All Blacks maintain winning run with victory over Fiji

New Zealand 47 (26)

Tries: Clarke, Ratima, Proctor, Savea, Reece, De Groot, Bell; Cons: McKenzie 6

Fiji 5 (5)

Try: Botitu

New Zealand ran successful 7 tries to easiness past Fiji 47-5 successful their one-off Test successful San Diego.

The All Blacks, who sealed a hard-fought 2-0 bid triumph against England past week connected location soil, included six debutants.

Centre Billy Proctor started successful California while scrum-half Noah Hotham and forwards Wallace Sititi, Sam Darry, Pasilio Tosi and George Bell each made their debuts disconnected nan bench.

The All Blacks led 26-5 astatine half-time but Fiji still managed to restrict their opponents to nan lowest people of their 8 Test encounters.

"Fiji surely showed up coming successful nan beingness areas," said winning skipper Scott Barrett. "It wasn't afloat polished, we person beautiful precocious standards successful this team.

"They were capable to get their hands connected nan shot to move it complete astatine times but we created capable opportunities to move into points."

Winger Caleb Clarke and scrum-half Cortez Ratima, connected his first Test start, scored converted tries wrong nan opening 15 minutes earlier Fiji struck backmost done Vilimoni Botitu.

Proctor scored pursuing a half-break from McKenzie earlier Ardie Savea grabbed a effort from a New Zealand speedy pat conscionable up of nan interval.

New Zealand's Fiji-born winger Sevu Reece opened nan second-half scoring earlier front-rowers Ethan de Groot and Bell went complete for nan past 2 tries, pinch fly-half Damian McKenzie landing six of his 7 conversion attempts.

Both teams mislaid their scrum-halves to wounded successful nan first half - Fiji's Frank Lomani to an evident enarthrosis blow, and Ratima to a caput knock.

It could adhd to a mounting scrum-half wounded problem for nan All Blacks, pinch starring campaigner Cam Roigard retired for nan play and seasoned TJ Perenara sidelined by a knee sound sustained against England.

Their adjacent Test is against Argentina successful Wellington connected 10 August successful nan opening information of nan Rugby Championship.

New Zealand: B. Barrett, Reece, Proctor, Liernert-Brown, Clarke, McKenzie, Ratima, Williams, Aumua, Newell, S. Barrett, Vaa'i, Jacobson, Blackadder, Savea.

Replacements: Bell, de Groot, Tosi, Darry, Sititi, Hotham, J. Barrett, Narawa.

Fiji: Botitu, Wainiqolo, Nayacalevu Vuidravuwalu, Tabuavou, Radradra, Armstrong-Ravula, Lomani, Mawi, Ikanivere, Doge, Nasilasila, Mayanavanua, L. Tagitagivalu, L. Tagitagivalu, Salawa, Mata.

Replacements: Togiatama, Hetet, Tawake, Tuisue, Canakaivata, Kuruvoli, Muntz, Maqala.

Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)