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All black people first-five Richie Mo’unga outlined what went wrong for his side at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff after failing to break down a determined, determined and passionate Wales backline.
The All Blacks, who made ten changes to face Wales this weekend, forced the home side to force equalizer after equalizer and, astonishingly, failed to get the ball over the line in the second half.
Dave Rennie admitted his side were “one-dimensional” in attack and lacked the finishing ability to capitalize on the countless chances they had.
All Blacks front-five Richie Mo’unga had a great outing in his return to the starting line-up, while full-back and captain Beauden Barrett also struggled to get into the game.
Mo’unga, whose last start came against the Springboks in Baltimore, looked out of touch as the All Blacks were made to pay for their inaccuracies.
“yes, we only they weren’t clinical, accurate enough,” Mo’unga told reporters in Cardiff.
“Definitely had our chances and opportunities, but a a little unloading that it is not quite a bit go that hand. Probably a a little bit reckless and a bit of indiscipline let to them sort of to have momentum, and then as soon as they Got in our 22, that was only quite a bit difficult that stop to them.
“We had a a lot of the ball at the back the end of that second half. I think about it they made almost three times as many solves.
The Crusaders the playmaker suggested that perhaps they could have looked at other scoring options in that second half, where much of the chances came from close range.
“Yes, that was hard (to cross the line). I don’t I know how many times we Got held up, but you know, that felt like we were so close, an.d had we Got one more pass far away maybe we could to have walked in a differently way.
“But only credit yes, as Peter said, this Wales side over the defense, quite a bit desperate, and we could meaning that we only they weren’t good enough that execute tonight.
“I think about it the start it is not help us with the way the the game started. We put yourself below a a lot of pressure with a a little 50-50s, and needed that to be a bit calmer in the way we sort of came out our half.
“I like it any good Wales side, in particular a desperate one it is really passionate tonight, they executed when they Got the craft.”
Asked if the 58-Test playmaker felt the team “forced” during the first half, Mo’unga questioned his side’s judgement.
“I don’t know if that was a psyche; maybe the an individual saw something that made to them to make that decision, and it is the sort of licenses that we everything to have as players, and we will to have that review that and look if that was a clever decision or no, or if that was mainly a guess that they are it goes off.
“They are the things which are no part of our DNA (guess). I if we it is not look the picture, then we would to have wore and tried that get out of our half. Those are the lessons we learned.”