New Zealand beats Italy 20-6 in rugby test

Luke McAlister's five penalties helped New Zealand beat Italy 20-6 Saturday for a third straight win on the northern hemisphere tour, but it was the team's least impressive performance so far.

Corey Flynn scored the game's only try in the first half for New Zealand, while flyhalf Craig Gower kicked two penalties for Italy.

The All Blacks started with an inexperienced side that included three players _ Ben Smith, Mike Delany and Tamati Ellison _ making their test debuts, and the lack of familiarity was evident from the number of errors and lack of fluency.

Italy began in determined fashion in front of 80,000 fans at the San Siro, and took the lead …