Hosea Gear, twice, and Mils Muliaina also crossed for New Zealand, with Lee Byrne getting a late Wales try.

BBC: Wales 25-37 New Zealand

Hosea Gear and Mils Muliaina scored twice, while Dan Carter, Conrad Smith and Andy Ellis also crossed the line.

BBC: Scotland 3-49 New Zealand

Two Charlie Hodgson penalties and a Steffon Armitage try put England 13-0 up but the Maori replied through Hosea Gear and Liam Messam to lead 17-13.

BBC: New Zealand Maori 35-28 England

But the tourists failed to score in the second period as Hosea Gear completed a sensational hat-trick of tries for the Maori to celebrate their centenary in style.

BBC: England boss Martin Johnson annoyed by loss to Maori

We heard from people in Phoenix, New York City, Maine, Connecticut, Oakland, California, and Nevada, including Josh Ackerman, Jerry Kursin(ph), Hosea Tesery(ph), Brad Hayes, Anita DeVito(ph), Chris Brown, and Susie Nichol(ph), Maurice Williams(ph), Crissy Simpson(ph) and Joseph Mayo(ph).

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On Saturday, Lee Byrne's missed kick to touch was gleefully seized upon by New Zealand, who led just 13-12 at the time and had Daniel Braid in the sin-bin, and ended with Hosea Gear scoring his second try of the match.

BBC: Winless Wales still pack punch