Two tries from winger Jamayne Isaako have inspired NZ Kiwis to a record 30-0 victory over world champions Australia for the inaugural Pacific Championship crown.
Seven days after falling 36-18 to their archrivals at Melbourne, New Zealand gave them no sniff across this side of the Tasman, scoring five tries and erasing their previous biggest win - 24-0 at Leeds in 2005 - from the record books.
Australian coach Mal Meninga had rested star front-rowers Payne Haas and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui from the previous encounter, while counterpart Michael Maguire stuck to a line-up left licking its wounds from the defeat.
If the Kiwis were wearied from battle, they didn't show it, as they jumped on their illustrious opponents early, never letting them into the contest.
New Zealand had the first real chance to score after 10 minutes, when the Aussie defenders could not defuse Jahrome Hughes' kick at the end of a set. Hooker Kieran Foran went close between the posts, but the attack fizzled with an ill-advised kick from prop James Fisher-Harris.
Moments later, winger Ronaldo Mulitalo broke from his own half and five-eighth Dylan Brown continued the movement, which ended, when Mulitalo received the ball back, with a straight sprint to the left corner. Jamayne Isaako converted from the sideline to give the home side an early advantage.
New Zealand dominated the game physically, with centre Matt Timoko trampling Aussie hooker Ben Hunt with one run and Mulitalo cutting counterpart Valentine Holmes in half with a trysaving tackle.
Their second try came when they snatched a short goal-lime dropout and Isaako was shown the right corner, then slotted the extra points from the sideline.
Australia had a prime opportunity for points before halftime, when half Cameron Munster forced a mistake at a play-the-ball, but the chance came to nothing, when hooker Harry Grant dropped the ball cold.
At the break, the world champions had missed twice as many tackles as their opponents (38-17).
Soon after the restart, a handling error in midfield gave New Zealand another attacking chance and Isaako was able to force the ball just inside touch-in-goal for his second try.
Timoko was the beneficiary of a touch pass from Brown to slice through the defence for the try that probably sealed victory for the Kiwis and Isaako's conversion put his team up 22-0 with time on their side.
Australia went close, before Hughes smothered a dangerous kick from Munster on his goal-line, but next time down the field, Brown, Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Griffin Neame drove Edwards back 20 metres in a gang tackle. From the subsequent set, the Kangaroos were penalised for obstruction in midfield and Isaako extended the lead.
Another tryscoring chance went begging for the Aussies, when Munster was deemed offside from a kick ahead, with the line open in front of him.
Rookie prop Neame had the West Coast in fits, as he broke two tackles and stretched out in a third to score between the posts, as the celebrations began.
"The boys just dug in and we've been working towards this for a while now," said centre Joseph Manu. "Aussie was tough, but the boys wanted it more.
"We just kept believing. It wasn't how we wanted it to go last week, but we know the quality of players in our team and just the pride in the jersey. We really wanted to restore that, put the jersey in a better place and never stop believing, no matter what happened last week."
New Zealand 30 (Isaako 2, Mulitalo, Timoko, Neame tries; Isaako 4 conversions & penalty) Australia 0
