The All Blacks were at their sublime best in a 78-0 drubbing of Samoa that will have the Lions hoping the losers had an off night. This was a game organised for New Zealand to stretch legs, test combinations and put together a few moves. Samoa are renowned for their physical defence but this demolition did little for that reputation as New Zealand blew out any cobwebs (and there were not many). Samoa missed with two long-range penalties and blew a likely try after a wonderful break by the left-wing, Tim Nanai-Williams. Perhaps more than anything else, Gatland will have learned the secret to beating New Zealand is not much of a secret.

Source: The Guardian June 16, 2017 10:04 UTC