Stats and facts: Wales v New Zealand
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Stats and facts: Wales v New Zealand
Here are a few stats and facts ahead of the clash:
1. Aaron Smith is set to surpass Dan Carter as the most capped back in All Blacks history, playing his 113th Test.
2. Wing Rio Dyer will make his Wales debut after a lightning start to the season with the Dragons.
3. Wales only won a single game in the Six Nations.
4. Referee Wayne Barnes will mark his 100th Test by starting the game with the whistle used in the famous 1905 Test between Wales and the All Blacks.
5. Barnes has refereed Wales more than any other country, with this being his 29th Test.
6. New Zealand are on a 32-match winning run against Wales dating back to 1953.
7. Wales became the first team to lose to Italy for seven years in the Six Nations when they fell to a 22-21 defeat in Cardiff in the final round.
8. New Zealand have not lost five Tests in a calendar year this century, the last time being in 1998 when they lost to Australia three times and South Africa twice.
9. Wales have lost each of their last two games on home soil after winning three in a row previously.
10. Only Ireland (694) made more carries than Wales during this year's Six Nations.
