Ngani Laumape – 8 Everything he did, he did with intent. Set the tone on attack, got his reward in the form of the opening try and was faultless on defence.
Jordie Barrett – 2 Did little to write home about. Gave away a penalty in the opening minutes of the game and never found his footing. Not a test winger.
Beauden Barrett – 8 Solid off the tee, organised the attack nicely and even won a lineout. Broke the line a few times but made a couple of average passes trying to put teammates away. Made a try saving tackle late.
Beauden Barrett cut through the Argentinean defence a number of times. Photo / Getty Images
Aaron Smith – 5 Not a memorable outing for the halfback, who didn't find the opportunities to have much of an influence on the match.
Ardie Savea – 7 Continues to impress on both ends; strong work cleaning out the ruck and beat his share of defenders.
Sam Cane – 8 Heavily involved in the early attack and strong on defence. A couple of missed tackles and a knock on take away from an otherwise impressive performance.
Vaea Fifita – 5 Strong at the set piece and around the breakdown, but struggled to get involved in open play.
Patrick Tuipulotu – 4 Wasn't targeted in the lineout and struggled to get involved outside of the breakdown.
Brodie Retallick – 8 Has he ever had a bad test? He'll remember his intercept try in the first half for a long time.
Brodie Retallick had another strong performance in the black jersey. Photo / Getty Images
Angus Ta'avao – 6 Made his tackles and fronted a strong All Blacks scrum.
Dane Coles – 6 Good at the set piece and tried to get involved on attack with a few carries. Still shaking off the rust.
