New Zealand began their seven-match tour of Great Britain with a comprehensive victory over Super League club Hull.

Wingers Francis Meli and Henry Fa'afili scored three of their five tries as the curtain came down on 107 years of professional rugby league at the Boulevard.

It was a display that will have left the watching GB coach David Waite with plenty to think about ahead of their three-Test series against the Kiwis.

A capacity crowd of 12,092 were at the Boulevard for the last-ever match to be staged at the famous old ground.

And the home team did not disappoint, putting the Kiwis under immediate pressure before taking a sixth-minute lead through Richard Horne's try and Matt Crowthner's conversion.

But it was not long before New Zealand found their rhythm and began to put their game together as Hull ran out of steam.

Francis Meli was twice denied tries by forward passes and scrum-half Lance Hohaia would have touched down, but he grounded the ball short of the line after a fine run and dive.

The pressure on the Hull line finally told when full-back David Vaealiki went over for a try on 36 minutes, with Hohaia adding the goal.

As the second-half progressed, Hull crumbled and Fa'afili added his second after a sweeping move down the left.

Francis Meli made it 26-7 with the softest try of the night, walking the ball in from the half-way line after intercepting a stray Hull pass.

But fittingly it was Hull who had the last word when winger Paul Parker went over with almost the last touch of the game, to send the Boulevard crowd into hysterics.