Carter shines in dominant NZ win over England

Daniel Carter produced a sublime all round game to help New Zealand to a 44-12 victory over an outclassed England at Lancaster Park on Saturday.

• Carter, whose only mistake was when his first kick sliced off his boot, embodied New Zealand’s dominance by setting up Richard Kahui’s try and scoring himself and slotting three penalties and four conversions for a personal tally of 22 points.
• Ma’a Nonu, Sione Lauaki and Jimmy Cowan also scored second-half tries for the All Blacks while Danny Care and Tom Varndell scored consolation efforts for England when New Zealand’s defence fell asleep close to the line.
• Replacement flyhalf Olly Barkley converted Care’s try.
• The visitors, who had allegations of sexual assault levelled at four members of the squad after the 37-20 loss in Auckland last week, simply did not have enough firepower to match an All Blacks side that has been steadily improving.
• The All Blacks tried to attack through their backs at every opportunity with Carter and Nonu again the focal point through the midfield channels.
• New Zealand again experienced lineout problems but of more concern would be the ankle injuries sustained by lock Ali Williams and captain Richie McCaw, both of whom limped off during the first half.
• GHOSTING RUN
• Carter opened New Zealand’s account with a second-minute penalty before he set up debutant Richard Kahui with a ghosting run through a poor defensive line.
• The flyhalf converted to give the All Blacks a 10-0 lead within 13 minutes and while New Zealand dominated territory, they could not extend the lead until Carter added his second penalty 10 minutes later.
• Carter, who was held up over the line five minutes later, managed to score from the resulting attacking scrum and convert to give the All Blacks a 20-0 lead within 30 minutes.
• England blew two certain first half tries with Varndell being forced into touch while fullback Mathew Tait lost the ball forward with the line open.
• Barkley missed an early second-half penalty from in front of the posts, before Carter slotted his third penalty to give the All Blacks a 23-0 lead.
• Care then capitalised on some poor defence from a quick tap penalty before the All Blacks struck back with tries to Nonu after a Sitiveni Sivivatu midfield burst, while Lauaki went over untouched from an attacking scrum immediately after England centre Mike Tindall was sin-binned.
• Varndell then scored his try when England created quick turnover ball and spread the All Blacks defence.
• Cowan completed the scoring after the final hooter when he took a quick tap penalty and scrambled over for the try, which replacement Stephen Donald converted.