Wales stuns All Blacks 35-28 for the first time in 73 years

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Wales shocked New Zealand 35-28 for its first victory over the All Blacks in 73 years in a pulsating Nations Championship rugby match on Saturday.Wales set the tone with a second-minute try by Tomos Williams and never trailed, but had to survive waves of attacks for the last, tense 27 minutes to preserve a seven-point lead.

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It is perhaps the biggest upset in test rugby since Japan defeated South Africa in the 2015 World Cup.The Welsh had lost 34 straight matches to the All Blacks after their last win in 1953. They had conceded 50 points to the All Blacks on their last three visits to Cardiff.Wales has fallen on hard times of late. It was last again in the Six Nations and was second-to-last in the northern hemisphere pool of the Nations Championship; it barely beat Japan last weekend.

The odds were so stacked for the All Blacks that only 55,000 people attended — 20,000 below a sell-out — the lowest crowd for a Wales-New Zealand match since the national stadium opened