Rui Cordeiro barged over for a second-half try, while Goncalo Malheiro booted a dropgoal and Duarte Pinto added a conversion and a penalty.

Indeed, the Portuguese would have been happy with their opening 25 minutes, during which they conceded just two tries and grabbed three points. But then the floodgates opened, with the All Blacks scoring six tries in a 15-minute spell before the interval. Isaia Toeava scored the third and Ali Williams the fourth. Jerry Collins set up Mauger for the next, and the captain himself then got one to make it 40-3.

Chris Masoe and Andrew Hore grabbed scores in the last six minutes of the half to bring up the half century while the second half was more of the same from New Zealand.

NEW ZEALANDM Muliaina; I Toeava, C Smith, A Mauger, J Rokocoko; N Evans, B Leonard; N Tialata, A Hore, G Somerville, C Jack, A Williams, J Collins, C Masoe, S Lauaki Subs L MacDonald for Muliaina, 7 mins; C Hayman for Jack, 51 mins; R So'oialo for Williams, 54 mins; A Oliver for Hore, 57 mins;

A Ellis and T Woodcock for Leonard and Somerville, 61 mins; K Mealamu for Collins, 64 mins PORTUGAL P Leal; A Aguilar, M Portela, D Mateus, P Carvalho; G Malheiro, L Pissarra; A Silva, J Correia, R Spachuck, M d'Orey, G Uva, P Murinello, D Coutinho, V Uva Subs R Cordeiro for Silva, 16 mins; D Penalva for d'Orey, 18 mins; J Pinto for Pissarra, 21 mins;

D C Pinto for Malheiro, 41 mins; T Girao for Coutinho, 44 mins; J Uva for Murinello, 51 mins; J Ferreira for Uva, 54 mins Referee C White (England)