Humiliated Kiwis offer no excuses

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Just three weeks after their record 58-0 defeat by Australia in Wellington, the new-look Kiwis sustained a 44-0 second-Test hammering by Great Britain in Hull to suffer a first series defeat since 1993.

"It's very disappointing," said Thomas Leuluai, the Wigan scrum-half. "They're a good team, I know that from playing over here."

He added: "I don't know what to say. We didn't do the little things we are usually so good at doing but there's no excuses, we're all professionals."

Leuluai was hampered by a leg injury in the second half and eventually had to be replaced but he was not looking for excuses.

"I'm not passing the buck," he said. "I'll put my hand up. I didn't perform tonight and I'm pretty sure other blokes will put their hands up.

"We've lost a lot of good players, guys that were our leaders, and we're going through a transitional stage - everyone is harping on about that - but we've got to perform better than that. It wasn't up to standard."