N. Zealand top Fiji in first Test

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 10, (AP): Hooker Dane Coles scored four tries as a second-half replacement to allow New Zealand, shaken by a physical and intrepid Fiji, to eke out a 57-23 win Saturday in the first of two rugby Tests between the teams.

Ranked 11th in the world, Fiji scored three tries including a penalty try against second-ranked New Zealand - the three time world champions - to emerge with the much of kudos from the match.

Fiji was only eight points behind New Zealand with three quarters of the match behind it. It was only Coles’ tries in the 52nd, 65th, 72nd and 76th minutes - a record number for a replacement - that gave the All Blacks’ win a veneer of respectability.