"Enough is enough" - Four Wales players who flopped against the All Blacks

Tom Rogers made history with a hat-trick, and Louis Rees-Zammit crossed the line, but the scoreboard told the real story: a heavy defeat that exposed weaknesses.

Indiscipline proved costly, with yellow cards for Gareth Thomas and Taine Plumtree leaving Wales vulnerable to the relentless All Blacks attack. Moments of promise from the forwards and backs were overshadowed by poor decision-making, missed tackles, and an inability to control the pace.

For a side that wants to challenge the world’s best, these individual lapses are concerning. While Wales’ effort was undeniable, the performance highlighted that certain players must lift their game if the team is to compete at this level.

Top tackler with 22 tackles, showed effort and defensive work, but costly errors, a yellow card, and poor discipline hurt his side.

Planet Rugby: "A nuisance defensively and attempted to slow down the All Blacks at the ruck with little success. Plumtree’s afternoon was tarnished by his high tackle on Jordan with 12 minutes remaining. "

Wales Online: "Made far too many errors for this level and two proved very costly for his side.

They say you are most vulnerable straight after scoring and Plumtree gave away a penalty after Tom Rogers' first try then spilled the ball from the restart after his second which resulted in an All Blacks try.Also received a yellow card for a high tackle.

Finished as the game's top tackler with 22 but error rate and discipline needs to improve."

RUCK: "Supposedly, the 25-year-old was meant to be on the bench, but with Aaron Wainwright out due to a hip injury, he started for the first time since playing South Africa 2024. That day, he also wore the eight jersey.

The number eight was a little too eager in the opening exchanges, as he was penalised for being offside, which was the catalyst for the making of the All Blacks’ first try. And was sent off for a bunker review late in the contest."

Rugby Pass: "Plenty of effort but not much gainline success. Guilty of a few penalties when Wales were under duress, including a yellow card for a high tackle, but another big defensive shift otherwise."

Made key attacking contributions, including a try assist, worked well with partners, but gave away a few penalties.

RUCK: "In his last showing in the Autumn, he didn’t seem to be firing as well as in recent showings for club and country. But with Joe Hawkins at 12, he seemed to work a lot better in both attack and defence, offering more. He even had a spell on the wing during the encounter, due to Gareth Thomas’ yellow card."

Rugby Pass: "Had some bright flashes, including his pass to Tom Rogers for the winger’s second try. But penalised a couple of times as the All Blacks attacked the fringes."

Strong physical presence and defensive work, 16 tackles, but limited ball-carrying and inconsistent lineout performance.

Planet Rugby: "Another workmanlike performance from the giant lock. Nothing flash, just good honest work."

Wales Online: "Put in 16 tackles but only carried the ball once, albeit it was a powerful one in the first-half.

The lineout was a mixed bag and malfunctioned at key times in the game when Wales were in favourable attacking positions.Still needs to offer a bit more."

Rugby Pass: "A physical presence but struggled to shift the momentum."

RUCK: "Deaves made his hard-earned international debut, and it was a hard-fought first appearance for the Pontyclun man. His work rate was superb; the hunger for involvement was so clear to see. In the first half alone, the 24-year-old made 11 tackles, the most of any of the Welsh players."

Solid in the scrum, some good carries, but missed key tackles and was penalized, leading to All Blacks’ tries.

Wales Online: "The Saracens prop put in 11 tackles and three carries. There was one big surge which very nearly yielded a try early in the first-half. Solid in the scrum but missed a tackle on All Blacks full-back Reuben Love for third All Blacks try."

RUCK: "It’s been an underwhelming three games for the Saracens player, but the looshead prop could’ve scored after 20 minutes from close range, and was penalised for not releasing.

He then missed a tackle on Ruben Love, which the fullback punished by racing over the whitewash. No shock that he was replaced by Gareth Thomas early in the second half."

Planet Rugby: ": Such a weapon with the ball in hand, and went agonisingly close to scoring in the first half before Pasilio Tosi pounced at the breakdown. However, defensively, it was a day to forget. Stood little chance against Love, who scorched past him to score in first half and probably could have done better to stop Tamaiti Williams for his try too."

Rugby Pass: "Missed a tackle on Ruben Love for the All Blacks’ second try. He did have a bit of space to cover, but he will be disappointed with the effort he put in. At fault for the All Blacks’ third try as well – this time he was just outmuscled by Tamaiti Williams."