Black Ferns star Ruby Tui has well and truly re-established herself in the 15-a-side game after scoring four tries as part of her side's 12-try thumping of Wales this afternoon.
Making Tui's haul all the more impressive is the fact she did it in just one magical 13-minute spell in the first half of the match, helping the Black Ferns to a 70-7 win in Dunedin.
Tui made her return to Test rugby for the first time this year in last week's one-point loss to France having taken a sabbatical earlier this year to play rugby sevens in the US, and she showed some of those sevens skills this afternoon including a cheeky goose-step on her way to scoring try No.4.
It was part of a dominant performance from the Black Ferns after last week's right loss with fellow wing Mererangi Paul also notching a hat-trick and Lucy Jenkins nabbing a brace. Amy du Plessis, Katelyn Vahaakolo and Ruahei Demant also found the chalk.
But along with the high-flying attack, an area coach Allan Bunting will be particularly pleased with was his side's maul defence with the Black Ferns constantly shutting down the Welsh setpiece and even forcing turnovers in amongst the thick of it.
The set piece will be a crucial area next week when they take on England for the first time since last year's electric Rugby World Cup final where, even though they spent the majority of the match down a player due to a red card, England almost beat the Black Ferns with their impressive forward pack.
But the Black Ferns won then as they did this afternoon - a potent attack that this afternoon was led by Tui and Paul.
Wales started well enough to keep the game scoreless for the opening 10 minutes but after Paul and Tui scored their first tries, the floodgates well and truly opened when Nel Metcalfe was sin-binned in the 15th minute for hair pulling.
That allowed Tui to go on her scoring blitz and suddenly it was 27-0 at halftime.
The Black Ferns only got more dominant from there as they rounded out their first Test in Dunedin since 1997 in style.
Black Ferns 70 (Ruby Tui 4, Mererangi Paul 3, Lucy Jenkins 2, Amy du Plessis, Katelyn Vahaakolo, Ruahei Demant tries; Renee Holmes 5 con)
Wales 7 (Abbie Fleming try; Robyn Wilkins con).
HT: 27-0
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