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Nations Championship - Wales 35-28 New Zealand: Hosts display immense defence to pull off first win vs All Blacks since 1953
Tomos Williams, Dewi Lake, Archie Griffin, Eddie James, Louis Rees-Zammit score tries as Wales stun New Zealand with first win over All Blacks since 1953 in Saturday's Nations Championship; All Blacks narrowed to within seven in second half, but wave after wave of attack repelled by hosts
Saturday 14 November 2026 16:10, UK
Wales pulled off one of rugby's biggest shocks of recent times as immense defence saw them to a 35-28 Nations Championship victory over New Zealand - a first vs the All Blacks since 1953.
Wales' victory was built on the foundation of some of their best 40 minutes of rugby for some time in the first half, leading 14-0 and 21-7 after tries from scrum-half Tomos Williams, hooker Dewi Lake and tighthead Archie Griffin.
A decision to keep playing deep in the first half instead of kicking out proved costly, though, allowing New Zealand to level the contest by the break via tries from scrum-half Cortez Ratima, No 8 Wallace Sititi and wing Fehi Fineanganofo - the last score coming three minutes into dead time at the end of the first half.
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Yet, Wales emerged and flew into a big lead again at the start of the second half, scoring converted tries through centre Eddie James and wing Louis Rees-Zammit for a 35-21 advantage.
Peter Lakai quickly narrowed the deficit to seven with an All Blacks try, and the remainder of the contest was played out almost exclusively inside the Wales 22, only for the home side to repel wave after wave of attack, holding New Zealand up three times in-goal.
What's next?
For Wales, they next face Australia in their third Nations Championship Test of the autumn at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, November 21 (8.10pm kick-off).
New Zealand travel to face England at Allianz Stadium Twickenham for their next Test, also on Saturday, November 21 (2.10pm kick-off).
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