How the All Blacks rated:

Damian McKenzie 8: Good under the high ball. A couple of telling runs. Quick thinking saw him notch the second try.

Waisake Naholo 9: Set up the first try with a good pass to captain Kieran Read. Masterful finish for the side’s third try. Dangerous with every touch.

Anton Lienert-Brown 7: Defended bravely, ran hard and distributed well. Gave his wings quality ball.

Sonny Bill Williams 6: Solid rather than spectacular. Few mistakes but also rarely offered much of an attacking spark.

Rieko Ioane 8: Not as many chances as Naholo, but easily had the better of his opposite.

Beauden Barrett 6: Would have been a 9/10 at halftime. But he failed to settle things down in an error-ridden second half.

Aaron Smith 7: Got play moving with quick distribution despite not always having the best protection at the ruck.

Kieran Read (c) 6: Two tries and strong around the park. But yellow card for a high tackle in the 50th minute and a handful of penalties were a blight on his night.

Matt Todd 7: Harshly yellow carded in the 38th minute for collapsing the maul. Made a lot of tackles, but won’t have Sam Cane sweating on the No 7 jersey.

Vaea Fifita 6: Could not gather the same momentum that he did in New Plymouth. Tried hard but was well contained.

Scott Barrett 6: Industrious for 80 minutes, without many standout moments. Finished the game at blindside flanker.

Luke Romano 6: Grew into the game and showed good physicality, but not the same impact that Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick provide.

Nepo Laulala 8: Ensuring the Argentina scrum back-pedalled often should be a badge of honour for the tighthead prop. Good contributor in the tight.

Dane Coles 7: Not the dangerous player on attack we have been used to, but did his core roles well.

Kane Hames 8: Scrummaged well and showed better discipline around the park. Won a big penalty in a 5m scrum just before halftime.