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Manu Samoa were made to pay for missed opportunities as the All Blacks romped to victory with 12 unanswered tries.
The visitors tested the New Zealand defence in the opening period but head coach Namulauulu Alama Ieremia says they were punished for any mistakes.
"I thought we actually asked questions tonight of the All Blacks, at times. I thought some of our work was quite solid in the first half however we turned too much ball over and, as I mentioned, if you turn the ball over against the All Blacks you will get punished, and in the second half the sword went in deeper and obviously the scoreline blew out."
Samoa captain Kahn Fotuali'i doesn't think the result will affect the team's confidence, as they prepare to face Wales in Apia next weekend.
"First half was pretty positive for us so I think we just need to fix up what we did in the first half and try and carry that through. It just shows fitness isn't up there for us and if we held on to the ball at times - and we turned that over at crucial times we got punished. We obviously played the number one team in the world and they capitalised on every opportunity."
Meanwhile, Tonga struggled for cohesion as a Wales team missing 12 players to the British and Irish Lions ground out a 24-6 victory in the early game at Eden Park.
The Tongan defence withstood some early pressure on their goal-line but struggled to get their hands on the ball, or keep it when they did.
Head coach Toutai Kefu says with only a few training sessions under their belts it was always going to be difficult.
"We need to get better, do things better, make better decisions but I thought the effort was there. The turnover rate was more than double theirs so we made a lot of mistakes. We made some mistakes in terms of execution, decision making - and some of those at crucial times."
Toutai Kefu says there were positives to take out of the game, as Tonga ramp up preparations for crucial Rugby World Cup qualifying matches next month.
"Playing time together. There's a few areas that have magnified now so we can concentrate on and general conditioning - we've never played together as a group and that's a test match against a tier one nation so obviously for the hit-out we're going to get better."
The 'Ikale Tahi will spend the next two weeks in camp in Nuku'alofa before hosting Samoa and Fiji at Teufaiva Stadium in their first home rugby internationals for eight years.
Meanwhile Fiji bucked the trend at the weekend with a Ben Volavola drop goal securing a dramatic 22-19 victory over Italy in Suva.
The Flying Fijians are back in action again on Saturday against a Scottish team fresh from beating the Wallabies.
This is Vinnie Wylie.
