Well, the All Blacks end the year with a win against Wales at the Millennium Stadium over in Cardiff so here's the live commentary provided & taken from Newshub:
Hello and welcome to live updates of Wales hosting the All Blacks at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
The match is the last match for 2017 for the All Blacks and the fifth and final on their northern tour.
We bring you live streaming written commentary.
Commentary will start at 5:40 am (NZT).
Lineups
Wales
1. Rob Evans, 2. Ken Owens, 3. Tomas Francis, 4. Jake Ball, 5. Alun Wyn Jones (c), 6. Aaron Shingler, 7. Josh Navidi, 8. Taulupe Faletau, 9. Rhys Webb; 10. Dan Biggar, 11. Steff Evans, 12. Owen Williams, 13. Scott Williams, 14. Hallam Amos, 15. Leigh Halfpenny
Reserves: 16. Kristian Dacey, 17. Wyn Jones, 18. Leon Brown, 19. Cory Hill, 20. Justin Tipuric, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Rhys Priestland, 23. Jamie Roberts
All Blacks
1. Kane Hames, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Nepo Laulala, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 5. Samuel Whitelock (c), 6. Liam Squire, 7. Sam Cane, 8. Luke Whitelock, 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. Sonny Bill Williams, 13. Ryan Crotty, 14. Waisake Naholo, 15. Damian McKenzie
Reserves: 16. Nathan Harris, 17. Wyatt Crockett, 18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 19. Scott Barrett, 20. Matt Todd, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. Lima Sopoaga, 23. Anton Lienert-Brown
Match facts and stats
Referee: Wayne Barnes (ENG)
Sideline officials: Jérôme Garcès (FRA) and Frank Murphy (IRE)
Review officials: Rowan Kitt (ENG)
Past meetings
Head to head: Played 33, Wales 3, All Blacks 30
In Wales: Played 19, Wales 3, All Blacks 16
Last time played: All Blacks 46 def Wales 6 June 25, 2016
Last time played in Wales: All Blacks 34 def Wales 16 November 22, 2014
5:47 am: Thanks for tuning in for live updates for the last All Blacks test match of 2017. Millenium Stadium has sold out and fans are starting to fill the second.
5:55 am: If you missed the news, Sam Whitelock will captain the All Blacks with Kieran Read out with hip/back injury.
6:03 am: Both teams are in the sheds and will head out to the field very shortly for the national anthems.
6:07 am: Both team are out on the field under the roof.
6:12 am: The anthems are done and now it is time for the last haka of 2017 by the All Blacks.
6:15 am: The All Blacks go with Kapa o Pango and as always in Wales, there was a very intense stare-down between the two teams.
KICKOFF: We are underway in Wales. The All Blacks get this match started to a massive roar by the sell-out crowd.
1min: Wales clear the ball early and the All Blacks let it bounce but they get to the ball. But then Alun Wyn Jones comes over the top and the Welsh get the ball back.
2mins: Wales continue to go forward and eventually get inside the 22.
3mins: Now Wales have gone backwards and after 18 phases, they kick the ball and once again they let it bounce. Beauden Barrett eventually clears the ball away.
5mins: Wales hot on the attack and they stab a kick through, but Beauden Barrett gets to the ball first but is tackled back in-goal and now the Welsh have a scrum five out from the line.
6mins: Wales very close to the line, but the All Blacks defence holds strong.
8mins: After 16 phases, Wales win a penalty and actually made no grand at all. What will the Welsh do?
9mins, PENALTY GOAL WALES: Leigh Halfpenny lands a penalty goal right in front and Wales lead early.
11mins: Wales back with the ball as the dominate early possession. The All Blacks knock the ball forward so Wales now with scrum.
14mins, TRY ALL BLACKS: First chance with the ball and the All Blacks make a break and Wiasake Naholo goes over. They want to check the grounding. It started all from a Rieko Ioane break.
15mins: From the sidelines, Beauden Barrett kicks the ball straight over the black dot.
17mins: Wales make a break down the wing, but Beauden Barrett makes another great defensive play as Hallam Amos goes into touch.
18mins: Time is off as Jake Ball is down in pain with what appears to be a serious shoulder injury. Meanwhile, Ryan Crotty is heading off for an HIA injury.
