Commanding win for New Zealand as they take first Test over the Lions

All Blacks 30, Lions 15: Simon Lewis talks through the moments that mattered as the All Blacks see off the Lions, writes Simon Lewis.

Commanding win for New Zealand as they take first Test over the Lions

All Blacks 30, Lions 15: Simon Lewis talks through the moments that mattered as the All Blacks see off the Lions, writes Simon Lewis.

Key moment: The Lions were in the hunt having trailed 13-8 at half-time and had spurned an opportunity level the scores straight after the restart but as the rain grew heavier early in the second half it was the All Blacks' set-piece that proved decisive when Kieran Read scooped the ball up off a dominant scrum to feed Aaron Smith whose lightning break carved an overlap for Rieko Ioane in the left corner, Beauden Barrett's touchline conversion opening up a 20-8 lead.

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