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New Zealand cruised through the first leg of their Grand Slam rugby tour of Britain and Ireland on Saturday, a second-string line-up comfortably running up a 32-6 win over Scotland at Murrayfield.
The huge gulf between the best team in the southern hemisphere and one of Europe’s weaker countries was underlined as the All Blacks extended their unbeaten run against Scotland to 27 matches with tries from Anthony Tuitavake, Piri Weepu and man of the match Richard Kahui and Anthony Boric.
Flyhalf Stephen Donald, who did well enough to ensure Dan Carter was not brought off the bench until the final ten minutes, contributed 10 points with four kicks landed out of five.
New Zealand coach Graham Henry had opted to keep his powder dry for the tougher tests that lie ahead by naming a line-up featuring three debutants and 12 changes from the side that started last weekend’s Bledisloe Cup win over Australia in Hong Kong.
That had led to the Scots kicking off with high hopes of taking advantage of the relative inexperience of their opponents line-up to end their 103-year wait for a victory over the All Blacks.
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