( CNN ) -- The New Zealand All Blacks secured a narrow 14-10 victory over France in Wellington on Saturday to square their rugby Test series at 1-1 , but France still secured the Dave Gallaher Cup for the first time since it was introduced in 2000 by virtue of their five-point victory in Dunedin last week . Ma ' a Nonu goes over for New Zealand 's only try in their narrow victory over France in Wellington . Having been out-muscled and out-played 27-22 in the opening Test , the New Zealanders played with far greater intensity , physicality and urgency at a cold , wet and windy Westpac Stadium . A Ma ' a Nonu try midway through the first half opened the scoring for the host nation before Stephen Donald slotted home a penalty for an 8-0 advantage at the break . The French reply was swift after the restart , with wing Cedric Heymans crossing the line with a superb solo effort and then Julien Dupuy 's conversion getting them back into the game . But another Donald penalty and one from substitute Luke McAlister edged the All Blacks further ahead before a late three-pointer from Dimitri Yachvili kept things interesting . Meanwhile , a much-changed Australia side comfortably accounted for Italy 34-12 in Melbourne on Saturday . Man-of-the-match Adam Ashley-Cooper , who started on the bench , finished with two tries , one in each half , after coming on initially when Peter Hynes was blood-binned , then as a replacement for James O'Connor at full-back . Three first-half tries gave the Wallabies a 20-6 lead at the break and that was a fair reflection of the difference between the teams , but the hosts were held at bay for much of the second half before late tries by Lachie Turner and Ashley-Cooper . Australian-born full-back Luke McLean landed four penalties for Italy for whom fellow-Aussie Craig Gower was effective and creative in his second start at fly-half .
The New Zealand All Blacks defeat France 14-10 in Wellington to level series . Tourists France won the opening Test match 27-22 in Dunedin last weekend . A much-changed Australian side defeats Italy 34-12 in Melbourne on Saturday .