Jamie Roberts became the first Welsh player since Martyn Williams in 2006 to get across the whitewash against the All Blacks when he dived over in the corner in the 78th minute.

After last weekend's disappointing 42-9 loss in Dunedin coach Warren Gatland had stressed the need for his team to earn the respect of the New Zealand public and they are likely to have done that after a far more committed performance.

But the loss of skipper Ryan Jones to a leg injury on 25 minutes was a big loss for the visitors and they also saw Lee Byrne and Gavin Thomas sent to the sin-bin as ill-discipline crept into their game.

Thomas' sin-binning on 71 saw him joined by All Blacks replacement Sam Whitelock was cooling his heels at the same time after holding back Thomas which resulted in the openside flanker meting out his own punishment.

When Byrne was shown the yellow card on the stroke of half-time New Zealand were 10-3 up after Dan Carter had kicked a penalty and converted Cory Jane's try and the fly-half added the three points to give his side a comfortable 13-3 lead at the break. Wales having opened the scoring through a Leigh Halfpenny penalty.

Welsh indiscipline continued at the start of the second half and Carter duly punished them with another three penalties as the free-flowing rugby of last weekend failed to materialise until late in the piece when Roberts and Aaron Cruden exchanged five-pointers.

The tourists made a solid start as they took a 3-0 lead in the second minute with Halfpenny's penalty from almost halfway after Jane was penalised for not releasing Tom Prydie.

Both teams looked to use their kickers to gain field position early on in the wet conditions, although young Wales fly-half Dan Biggar showed an eye for the gap when he broke past Tim Donnelly in just the fifth minute.

But after he fed Bradley Davies the attack faltered as the All Blacks swarmed on defence.

Wales then had a five-metre scrum but wasted the good opportunity, after initially shoving the All Blacks backwards, when Adam Jones was adjudged to have faded on the hit and Carter cleared from the resulting free-kick.

But the All Blacks were starting to look dangerous with ball in hand as centres Richard Kahui and Benson Stanley started to make some inroads in midfield.

Flanker Thomas was then caught for incorrect entry at the ruck and Carter levelled the scores with a penalty on 14 minutes.

Another promising attack by the Welsh - which was sparked by a strong run down the right flank by scrum-half Mike Phillips - fizzled out several phases later when Alun Wyn Jones lost the ball in the tackle as, like last week, poor execution cost the visitors.

They were made to pay dearly as New Zealand got the game's opening try on 24 minutes when they spun the ball out wide from a ruck close to the Welsh line, Stanley putting Jane in the gap as the wing breezed past Biggar to touch down despite Halfpenny's tackle.

Carter's conversion stretched the home side's lead to 10-3.

Captain Jones' departure to injury added to the misery and then Biggar wasted a penalty opportunity with a horrible strike.

Carter returned the favour a couple of minutes later when he sent a penalty wide but he got another shot at goal on the stroke of half-time when Byrne was sin-binned for a lifting tackle on Donnelly close to the Welsh line and the All Blacks fly-half made no mistake.

More Welsh indiscipline allowed Carter to extend the home side's lead to 22-3 with three more penalties and the game became scrappier as both coaches turned to their benches.

Biggar lost the ball forward on attack after some good strong running by Phillips and then Roberts was held up over the line when Guildford somehow managed to get his body underneath the centre.

More staunch All Blacks defence from a combination of Kahui and Guildford denied Jonathan Davies a minute later before Roberts finally earned some reward for the hard-working visitors.

But it was Cruden who had the final say when he chipped behind the on-rushing Welsh defence. Byrne failed to ground the ball and the young fly-half pounced for his maiden Test try, Weepu adding the conversion.