19mins: Time is currently off. The All Blacks lead 7-3 thanks to a try to Waisake Naholo.
21mins: Wales back with the ball and they attack through the middle through Gareth Davies. They re close to the line.
The All Blacks survive a close scare as Taulupe Faletau goes over the line and goes to put the ball down but Sam Cane knocks the ball out of his hands.
23mins: Wales going for goal once again. Thy trail despite having over 80% possession.
24mins: The penalty goal goes wide of the mark. The score remains 7 - 3.
25mins: The All Blacks finally have some ball but they need to clear it away into touch.
26mins: Leigh Halfpenny goes on a run and is smashed by Rieko Ioane. Wales still have possession - a very common sight this half.
27mins: Wales hot on the attack and they have a overlap, but the ball doesn't go to hand and once again the All Blacks survive.
28mins: Scrum time and the All Blacks put the ball in. They clear the ball downfield and into touch and Wales go quickly.
30mins: Waisake Naholo with a break down the wing and he cuts back infield and does a 'Benji Marshall' but Damian McKenzie drops the ball. A few plays later, Wales get a penalty as one of their players was taken out by Kane Hames.
32mins, PENALTY GOAL WALES: Leigh Halfpenny kicks his second penalty goal and now Wales trail by one point despite dominating the match.
34mins: Wales with a lineout and Patrick Tuipulotu steals the ball in the air and now New Zealand with some rare possession.
35mins: Waisake Naholo with another strong run as the All Blacks get a penalty advantage.
37mins: The All Blacks go over the line and Rieko Ioane claims a try but he is held up.
38mins, TRY ALL BLACKS: Waisake Naholo has his second as he goes over in the corner. He is falling into touch but gets the ball down. Great try!
39mins: From the sidelines once again but this time Beauden Barrett pulls it wide.
40mins, TRY WALES: As the siren sounds, wales go over for their first try of the game. Scott Williams the scorer, but it started from a break from a set piece. Fantastic try to the Welsh who have a chance to take the lead at the break.
HAFLTIME: Leigh Halfpenny misses the conversion and the All Blacks lead 12-11 at the break despite having little to no ball.
40mins: Nepo Laulala is off and Ofa Tu'ungafasi will start the second half. Wales get the final 40 minutes started.
41mins: Wales with the ball early as they look to go wide.
42min: The All Blacks get the ball and kick it away. Wales still looking to attack and hold the ball.
44mins: Liam Squire wins the ball back for New Zealand as the All Blacks look to go on the counter-attack and all of a sudden they get inside the Wales 22.
46mins: Patrick Tuipulotu and Luke Whitelock both off the field for the All Blacks. Scott Barrett and Matt Todd both come on as the replacements.
48mins: The All Blacks with some rare attacking ball, as they go wide again. Waisake Naholo stabs a kick through and it goes dead in goal.
50mins: Wales with a lineout only five from the line. Can they score here and reclaim the lead?
51mins: It comes to nothing as the All Blacks turned the ball over.
53mins: The All Blacks now inside Wales' 22.
55mins: Wales turn the ball over and clear it into touch. This has been a vey physical game so far. All Blacks just leading.
57mins, TRY ALL BLACKS: Wow what a try! Rieko Ioane makes a break down the wing and as he was tackled, he offloads the ball back infield and Anton Lienert-Brown goes over for the try.
59mins: The All Blacks right back on the attack and they look to put the nail in the coffin.
60mins: Aaron Smith throws a forward pass and Wales now have a scrum.
61mins, TRY ALL BLACKS: Rieko Ioane goes over for the try. He intercepts the ball and dives over.
64mins: A bounce of the ball goes in favour of Wales and now they are five metres from the line.
66mins: Penalty to Wales who have opted for a scrum five metres from the line.
67mins: Wayne Barnes give the All Blacks a warning and one more penalty, somebody will be carded.
68mins, YELLOW CARD ALL BLACKS: Captain Sam Whitelock is off to the bin as Matt Todd makes a try-saving tackle on Taulupe Faletau. Beauden Barrett takes over the captaincy.
70mins, TRY WALES: Gareth Davies goes over for the try as they make the All Blacks pay for being a man down. The crowd loves it.
71mins: The All Blacks have cleared their bench as Wales now trail by eight points.
