All Blacks move into the final but this was a sorry mismatch

From NICK CAIN at the Stade de France

Argentina............................6pts
Penalties: Boffelli 4, 34

New Zealand......................44pts
Tries: Jordan 10, 61, 72 Barrett 16, Frizell 41, 48, Smith 41
Conversions: Mo’unga 11, 42, 49
Penalties: Mo’unga 37
New Zealand have booked their place in a fifth World Cup final, but after the pyrotechnics of last weekend’s quarter-finals this first semi-final of the 2023 tournament fizzled out.
This was simply because the gap in class between the All Blacks and Argentina in Paris on Friday night was too great for this match to ever ignite.
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