Unrelenting All Blacks sound warning with emphatic victory


Rugby Union - Championship - New Zealand All Blacks vs South Africa Springboks - Auckland, New Zealand - September 16, 2017 New Zealand team pose after defeating South Africa. REUTERS/Nigel Marple

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - All Blacks coach Steve Hansen was reluctant to state it explicitly, but the 57-0 demolition of traditional rivals South Africa on Saturday was an emphatic warning to the rest of the rugby world.

The world champions demonstrated they could be ruthlessly clinical in seizing scoring opportunities and at the same time be equally aggressive in defence as they consigned the world's third best team to their worst test match defeat.

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