Thank you for not posting the score in the thumbnail!! Much appreciated!

Scotland fan here, Italy needed this game. Great to see Italy spoiling,contesting and playing there game. Good job Italy!

Scrappy win, and respects to the Italians for conceding less points than the Six Nation champion. We've got a lot to reflect on before the match against Ireland.

Pretty appalling refereeing on that robbed try for Italy at the start there, and this from an NZ fan

Credit to Itally with their new coach. Congratz Abs for another win.

This is the best thing the team behind the all blacks have done in ages. Couldn't watch it last night but highlights online for me to watch (free) by the time I wake up. Brilliant stuff!

possibly the hardest watch in a long time

Italy played really good defence

Kiwi here, 2 things that pissed me off with this game, the 1st thing was the ref was shocking, dishing out 25+ penalties , never cautioned either captain on penalty count, & his rulings were debatable ,if not confusing, he can stick the whistle up his a,,ss 2nd , if this was the opportunity for any of the AB players to step up , then they didn't do themselves any favours, too much drop ball, no direction, no real plan, just run ,pass & hope, the score wasn't a true reflection on the ABs performance, but i guess we can't be perfect all day every day,

Italians actually surprised me today but one can’t help feel AB mistakes contributed also to the score line…..it could’ve blown out more but glad it didn’t …..the Azzuri’s played with a lot of heart today and did themselves proud…..some bright young talent in that team as well…..so their future looks promising 💯🔥❤️Ab will learn from their mistakes and give the French and Irish a good run for their money but it will be two very diff teams as well as games……..💯🔥

Mc Kenzie having an off game, slowed everything down at the start with multiple mistakes and getting caught by himself with the ball. Italy played well defensively but need more attacking sets and too many mistakes.

Amazing refereeing, made it exciting! When the whistle blew, I had absolutely no idea what the call was going to be. It was like watching the lotto for 80 minutes…amazing😂!

only the ABs can score 40 points, keep op try less and feel they've played terribly and get berated by their media haha

Well done ITALY for keeping the no.1 team scoreless for 27mins … Unfortunately you knew what was coming.

Wow Italy! I wasn’t expecting this but hats off to them for putting up a solid fight

AMAZING. I AGREE. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Viva l'Italia! Well done Italy from a kiwi with Italian blood. The bloods too thick as I found myself cheering for the Italian brothers even though I'm an AB supporter. Salute

The denied try for Italy was unforgivable. What The Hell

As far ahead of everyone else as the all blacks are..its good to see other countries lifting their game and watching what style they are using.

Thanks for posting.

Well done Italy! I was expecting a cricket type of score here.

The ref had a job and he failed at it miserably. Keep the defensive teams back the required distance. The Italians for most part of the game were living in his back pocket. Very hard to gain the advantage line in attack this in my opinion was a major factor how the Italians managed to keep it close.

ABz fans and the players/staff hold this team to such high standards. Most teams would be happy with a win with that score line. The accuracy of this performance is what the ABz would be disappointed about the most. Love the heart and passion the Azurri played with 👍🏽

Getting some of tbe young abs some extended game play

Fozzy making too many changes as per usual! They need to build combos and confidence for the world cup. They need tests caps to build experience for the world cup. Fozzy has used about 3 different teams and 5 different captains in the past year. Player position switches every game and he's just lucky the talent in NZ atm is exceptional.

A very poor game by the Abs by there standards but they still won by 40, shows a few players will not feature again on this tour, Ennor had a horrible game so I expect him to fly home early, Dmac wasn't much better either and just think he trys to do everything on his own too much, runs to lateral & gets caught out then is turned over in tackle, so there should be no doubt now that Jordie is our best option at fullback thought Coles was awesome though on his first start in a long time his accurate lineout throwing his running game & his core duties is still up there with the best & shows how vital he is to the Abs, expect to see our top side come next week against Ireland...

Amazing

AB struggled with aeriel attack as against SA. Italy should be pleased. We had a shocker. Kia Kaha guys.

The highlight for me was italy , what warriors, kiwi

Bit scruffy here and their for All Black's standard. DMac, among some others, showing a wee bit of International game-time lack. But a comfortable win nevertheless once they got firing on three! Good food for thought for Fossie and Co as well.

The Italians were robbed from what should have been a first try.

B squad but still elite.. Good win though hope Italy improve and become one of the power houses of world rugby in the future

Credit must be given to Italy's Kiwi coach, his defensive line was excellent, except when close to the line

DMac seemed to be running around in circles trying to find someone in a position to take his pass, maybe there were too many on there today who were looking to do it all themselves unlike last week when they played as a team.