74mins, TRY ALL BLACKS: Rieko Ioane scores his second for the All Blacks. He makes a break and busts through a tackle to go over.
75mins: Five minutes remain as Beauden Barrett lands another conversion.
78mins: Sam Whitelock is back on the field.
80mins: Tensions flare as the clock ticks over 80. Nothing coems of it.
82mins: Wales still hunting for one last try. They will face South Africa next week.
FULLTIME: The match is over. The All Blacks beat Wales again 33-18 the fulltime score.
8:40 am: That is all from us here in Cardiff. Thanks for tuning in.
WALES 18 - 33 ALL BLACKS
And what do I think of the game. Well, it was a blockbuster but how good is that barnstorming rookie All Black winger Rieko Ioane? He is a sensational player not only because he was man of the match because he got a double, scoring both tries along with fellow winger Waisake Naholo as well as he set the try up scored by Anton Lienert-Brown (Who just came on for Ryan Crotty during the 1st half) during the 2nd half...& he was the breakthrough player of the year (Man what a player that he is because he is known for his lightning speed) at the World Rugby Awards over in Monaco although star first five Beauden Barrett is still best rugby player in the world (And he is such a fantastic player indeed).
And in other rugby news such as Scotland (Who were without star fullback Stuart Hogg due to injury during a warm-up) trashing the Wallabies 53 - 24 after a Wallaby prop got sent off for that dirty hit (It was shades of Sonny Bill Williams's cheap shot on Anthony Watson during the 2nd test of the Lions series over in Wellington in July this year) at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh then the Springboks got revenge against Italy in Padua then Ireland also got payback against Argentina over at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin followed by England's victory against the struggling Samoa at Twickenham in London & France had another disappointing game with a draw against Japan at the new Racing 92 stadium.
And finally Finland's Valtteri Bottas in the Mercedes has effectively ended the 2017 Formula 1 season (It is all over rover so see you in 2018...watch this space) with a win (His 3rd of the season) at the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after starting on pole with 4 time world champion Lewis Hamilton finishing in 2nd & Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel rounded out the podium in 3rd (And New Zealander Brendon Hartley in the Toro Rosso has finished in 15th).
And here's the points standings for both the drivers & constructors but 1st here's the drivers standings:
1st: Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain, Mercedes), 363 points
2nd: Sebastian Vettel (Germany, Ferrari), 317 points
3rd: Valtteri Bottas (Finland, Mercedes), 305 points
4th: Kimi Raikkonen (Finland, Ferrari), 205 points
5th: Daniel Ricciardo (Australia, Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer), 200 points
6th: Max Verstappen (The Netherlands, Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer), 168 points
7th: Sergio Perez (Mexico, Force India Mercedes), 100 points
8th: Esteban Ocon (France, Force India Mercedes), 87 points
9th: Carlos Sainz (Spain, Toro Rosso/Renault), 54 points
10th: Nico Hulkenberg (Germany, Renault), 43 points
11th: Felipe Massa (Brazil, Williams Mercedes), 43 points
12th: Lance Stroll (Canada, Williams Mercedes), 40 points
13th: Romain Grosjean (France, Haas Ferrari), 28 points
14th: Kevin Magnussen (Denmark, Haas Ferrari), 19 points
15th: Fernando Alonso (Spain, McLaren Honda), 17 points
16th: Stoffel Vandoorne (Belgium, McLaren Honda), 13 points
17th: Jolyon Palmer (Great Britain, Renault), 8 points
18th: Pascal Wehrlein (Germany, Sauber Ferrari), 5 points
19th: Daniil Kvyat (Russia, Toro Rosso), 5 points
And then the constructors to wrap up the Formula 1 report:
1st: Mercedes (Germany), 625 points
2nd: Ferrari (Italy), 522 points
3rd: Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer (Austria), 368 points
4th: Force India Mercedes (India), 187 points
5th: Williams Mercedes (Great Britain), 83 points
6th: Renault (France), 57 points
7th: Toro Rosso (Italy), 53 points
8th: Haas Ferrari (USA), 47 points
9th: McLaren Honda (Great Britain), 30 points
10th: Sauber Ferrari (Switzerland), 5 points
So that is my 170th blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII) & my 90th this year.
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