Wales Player Ratings v All Black in Historic win

Wales Player Ratings v All Black in Historic win

Wales have made history by ending their 73-year wait for a victory over New Zealand, defeating the All Blacks 35-28 in a remarkable Nations Championship encounter at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.

Here are the Wales player ratings

  1. Nicky Smith 7.6 – Good in the scrums, a decent performance
  2. Dewi Lake (c) 8 - He laid his body on the line and led the team, he was good in the lineouts, and scored a try
  3. Archie Griffin 7.8 – did well in the scrum, won a penalty
  4. Dafydd Jenkins 8 - A great performance from the lock pair, did all the dirty work and made the most tackles (38)
  5. Adam Beard 7.8 – A great performance from the lock pair
  6. James Botham 9 – Great work rate all round. He was all over the park and gave it his all for 80 minutes to earn the man of the match
  7. Jac Morgan 8.5 – He brought some big physicality and made 2 crucial turnovers
  8. Taine Basham 8.5 – He was all over the park, brought big physicality
  9. Tomos Williams 9 – He steered the ship for Wales making great passes, great kicking, great decision making, good work rate and scored a try.
  10. Sam Costelow 8.5 - Steered the ship alongside Tomos and led the attack
  11. Gabriel Hamer-Webb 7.5 - Had a fairly quite game
  12. Max Llewellyn 8.5 - made some big strong carries and was a big presence in the middle of the park
  13. Eddie James 8.5 - made some big strong carries and was a big presence in the middle of the park
  14. Louis Rees-Zammit 8.5 - Created Wales first scoring opportunity also ran some good lines and was good on defence
  15. Blair Murray 8.5 - Proved good cover defence, launched a few Wales attacks and ran some great lines

Replacements 8.5 – They carried Wales when they came on providing fresh legs and continued the momentum to see out the game.

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