Wales end their All Blacks wait in Cardiff
New Zealand's official mini match captures a Welsh victory decades in the making, while viewers ask for more of the defence that secured it.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 247,710 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (23,956).
MINI MATCH | All Blacks v Wales | Cardiff, 2026 (Nations Championship)
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Tomos Williams gets Wales started, chasing Louis Rees-Zammit's kick for an early try. By the final whistle in Cardiff, the All Blacks are on the wrong side of a result Wales have waited since 1953 to repeat.
The official channel's Nations Championship mini match follows Wales to a 35-28 victory at Principality Stadium. New Zealand erase an early deficit to reach half-time level, but second-half tries from Eddie James and Rees-Zammit give them another gap to close. Peter Lakai's reply brings the All Blacks within reach, without completing the comeback.
The replay has drawn roughly 160,000 views in its opening eleven hours, an unusually fast start for a regular video on this channel. The post-match press conference is also attracting a much larger audience than usual.
Yet the conversation underneath the mini match isn't simply about who scored. Viewers repeatedly pick out Wales's late defensive effort, with one asking why the closing stretch gets so little room in an edit built around tries. Others focus on Tomos Williams, or on Grant Nisbett and Mils Muliaina's commentary as they call a historic result against New Zealand.
The channel has also made room for the aftermath beyond the press conference: a dressing-room upload centres on leaving the sheds as they found them, while another shows the All Blacks acknowledging the Cardiff crowd.
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What viewers say
Always love the NZ commentators, so neutral in how they call a game, but always so pumped. just lads who love great rugby
@GideanasiSee it on YouTubeThat Defensive set for Wales last 25 minutes was EPIC
@mickser101See it on YouTubeGreat defense by Wales. Massive congratulations, guys!
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58 to 80 mins missing any highlight is an injustice. Highlights need to show more than just tries. Some of those held up tries were amazing.
@jca111See it on YouTubeIf Tomos Williams was a kiwi he would be talked about as a generational talent such a class player
@johndoyle1792See it on YouTubeUnderestimate any Wales team at your peril! A very special rugby nation. Dissapointing, no doubt for NZ but isn't sport just a great thing?!
Hope we meet in a few weeks guys. From an Irish fan.@riangallagher8544See it on YouTubeA match that will go down in history and I'm very proud to say as a Welshman it's because Wales played well. Abs weren't poor.
@mrwelshmunSee it on YouTube
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- Channel
- All Blacks
- Subscribers
- 1,440,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 5,644,658
- Channel views, pace per day
- 975,735 (on a normal day: 653,276)
- Video published
- November 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 163,419 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 247,710
The numbers
The mini match and post-match press conference both drew unusually fast starts for the All Blacks channel.
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Who captains Wales in this Cardiff mini match?
Dewi Lake captains Wales and scores a close-range try in the match.


