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French wheels fall off after more controversy

By GARY FITZGERALD

Hat-trick hero: Rieko Ioane dives over to score one of his three for New Zealand
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McKenzie amassed 24 points, including two tries, while wing Rieko Ioane scored a superb 12-minute second half hat-trick as the All Blacks eventually smothered their rivals into submission.
But again the victory was assisted by a controversial refereeing decision which, as in the first two games, was followed by a rapid French meltdown in confidence and belief. Debateable yellow and red cards helped send the tourists sliding to heavy defeats in Auckland and then Welli...

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