South Africa 29 England 5 United States 18 Bermuda 12 Mission accomplished.

The New Zealand All Blacks reclaimed the prize they sought with such single-mindedness throughout this tournament, capturing their fifth World Rugby Classic championship yesterday in the same way they won all their games this year: changing the weather pattern in Devonshire by raining try after try upon dazed opponents.

The Kiwis bushwhacked the forlorn Barbarians 30-0 for their second consecutive shut-out of the 1994 event (they beat South Africa 45-0 on Friday) and the first-ever shut-out in the history of the Classic final. The triumph was also the widest margin of victory by any champions in the event's seven-year history with the most points ever scored in a championship game since Wales defeated England 28-16 in 1988.

The All Blacks yesterday continued their awesome dominance of the tournament -- winning three games by scoring 145 points and 29 tries -- and snatching the title away from the Barbarians. They started spectacularly by beating the US 70-5 on opening day and continued steadily upward.

New Zealand, however, started slowly in the first half of yesterday's match, taking 20 minutes to get on the scoreboard, finding the Barbarians to be equally hungry opponents. Prop John Spiers and scrum half Dave Loveridge gave New Zealand a 10-0 lead after the opening 35 minutes.

The Kiwis even overcame the loss of one of their key players when Bryce Robbins had to be carried off the field after he tore a groin muscle.

All Blacks got four more tries in the second half -- from hooker Bruce Hemara, full back Robbie Deans, wing Terry Wright and centre Andy Jefferd -- to seal the victory.

"We wanted to score some tries if we could, we didn't want to find out whether (Barbarians) wanted to take conversions or not,'' a smiling Andy Haden said as a wave of noisy excitement rolled over National Sports Club.

"We had a bit of distance to make up for last year and it was good that we were able to put our heads down and do some work.'' Barbarians had few scoring opportunities, but excited the crowd with sizzling runs from their exquisite wing Glenne Webbe while others like Ewan Kennedy, Allan Edmunds, and Jeremy Pugh -- who plays like a killer whale nosing in a school of salmon -- desperately tried to steer Barbarians back into the contest. Each attempt, however, seemed to fold faster than a snow removal service in Bermuda.

"We are disappointed, but there's no way you can compete with a side so well organised as New Zealand,'' said Barbarians captain Allan Martin, licking a temporary cold sore of mud from his upper lip. "I mean we had a scratch side, we got together (last) Sunday. I think we did very well, we gave it our best shot, we tackled very well and we played with pride.

"But New Zealand are very, very good. They were strong in the maul, they were confident in the ruck and they moved the ball, they protected the ball well and we just couldn't get among them. The score reflects their level of dominance.'' Martin, who said it would likely be his last Classic as a player, tried to get his team motivated after the first half.

"Basically I told them to just keep at it and if the breaks come, whatever ball we win we've got to use and, of course, we didn't win that much ball. You can't take a side like the All Blacks on when you haven't got that level of organisation up front. But I'm not despondent, our players gave their best.'' The All Black resurgence in the tournament was boosted by five new members to their side -- Steve McDowell, Andy Earle, Bernie McCahill, Jefferd Wright and Brent Anderson and New Zealand's power looks to be a harbinger of things to come in the future.

"New Zealand rugby is out of season right now so all their players are available,'' said Martin, chewing the words and then spitting them out as though they were the sourest grape in the vineyard of oldtimers' rugby. "We have a large pool of players who aren't available because they're involved in league rugby. So we're always going to be struggling and unless the tournament switches to another time when we're out of season. It'll always be this way.'' "We'd like to think we'll continue to dominate, but it's not going to be the case,''said Robbie Deans, whose try put the All Blacks over the 100 point mark in Classic finals. "The nature of the tournament is changing. Already it's becoming a wee bit more competitive and fitness levels are improving all the time. "Hopefully it won't be to the detriment of the tournament because I think one of the great appealing factors is that you get guys like Willie John McBride and Allan Martin and these older characters. If it gets to the point where they don't feel they can compete then the tournament will be the worse for it.'' Said Haden: "It was important that we did start to broaden our line-up because we had been coming with the same ones so it was good to see others get a go at it. I think that was important for what the Classic represents to New Zealand, there has to be some variety, some new names.'' Also yesterday, South Africa won their second game of the tournament, a 29-5 victory over England that gave them the Plate final. Springboks got tries from Irvin October (two) Gawie Visagie, Deon Lotter and Rudie Visagie and conversions from Hugh Reece Edwards and Errol Tobias. Wade Dooley had the lone score for England.

Bermuda played well despite losing 18-12 against the United States. Scoring for Bermuda were Rob Greig and Tomas Peterson with Rafael Madero adding a conversion.