New Zealand beat Italy in Sam Cane’s final Test for All Blacks
New Zealand ended their autumn series with an 18th consecutive win against Italy, with flanker Sam Cane playing his final game for the All Blacks.
But the visiting team performed poorly in Turin and eventually won 29-11.
Italy got off to a bright start, with Paolo Garbisi’s penalty giving them a 6-3 lead before New Zealand’s Cam Roigard and Will Jordan passed on and Beauden Barrett scored two from the penalty spot. , giving the visiting team a 17-6 halftime lead.
Italy also started the second period strongly but failed to score before Marc Trea’s strike extended the visitors’ lead.
Tommaso Menoncello managed to cross goal for Italy in the dying seconds, but New Zealand responded almost immediately with Beauden Barrett trying to seal victory.
Kane received a standing ovation when he was substituted in the 67th minute, ending a career with 104 caps for his country.
The 32-year-old was part of New Zealand’s 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning team and captained the team in last year’s World Cup final in France, which lost to South Africa.
