Wales vs New Zealand LIVE: Result and reaction from autumn international fixture today

Follow all the action from the Principality Stadium in Cardiff as Wales take on the All Blacks

Beauden Barrett smiles as he runs in the first try (Getty Images)

Depleted Wales lost captain Alun Wyn Jones to injury and suffered a 32nd successive defeat against New Zealand as the All Blacks triumphed 54-16 in Cardiff.

Jones hurt the same shoulder that threatened to sideline him from this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa before he made a startling recovery and started all three Tests.

Flanker Ross Moriarty also departed early after Wales went into action without 20 players – including a number of Lions – due to injuries, illness and Gallagher Premiership-based personnel not being released by their clubs as the game fell outside World Rugby’s international window. None of that strife bothered New Zealand in extending a relentless winning run against Wales. They are unbeaten in the fixture since 1953.

Beauden Barrett’s try double, in his 100th Test, plus TJ Perenara, Will Jordan, Dalton Papalii, Sevu Reece and Anton Lienert-Brown touchdowns kept New Zealand in charge, while Jordie Barrett kicked 19 points.

Wales vs New Zealand

• Beauden Barrett races away to score early try
• TJ Perenara adds All Blacks’ second try
• HT: Wales 6-18 New Zealand
• Will Jordan steps through for New Zealand’s third try
• Dalton Papali’i and Sevu Reece put the All Blacks well clear with quickfire tries
• Beauden Barrett wraps up game with another late try

[30 October 2021 18:23 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Beauden Barrett a lucky boy?

Yes. I’m not quite sure how Mathieu Raynal and Brian MacNeice convinced themselves not to show yellow to Barrett for that deliberate knock-on - the refereeing on that sort of decision has been incredibly consistent over the last few years.

Wales have to now capitalise on Nepo Laulala’s yellow card and the player advantage they will enjoy. New Zealand’s final-quarter dominance tends to mean an opponent has to be ahead of them at the hour-mark, which will be a big ask. For what it is worth, 18 points is the third most that Wales have conceded to the All Blacks in a home Test.

[30 October 2021 18:19 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

H/T: Wales 6-18 New Zealand

Scrappy enough stuff at the Principality. Wales have fought well but their set-piece has failed to give the stable platforms they probably need to convert territory in to more consistent points, and New Zealand have taken two try-scoring chances. Gareth Anscombe will be rueing that early gift for his former Under-20s teammate - perhaps just the antsy anticipation of being back out there in a Welsh jersey after so long.

[30 October 2021 18:11 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Half-time: Wales 6-18 New Zealand

Anscombe makes the fairly straightforward kick and Wales do at least get some points on the board before the break. Still all to do in the second half after those tries by Barrett and Perenara.

[30 October 2021 18:10 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Wales 3-18 New Zealand

Wales waste a lineout with a sloppy long throw. They come again after New Zealand kick long, and this time they take advantage, winning a penalty on the 22 after building pressure through 12 phases. Gareth Anscombe will kick this, and you feel Wales need these three points desperately in what is going to be the last moment of the half. Could they have gone for a try with a one-man advantage?

[30 October 2021 18:07 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Yellow card!

39 min: Laulala is penalised for essentially headbutting Moriarty rather than tackling him, barely using his arms. The replay looks like a horrible jar to the neck and it’s no surprise Moriarty has required treatment. Laulala will spend 10 minutes in the sin-bin.

[30 October 2021 18:04 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Wales 3-18 New Zealand

38 min: Wales build from a lineout, but they go nowhere and it’s brought back for a penalty to the Welsh at the set-piece. Another injury, though, this time to Ross Moriarty, and it looks like another forward is going off.

[30 October 2021 17:59 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Try! Wales 3-18 New Zealand

It had been coming. New Zealand attack down the right and it’s TJ Perenara who gets the ball down over the line, celebrating passionately. Jordie Barrett fails to add the two, pulling his kick across the posts.

[30 October 2021 17:56 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Wales 3-13 New Zealand

32 min: Both teams spill in contact in what is a bit of a scrappy conclusion to this half in the teeming rain. New Zealand get the put-in at the scrum, close to Wales’ 22.

[30 October 2021 17:54 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Wales 3-13 New Zealand

29 min: Jordie Barrett finds touch from a penalty and from there New Zealand drive at the heart of the Wales defence. More huge pressure as Retallick and then Laulala carry into contact. But an All Black mistake at the breakdown five yards out gives away a penalty, and much-needed relief for the hosts.

[30 October 2021 17:49 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Wales 3-13 New Zealand

Jordie Barrett knocks over the three points, though it could have been more.