A mistake-ridden game by the ABs. Even though this is the second-string team, there were still too many mistakes and a lot of uncertainty. I'm sure that Ireland next week will give them a really good game.

cole and christie were the only stand outs from the abs in this game

Great game by Italy thats a win for them just by the scoreline

I always love nz Commentators they just say what's happening on the pitch ! Not like the UK and Irish TV. that talk like they are on the Studio panel at half time.. thanks for your upload Ireland 🇮🇪 going to win next week 👍

A scrum Master Class and another walk on the park for the All Blacks. NZ was just toying with the Azzurri. The ABs are just a joy to watch.

#1 on trending Crazy

Got to give it up to the Italians they came to play

Been watching the ABs for many, many years. This seemed to follow the pattern: wear the bastards out for 60 mins, stick it to them for the last 20. Sure we made a lot of unforced errors, but a whole bunch of new guys got blooded and we won handsomely in the end. What's all the fuss about man?

great respect

Winners of all time all black's 💯💯💯

mckenzie tries too often to be the hero. for example at 5:00 any good fullback would’ve passed there instead of trying to step someone that deep in your own half. And he’s too small and it results in a turnover. Jordie is miles ahead now

I think a lot of people forget the ABs fielded almost an entirely new team to give the ‘seconds’ some game time…. Not a great game, yes… but imagine if the A team played. It was a good game to shake the cobwebs

WOW. SALUTE. THE. MIGHTY. ALL BLACKS. 2023 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Just spotted the Sevu Reece try at 62 mins ish should have been disallowed - the AB's 9 had his hands on the ball before Tu'ungafasi picked the ball up from in front of him! Overall performance-wise it was clumsy and sub par for NZ, 40+ still looks good on paper but was expecting more like a cricket score. Full credit to the Azzurri for a hearty performance - and robbed of a try at the beginning! Will need to improve for the Ireland match!

Tough fought win. Great effort by Italy 🤩👍

good game from the ravishing red head

Shot Quinny👊🏼 Good game bro.

Well done NZ!🙌🏼👌🏻

i think if italy can keep up that kind of speed in defence, they'll go a long way. the only thing they're lacking is their fitness. If they had fitness, easily become one of the tops. even be able to be up there with the abs

Richie Mo’unga had an incredible goal kicking night. (6/7)

Nothing will ever top JKs try against the Italians ☠ he deserves a shout out everytime they play Italy

Congratulation !!!!!

Oh well not a bad score for the ABs considering they had a bad day at the office. ABS not far from breaking another record! Tooooo much ABS!

8:48 horrible penalty, Italian player wasn’t supporting his own body weight

Wonderful 😊

big fan

I have not yet seen any all black performances this year that suggests they are benefiting from Ian fosters guidance it's been untidy and scrappy and have often looked as though they are confused as to how to approach situations and in my opinion are only winning games based on absolute individual talent and the player pool he has is only a dream for other coaches.

Was this another case of ‘if we turn up, we will win?’ Good show Italy, we’ll done so far, Kieran Crowley. Looking forward to seeing how Italy goes in the 6 nations

Yes. The. Ref. Is. Learning. Don't. Worry. Cus Italy. Is. Very. Good. Defence at. First. Half God bless. All Blacks and. Everyone. In. The. World watching. Cheers well. Done. Boys

Bruh 40+ points and still getting backlash by the media and commentators 😂 they played well under pressure and had a few mistakes, what team doesn’t make a few mistakes in a game

57 mins in 21-9, well done Italy,respect, you made us look average, you stifled us, got under our skin and you kept coming at us. Also Italy should of got the first try. As for ABs we looked like a pack of clumsy bogans on the cans at a drift meet, lose the pathetic haircuts, show some respect to the opposition, if this was any of the top 5 nations you can put money on it we would of got rolled. To allow this attitude to go into the second half is ridiculous. McKenzie great player, had an average game,sub him off inject a new player in, too many drop balls etc, let the players know this is not good enough and that there is a bench mark! Create this so called competition amongst the players, but no it’s only Italy...disrespectful. So you are telling NZ and fans all over the world you trained hard all week with the mindset to give players a rest try new combinations etc and players put their hand up to be selected for this game, and that’s the best 15 available, and you dish out that performance...

At 49.59, the ref missed another high tackle that prevented Dan Coles from scoring and being held up. Should have been a penalty try and a yellow card to Italy number 11 for a chokehold.

A couple of the Italians really shined, likewise a couple of AB’s (Coles, Mounga, Bridges..), but the rest struggled to adapt to the fast defenses (both) scrappy play and multiple stoppages.

