July 11 (Reuters) - Will Jordan grabbed a hat-trick of tries including a record 50th for New Zealand as the All Blacks thrashed Italy 47-17 in the Nations Championship test on Saturday.
Jordan touched down once in the first half and twice in three minutes after half-time at Wellington Regional Stadium to eclipse Doug Howlett's record against the outclassed Italians.
New All Blacks coach Dave Rennie now has back-to-back wins in his first matches in charge, having guided them to a 34-32 win over France a week ago in Christchurch.
The Italians have started the Nations Championship with a 0-2 record, after being beaten 27-10 by Japan last week.
The visitors' cause was not helped on Saturday by a dismissalfor Niccolo Cannone for head-butting Cameron Roigard at a ruck in the 52nd minute.
The referee gave Cannone a yellow card but it was upgraded to red by the Television Match Official, leaving Italy undermanned for much of the half.
Sam Darry, Roigard, Ethan de Groot and Tupou Vaa'i also crossed for the All Blacks in the seven tries-to-two rout.
Tommaso Menoncello and Leonardo Marin were the try-scorers for Italy.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Kim Coghill)
