■By ROGER PANTING at Principality Stadium

WALES stunned New Zealand to end 73 years of hurt.
Steve Tandy’s side produced a monumental performance at Principality Stadium to defeat New Zealand 35–28 to snap a 34-match losing streak against the All Blacks stretching back to December 1953.
Having endured an 18-Test losing run between 2023 and 2025, finished bottom of the Six Nations earlier this year, and faced heavy criticism following a sluggish win over Japan last weekend, Wales entered the clash as 20–1 outsiders. Yet they tore up the script with five cl...

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