I was imagining more of a lopsided score but we’ll done to the ABs anyway!!

Closer than anticipated. Well done Italy. AB's ordinary. Mind you it is merely preparation for Ireland and France.

Better improve, Ireland waiting to ambush in Dublin

Not bad for a 2nd team. AB 1st team are obviously the best team in the world but still surprised they didn't want a run out because the next two games will be against really tough opposition.

Congrats Italia boys

This was a below par international match across the board, however in my opinion it was so due to the judiciary of the referee and his inability to officiate a match of this level. Good matches are built and played from a good platform of flow NOT a stop/ start unclear interpretation of rugby’s 101 laws. In this case the offside and breakdown law. Receiving the ball and defender simultaneously is a clear indication of offside and lying on a player without supporting your own body weight are clear infringements of these laws. 15 penalties within 20 minutes of play sees a game play out in the manner with which we saw and then media labelled as “scrappy” “disjointed” and “below par” NOT a good advertisement for the sport itself. Italy have passion, are big men with limited rugby nous and skill level. They played like so and to their credit they did disrupt an inexperienced, young ABs side. A couple of the experienced players in the ABs starting were well below their own capabilities and seemed inept to adapt to the onslaught of rushed defence and disruptive breakdown. Fast forward to the 60th minute where it’s well known that ANY team who plays the All Blacks this is the time and space where with the injection of bench (usually experienced) players where the game changes gear and it’s either be in front (significantly) or try to stay with them because the fitness, skill, experience and knowledge of the ABs will either chase you down or rack up the points tally and it’s the latter that happened here. Not a great test match however a record breaking achievement for the calendar year. Congrats boys Rest, recoup, regroup and reenergise for a battle of epic proportions with the very skilled and talented Ireland team. #passionsteAllBlacksfan #opinionsaremyown #AllBlacks4lyfe

All blacks way yay 😁😁😁 bring on Ireland that should be a good game too watch

Was that ginger lad in the movie the deliverance?

AB forwards had fun today. Italy with some well executed set plays at the 1st half 💯

The Sam Cane curse continues

When Italy realise the game is 80 min long their fortunes might change

ABs always reloading with their youngsters

Really looking forward to the end of the Foster & Cane era. I do wish them the best in the 3rd place playoff game at RWC 2023 though (if they can get that far)

well done all blacks, the score would have been larger had the team played a few games together beforehand...being criticised by people who have never represented or served their country in anything.

Jordie Barrett > Damien McKenzie ?

Good effort from the Italians got to credit them

Dan Coles da Man, should be man of the match

How bad was the ref?

Ref ruined Italy chance for the first try

ABs set a new record for test points scored in a season, but nobody cares cause they had a bad game but still put 40+ out there. The standards that the ABs are held to is pretty harsh sometimes..

Can someone tell me the full names of the commentators please I'm intrigued

I don't understand why we keep organizing friendlies against clearly superior teams like you. For the money of course, but for the sporting point of view there's no point. We should play more often against teams at our (poor) level. However, congratulations to the All Blacks!

Rubbish in that first half/50 minutes or so. Can't we meet physical defense with equally physical carrying anymore!? Italy's two, three man tackling was magnificent though! Perhaps we should just hold the fkn pill a bit more! DMac should be finished with the AB's now, just a funsy festival game player.

Was this the NZ B team??

christie to play under smith next year. Will be a weapon if he gets that time with smith.

For Gods sake AB's! find your best starting 15, stick with that side every game whether its an easier opponent and let them continually gell until the F'ing world cup!! this crap of changing the side to give players a run is ludicrous!!

Questi si vantano tanto quando da loro conoscono solo il rugby. A calcio la loro nazionale sarebbe in grado di perdere col vecchio Cervia di Ciccio Graziani e a pallavolo prenderebbe schiaffi anche dalla squadra femminile del mio vecchio liceo..

Still watching but that early try by Italy where the ref screwed up ... plays with your mind.

who is the ranga 21 for AB's 5:10 why did the italians sound like warriors when they won a penalty

If you’re 21-0 down why are you taking the 3 points? Surely you kick for the line there. If you’re going to lose, at least go down fighting instead of celebrating a penalty. Poor decision making from Italy

surprise, les Italiens ont tenu longtemps ! les all blacks sont certainement battables cette année? hum hum ...allez France !

and no one mentions the flower undies on the NZL #4 at the 4:15 try??? wth was that all about?

Don't lose too much sleep on this game... Apart from Coles and Cane returning, and D Mac having a shocker, it was a 2.5-3rd string team playing Italy. Let that sink in...