All Blacks first five Richie Mo'unga. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Meanwhile, both the Herald experts and fans didn't rate out-of-form winger Rieko Ioane, who ended with the second lowest score by the audience and earned only a 5 by the Herald.
Thousands of readers made their ratings known on the Herald's new interactive player ratings tool, which allows users to rate every player's performance between 1 and 10 on computers, mobile phones or other devices and compare it with the expert's score along with the average score.
Top rated players according to the Herald's audience (average score):
