Wales beat the All Blacks for the first time since 1953 in nail-biting thriller




The match ignited within 80 seconds when Louis Rees-Zammit’s first involvement saw him chip the ball over the visiting defence, with Tomos Williams winning the foot race to touch down and Sam Costelow adding the extras.Just four minutes later, Dewi Lake powered over at close quarters to double the lead to 14-0 after another successful Costelow conversion.Cortez Ratima pulled one back for the All Blacks in the 10th minute, finishing off a move built from strong lineout ball, with Richie Mo’unga converting.Archie Griffin then barged over from a lineout on 24 minutes to re-establish a two-score cushion, before Wallace Sititi and Fehi Fineanganofo both crossed for New Zealand, Mo’unga converting each, to haul the visitors level at 21-21 by the interval.