All Blacks stunned as Wales break 73 years of heartbreak in Cardiff

They've done it. Wales have stunned the rugby world with a 35-28 victory in Cardiff in a performance that will stand the test of time in terms of its defensive bravery.Their last victory against the All Blacks was 73 years ago.This is a shocking result in the big scheme of things and because it brought a halt to one of the most one-sided rivalries in the world game.A day after France beat South Africa in Paris to hand the Nations Championship advantage to New Zealand, Wales have gone one better to blow the tournament wide open again.The Principality Stadium was nowhere near full, with "only" 56,000 spectators present in a venue that holds more than 70,000 and those that stayed in the valleys or the pubs of Cardiff or Llanelli may be ruing missing out on watching history play out in the flesh.The All Blacks, who conceded two converted tries within 10 minutes of the start of both halves, were wasteful and far too loose at times.The spotlight will shine on the decision to make eight changes to the starting line-up, and 10 in total, after a meritorious performance and victory over Scotland.It is clear the wholesale changes altered the balance and connectivity of the team, with halfback Cam Roigard and second-five Jordie Barrett two men in particular who were missed, although the latter was recovering from a head injury.The All Blacks did not get much change from French referee Pierre Brousset, an occasionally eccentric figure who did not reward New Zealand's scrum dominance or penalise Wales once in the final 10 minutes despite the home side spending almost the entire time defending on its tryline.Wales celebrate a try during their famous victory at the Principality Stadium.Matt Impey / www.photosport.nzBut the All Blacks, who were held up over Wales' tryline three times in the final quarter, had their chances and say what you like about fortune favouring the home side but Dave Rennie's men were nowhere near clinical enough.A massive chance wasted came with 16 minutes remaining when replacement prop Xavier Numia's decision to go for the tryline rather than pass to the unmarked midfielder Quinn Tupaea beside him."Wales played very well so full credit to them," skipper Beauden Barrett said afterwards."We knew if the crowd got behind them… well you can hear them now. We weren't clinical enough… and their passion was probably the difference."It was far too easy for the Welsh at times and conceding five converted tries will be difficult for Rennie and company to accept. His side scored only four.Like they were against the Scots, the All Blacks were vulnerable again when defending deep in their own territory, with Tomos Williams a beneficiary after only two minutes following a kick ahead by wing Louis Rees-Zammit.Front rower Dewi Lake was over only a few minutes later from an attacking lineout. Again, far too easily from an All Blacks' perspective.Halfback Cortez Ratima replied for the visitors in their first visit into the Wales 22m area after ducking down the blindside from an attacking lineout, with impressive loose forward Wallace Sititi over soon after from another lineout drive.The All Blacks, once they put their risky offloading game away and went the direct route, looked far more effective but, call it ambition, optimism or complacency, they could not go away from it and the mistakes kept coming.Wing Fehi Fineanganofo scores his first test try for the All Blacks.Matt Impey / www.photosport.nzNo.10 Richie Mo'unga, who had his moments on attack and defence, was guilty of being a bit loose, as was hooker Asafo Aumua and skipper Barrett, but a first test try for wing Fehi Fineanganafo a full two minutes after the halftime siren after good work from Sititi and Tupaea threatened to be a turning point.It evened the score at 21-21 and showed the All Blacks the way, but, alas for them, Eddie James and Rees-Zammit were over for two converted tries after the re-start to wrest the momentum right back.A Lakai try after 53 minutes closed the gap and indicated that normal service would shortly resume, but it most definitely did not as Wales defended with an intensity and connectedness that the All Blacks could not deal with.Leicester Fainga'anuku was held up (when an extra pass would have probably unlocked the defence) minutes after Aumua failed to get the ball down and, with four minutes remaining, Brousset found an All Blacks knock-on after initially signalling play-on and the game was all but up for the All Blacks."We weren't good enough at the end," coach Rennie said afterwards. "We had plenty of ball but became one dimensional and became disconnected... it was a hell of a defensive effort from them."The All Blacks must now regroup to play England at Twickenham in seven days.Wales 35 (Tomos Williams, Dewi Lake, Archie Griffin, Eddie James, Louis Rees-Zammit tries; Sam Costelow 5 cons)All Blacks 28 (Cortez Ratima, Wallace Sititi, Fehi Fineanganofo, Peter Lakai tries; Richie Mo'unga 4 cons)Halftime: 21-21