VAMOS: Impressive Argentina stun All Blacks with four-try victory in Wellington

The result means the All Blacks’ winless run in Wellington continues and they have now won there only once in the past seven Tests and are winless in that city in their last four encounters.

Argentina had the better of the early exchanges and spent most of the opening 10 minutes camped inside New Zealand’s half but they had no reward for their efforts.

The All Blacks eventually opened the scoring courtesy of a McKenzie penalty in the 11th minute before Darry crossed for the first try shortly afterwards.

This, after McKenzie chipped ahead and regathered before offloading to Barrett who raced upfield and soon found himself inside Los Pumas’ half. He was confronted by the cover defence but kicked ahead before Darry gathered to score his first Test try.

Despite trailing 10-0, Argentina did not panic and midway through the half they opened their account when Cinti crossed the whitewash after Pablo Matera and Santiago Chocobares combined brilliantly in the build-up.

The next 10 minutes was an arm wrestle as the sides battled to gain the ascendancy but the home side increased their lead in the 28th minute when McKenzie succeeded with his second penalty.

In the 35th minute, the All Blacks increased their lead when Lienert-Brown ran onto a pass from McKenzie close to Argentina’s try-line and swivelled through a tackle before dotting down.

McKenzie’s successful conversion meant New Zealand were leading 20-8 but this game’s topsy-turvy nature continued when Pumas flyer Carreras pounced on a loose ball and displayed deft footwork to beat the All Blacks fly-half on his way over the whitewash.

That meant the match was evenly poised at half-time with the hosts holding a 20-15 lead but Argentina were fastest out of the blocks after the break.

In the 43rd minute, the visitors caught the men in black by surprise with a clever lineout variation in which a dummy jumper went up but the ball was thrown to Molina at the front of the set-piece, and the second-row powered over the try-line after a strong shove from his team-mates.

His effort was converted by Carreras which meant the visitors held the lead for the first time and the lead changed hands twice in five minutes when McKenzie and Carreras traded penalties.

However, New Zealand struck back when Tele’a crossed for his try in the 52nd minute after gathering a well-timed pass from TJ Perenara close to the visitors’ try-line.

McKenzie’s conversion meant the All Blacks were leading 30-28 but that would be the last time they would score points as Los Pumas came to the fore with an outstanding performance in the final quarter.

Carreras narrowed the gap when he In the 69th minute, replacement hooker Creevy barged over from close quarters with Carreras’ conversion restoring his side’s lead and the fly-half added the final nail in the All Blacks coffin when he slotted his fourth three-pointer off the kicking tee in game’s closing stages.