Aaron Smith was the highest rated All Black in their 46-14 quarter-final win over Ireland according to the Herald's interactive tool My All Blacks Ratings.
The All Black No 9, who was given a perfect 10 by the Herald's rugby expert, also topped the audience ratings with anaverage score of 8.94 for his two-try performance in Tokyo.
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.