Well, the All Blacks have taken 3rd place at the 2019 Rugby World Cup after thumping Wales at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo so here is the match commentary provided from Newshub:
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the All Blacks v Wales from Tokyo Stadium.
All Blacks: 15. Beauden Barrett, 14. Ben Smith, 13. Ryan Crotty, 12. Sonny Bill Williams, 11. Rieko Ioane, 10. Richie Mo'unga, 9. Aaron Smith, 8. Kieran Read (c), 7. Sam Cane, 6. Shannon Frizell, 5. Scott Barrett, 4. Brodie Retallick, 3. Nepo Laulala, 2. Dane Coles, 1. Joe Moody
Reserves: 16. Liam Coltman, 17. Atu Moli, 18. Angus Ta'avao, 19. Patrick Tuipulotu, 20. Matt Todd, 21. Brad Weber, 22. Anton Lienert-Brown, 23. Jordie Barrett
Wales: 15. Hallam Amos, 14. Owen Lane, 13. Jonathan Davies, 12. Owen Watkin, 11. Josh Adams, 10. Rhys Patchell, 9. Tomos Williams, 8. Ross Moriarty, 7. James Davies, 6. Justin Tipuric, 5. Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4. Adam Beard, 3. Dillon Lewis, 2. Ken Owens, 1. Nicky Smith
Reserves: 16. Elliot Dee, 17. Rhys Carre, 18. Wyn Jones, 19. Jake Ball, 20. Aaron Shingler, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Dan Biggar, 23. Hadleigh Parkes
9:52PM: Both sides are ready and waiting in the tunnel
9:55PM: NZ national anthem is up first, the last time for some of these lads!
9:57PM: Wales is up now, Alun Wyn Jones is lining up for his 143rd cap, second all-time behind Richie McCaw.
10PM: Haka now, Wales are standing well back.
Read lead the Haka in his final test in black, kickoff up next.
1ST MINUTE: Kickoff here at Tokyo Stadium.
2ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Adams makes a break and finds himself 20 metres out, but Cane is there to make the tackle and win the turnover... if only that was there last week early.
3RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY MISS: Penalty won by the All Blacks, they will kick for the points. It hits the post.
5TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Great work from three forwards, Read, Retallick and Moody link with nice offloads and it's Moody who goes over for the first try. Kick is good. All Blacks 7 - 0 Wales.
8TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Forward pass from the All Blacks and Wales has a scrum feed.
9TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Wales go very close to scoring through Josh Adams, Barrett does well to gather the ball, Smith clears.
11TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: After a massive kick from Wales there is a double knock on, scrum, All Blacks feed.
12TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Smith darts down the left side off the scrum and tries to find Ioane with a kick but Wales clear through Williams.
13TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Coles makes a nice gain with a powerful run before Beauden Barrett gets the pop pass from Smith and slices through to score. Kick is good. All Blacks 14 - 0 Wales.
15TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Scott Barrett is pinged for a penalty and Wales will kick to the corner.
17TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Wales dive over but it's held up, penalty is called for an All Black offside.
19TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY WALES & CONVERSION: Great patience from Wales, they go 13 phases then they spin it left, Ben Smith is beaten for pace and Hallam Amos goes through untouched, kick is good. All Blacks 14 - 7 Wales.
23RD MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER): Retallick goes close to scoring another for the All Blacks before a knock on falls to Wales, they clear through Patchell.
24TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: No advantage is the call and Wales win a reliving penalty, they will kick for touch.
26TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY GOAL & SUBSTITUTION: Another penalty won by Wales, this time, they take the three. It's good. All Blacks 14 - 10 Wales, Dane Coles has left the field limping, replaced by Liam Coltman.
29TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Beauden takes a lovely catch, and slices down the left hand side, Mo'unga drops the pass from Barrett, Wales scrum.
PENALTY: Penalty won off the scrum for Wales, they will kick to touch here.
30TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Wales make a mess of the scrum, and the All Blacks win a scrum feed.
31ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Good hit back from NZ, they now win the penalty at scrum time.
32ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): A nice little move from the lineout and Coltman makes a dart down the edge but Ioane loses the ball.
33RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Counter ruck from Sonny Bill, and Ben Smith gets the ball and beats five defenders to score - he had no right to score that! Well done Bender. Kick is good. All Blacks 21 - 10 Wales.
35TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Superb work from Coltman, he wins the penalty.
36TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Josh Adams with some magic to keep the ball in play, he then clears. All Blacks lineout.
37TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Turnover won at the breakdown, great work from Wales, they kick to the corner.
40TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Illegal move from Owens there and the All Blacks win another penalty, they kick for touch, lineout on the 22.
41ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Aaron Smith throws a lovely cut out pass to Ben Smith who fends Tomos Williams in the face, get off me he says, Smith has a double. Kick is good. All Blacks 28 - 10 Wales.
HALF TIME.
41ST MINUTE: Back underway for the second half!
Perfect kick in behind from Mo'unga and Wales have a lineout deep in their half.
42ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Lovely from the Kiwis, SBW gets between two defenders and finds an offload to Crotty who scores, it's an All Blacks leavers party. Kick is good. All Blacks 35 - 10 Wales.
45ND MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): Sam Cane is absolutely everywhere on defence! 14 tackles already, no misses.
46TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: After a small attack from Wales, Aaron Smith clears it's gathered by the All Blacks and they win a penalty. Mo'unga kicks it into touch.
48TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): The All Blacks shift the ball left and SBW makes an offload destined for Ioane, but it goes forward to Ben Smith who scores, no try is the call.
50TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Mistake from Wales, a kick outside the 22 is out on the full. All Blacks lineout.
53RD MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): Wales gather the ball after a mistake from NZ, they will clear through Davies.
55TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Wales have the ball now in a really good spot, SBW puts in a big shot.
57TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SUBSTITUTION: Crotty coming off the park now for the final time, what a player! SBW is off too, great icon in NZ sport.
59TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY WALES & CONVERSION: Great reward from the Welsh, they score through Josh Adams who scores his seventh for the tournament. Kick is good. All Blacks 35 - 17 Wales.
62ND MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Jordie Barrett knocks the ball on after a loose pass from Read.
64TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won by the All Blacks at the breakdown for not releasing ball (Holding on), great work from Cane and Coltman.
66TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Another penalty and the All Blacks kick for touch again.
67TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Wales win the turnover and clear to Ioane.
68TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Now it's Wales who win the penalty and they clear to touch.
70TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Kick in behind from Wales, maybe the wrong option, the kick goes dead and the All Blacks take the scrum.
72ND MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Scrum penalty (Or penalty at scrum time) won by the All Blacks, Mo'unga will kick for touch.
74TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Forced in goal from Wales, Mo'unga makes the break and then a chip and chase to force the 5m scrum.
76TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: From the scrum, Weber goes left and Mo'unga scores. Kick is wide. All Blacks 40 - 17 Wales.
80TH MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER): The All Blacks look to go the length of the field, but a knock forward from Ioane ends that and it's all over.
FULL TIME.
A good send off for the lads leaving the side here, Crotty, Ben Smith, Read, Todd, SBW and Steve Hansen. Their time is done in the black jersey.
ALL BLACKS 40 - 17 WALES
So that is my 331st blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 71st of this year.
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