New Zealand Maori warmed up for their meeting with Australia next Saturday with a convincing 43-18 win over a depleted New South Wales side in Sydney.

The Maori ran in seven tries against a Waratahs outfit missing half-a-dozen Wallabies including Matt Burke and David Lyons.

Full-back Willie Walker, making his Maori debut, and wing Joe Maddock each notched a brace of tries to lift the touring side.

Confidence

Their previous match against Queensland ended in a 28-25 defeat, but four second-half tries boosted the confidence ahead of their Wallabies date in Perth.

NSW led 13-5 midway through the first half helped by a try from lock Van Humphries, but Walker's double and Maddock's first score saw the Maori take a 19-13 interval lead.

A try from Waratahs captain Steve Talbot closed the gap to 24-18 with 16 minutes left.

But with fly-half Carlos Spencer calling the shots, the Maori managed further tries from flanker Blair Urlich, Maddock, scrum-half Brendon Haami and replacement hooker Cory Flynn.