All right for the All Blacks when Saturday comes


Rugby Union - Australia Wallabies vs New Zealand All Blacks - Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia, August 19, 2017. New Zealand All Blacks captain Kieran Read shakes hands with Australian Wallabies captain Michael Hooper after the match. REUTERS/Jason Reed

SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand coach Steve Hansen described his side's first 50 minutes against Australia on Saturday "as good a rugby as you'll ever see" after the world champions established a 54-6 lead in the opening match of the Rugby Championship.

While the All Blacks coach was not as happy with the final half an hour when the Wallabies scored four unanswered tries, the emphatic 54-34 victory could not have come at a better time after a week studded with off-field distractions.

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