Six-try All Blacks stretch Test run to 18

Scotland 22 New Zealand 51

Six-try All Blacks stretch Test run to 18

Visser scored a try in each half and Geoff Cross also went over for the hosts, for whom Greig Laidlaw kicked seven points, but the All Blacks ruthlessly punished any mistakes.

Julian Savea (two), Israel Dagg, Corey Jane, Andrew Hore and Ben Smith crossed for the All Blacks, with Dan Carter kicking 21 points.

The one blot on the tourists’ record came when Adam Thomson was sin-binned for stamping on Alasdair Strokosch’s head.

Head Scotland coach Andy Robinson rued the lapses which allowed New Zealand to claim victory.

“If you sit off New Zealand they’re a very good attacking team and they will take you apart,” said Robinson, who confirmed flanker Ross Rennie suffered a dislocated shoulder in the first half.

“That was a lesson that we knew before going into this game, that we had to get off the line, that we had to put them under pressure.

Scotland scorers: Tries: Visser (two), Cross. Cons: Laidlaw (two). Pens: Laidlaw.

SCOTLAND: S Hogg, S Lamont, N De Luca, M Scott, T Visser, G Laidlaw, M Blair, R Grant, R Ford, G Cross, R Gray, J Hamilton, A Strokosch, R Rennie, K Brown.

Replacements: M Evans for De Luca (64), H Pyrgos for Blair (75), R Jackson for Grant (66), S Lawson for Ford (64), A Kellock for Hamilton (58), D Denton for Rennie (19).

New Zealand scorers: Tries: Dagg, Savea 2, Jane, Hore, B. Smith. Cons: Carter 6. Pens: Carter 3.

NEW ZEALAND: I Dagg, C Jane, B Smith, T Ellison, J Savea, D Carter, Weepu, W Crockett, A Hore, O Franks, L Romano, S Whitelock, A Thomson, R McCaw, V Vito.

Replacements: B Barrett for Dagg (26), T Kerr-Barlow for Weepu (61), T Woodcock for Crockett (72), D Coles for Hore (61), B Franks for O Franks (61), A Williams for S Whitelock (67).

Referee: Jerome Garces (France).

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