggling to command the position. A stupid obstruction penalty.

Ryan Crotty 5
Efficient tackler but again looked short of test class. Weird cross kick, couldn't complete late try.

Waisake Naholo 6
Mr Jekyll and Hyde. Too many mistakes/penalties mixed with strong runs.

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Aaron Cruden 6
Badly injured in 32nd minute and hadn't stamped his mark.

Aaron Smith 8
Lots to like, great long pass for Dagg try, the odd run. Gave up late intercept when pressure was off.

Kieran Read 9
It's the scope of his game rather than any one thing that is so impressive. From lineout steal, to setting up clever scrum try. Plenty of ball running and defence.

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Sam Cane 6
Busy-ish but there isn't much to really enthuse over in what is a glamour All Black position.

Jerome Kaino 8
Went the distance again, still humming at the end and top offload for Savea's try.

Sam Whitelock 7
There or there abouts without setting the world on fire.

Brodie Retallick 7
Down on his usual extreme work rate and not the usual presence.

Owen Franks 6
Left before the All Black scrum dominance emerged. Made a few passes.

Dane Coles 8
Here, there and everywhere. Not far off perfect lineouts. Has the leadership look.

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Joe Moody 6
Enthusiastic defence - wouldn't be a surprise if Crockett got a start next time though.

Reserves

Nathan Harris (Coles 75m) -
A definite second fiddle with Coles in this form.

Wyatt Crockett (Moody, 53m) 7
In energetic mood with a couple of good runs and good attacking scrum work.

Charlie Faumuina (Franks, 46m) 7
Nothing startling around field but good scrums created two tries.

Patrick Tuipulotu (Retallick, 67m) 7
One athletic turnover the highlight.

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Ardie Savea (Cane, 57m) 7
Free the tiger. Give him a start. Great 40m try.

TJ Perenara (Smith, 64m) 7
Very smart link in Savea try.

Beauden Barrett (Cruden, 32m) 9
Got over early mistakes to inspire the surge for victory. Sparkling runs and gave width to the attack. Even a fine covering double tackle.

Seta Tamanivalu (Fekitoa, 40m) 6
Another Jekyll and Hyde. Has physical presence. Worth a start with Fekitoa not firing?

WALES

Rhys Patchell 7
Excellent and lively effort after a dash from Wales.

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Liam Williams 8
Is that huge leg bandage a fake? Great running and eye for the gap brought a top try.

Jonathan Davies 7
Plenty of good stuff, great fend on Tamanivalu for try, missed Barrett though and a wonky kick.

Jamie Roberts 5
Cracks in the wall. Big errors including Barrett tackle misses costly. Bloodied but battled to the end.

Hallam Amos 5
Tried to get involved without really succeeding.

Dan Biggar 7
Clever touches, set up Williams try. If only he had more heavy artillery to work with. Ace goal kicking.

Rhys Webb 7
Posed a bit of a threat without matching his first test effort.

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Taulupe Faletau 6
Noticeable but without making headway and blew a try chance with scores at 10-all.

Sam Warburton 7
Snatched a turnover and more like the Warburton of old after poor first test.

Ross Moriarty 7
The worker in the pack, without having a Kaino-type physical impact.

Alun Wyn Jones 6
Got a try but not a lot else and led a scratchy lineout.

Luke Charteris 4
Almost impossible to spot.

Samson Lee 5
Standard issue and scrums faded badly.

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Ken Owens 4
Lineout struggled to deliver good ball all game. Left grasping by Coles.

Gethin Jenkins 6
One smashing tackle on Coles the highlight and started to falter in scrums.

Reserves

Scott Baldwin (Owens, 61m) 4
Opened with a poor lineout throw hot on attack.

Rob Evans (Jenkins, 59m) 7
Vigorous effort.

Tomas Francis (Lee, 61m) 6
Worked well but Wales needed more impact from somewhere.

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Bradley Davies (Charteris, 61m) 4
Anonymous.

Ella Jenkins (Warburton, 75m) -
Token gesture.

Gareth Davies (Webb, 75m) -
Another token gesture.

Rhys Priestland (Biggar, 75m) -
Yet another token gesture.

Scott Williams (Roberts, 78m) -
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