All Blacks wallop Fiji in San Diego as unbeaten start to Scott Robertson reign continues

07/20/2024 01:36 AM

• New Zealand run in seven tries in 47-5 victory at Snapdragon Stadium
• New faces impress for All Blacks in front of 30,000 fans

The All Blacks scored seven tries in a 47-5 win over Fiji in their first rugby match in San Diego in 44 years, an attempt to sell the game to American sports fans.

In that sense the game was a success. A crowd of 30,000 packed Snapdragon Stadium, the largest crowd for a game of rugby in San Diego. When the All Blacks last played in the city in 1980, beating the United States 53-6, they attracted 10,000 to the former San Diego Chargers' NFL stadium.