BIGGEST VICTORIES

[FAST FACTS]

PROFESSIONAL JOB With the exception of the record victory against Japan – and it was achieved as the game was on the verge of transition – the All Blacks have posted all their record wins in the professional era.

WORLD CUP WALKABOUTS Perhaps not surprisingly, six of the All Blacks’ biggest victories have come at World Cups. Interestingly, they also posted their biggest wins against France and Wales respectively in World Cup years, but not at the actual tournament.

IRELAND ZERO The 60-0 defeat of Ireland in Hamilton in 2012 is the only time the All Blacks have posted a record score against a major nation and kept their opponent scoreless.

DURBAN DEMOLITION The only major nation to fall to a record defeat to the All Blacks outside of New Zealand is the Springboks. The All Blacks posted their 57-14 destruction of South Africa in Durban in 2016. Their previous record defeat of the Boks came in South Africa as well – when they beat the Boks 52-15 in Pretoria in 2003.