All Blacks outclass Conor O’Shea’s new-look Italy

Italy 10, New Zealand 68: Conor O’Shea’s mantra since day one of his Italian job has been “Rome was not built in day”. The 10-try drubbing on Saturday seemed like a reminder it only took the Goths three days to destroy it.

Normal service was resumed with a vengeance in the Stadio Olimpico. The All Blacks stormed into Italy from the off and their pace and aggression was too much for O’Shea’s new look side throughout most of the game.

The result was to be expected as was a heavy margin of victory. The disappointment for many of the Italian pundits was their team didn’t make a game of it.