New Zealand v Wales

RWC Bronze Final

Date:

Venue: Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Attendance: 48,842

New Zealand v Wales Match Reports

The All Blacks beat Wales 40-17 in an entertaining World Cup bronze medal match in Tokyo. New Zealand scored six tries as they put their semi-final loss to England behind them to claim third place. The All Blacks' triumph consigned Wales to a fourth place finish for the second time in three World Cup campaigns under Warren Gatland, who now steps down as head coach. A selection of match reports is listed below:

New Zealand v Wales - Match Highlights

New Zealand v Wales - Match Stats

New Zealand: (28) 40
Try: Moody (5'), B Barrett (13'), B Smith (33', 41'), Crotty (42'), Mo'unga (76')
Conversion: Mo'unga (7', 14', 34', 41'+1, 44')

Wales: (10) 17
Try: Amos (19'), Adams (59')
Conversion: Patchell (21'), Biggar (61')
Penalty: Patchell (27')

Man of the match: Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)


New Zealand v Wales - Team Line-ups

New Zealand Team

Forwards

  • 1 Joe Moody
  • 2 Dane Coles
  • 3 Nepo Laulala
  • 4 Brodie Retallick
  • 5 Scott Barrett
  • 6 Shannon Frizell
  • 7 Sam Cane
  • 8 Kieran Read (Captain)

Backs

  • 9 Aaron Smith
  • 10 Richie Mo'unga
  • 11 Rieko Ioane
  • 12 Sonny Bill Williams
  • 13 Ryan Crotty
  • 14 Ben Smith
  • 15 Beauden Barrett

Replacements

  • 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 Team

Forwards

  • 1 Nicky Smith
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Dillon Lewis
  • 4 Adam Beard
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Justin Tipuric
  • 7 James Davies
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Rhys Patchell
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Owen Watkin
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 Owen Lane
  • 15 Hallam Amos

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Rhys Carre
  • 18 Wyn Jones
  • 19 Jake Ball
  • 20 Aaron Shingler
  • 21 Gareth Davies
  • 22 Dan Biggar
  • 23 Hadleigh Parkes