His clinical Aussie side picked apart the Kiwis to celebrate their skipper's milestone with an emphatic 30-12 victory at Canberra Stadium on Friday night in front of an average crowd of 18,535

Smith will have fond memories of his 50th, as he joined Darren Lockyer as the only players to achieve the international feat.

Kangaroos second-rower Matt Gillett was named man of the match.

"I'm just glad we got the win for Smithy," he said.

But if you looked at the statistics you could have been excused for thinking it was a close game, with missed tackles the only obvious exception.

It does, however, point to the Rugby League World Cup being the Kangaroos' to lose as they repeated their Four Nations' domination of the Kiwis.

There could be a couple of injury concerns for the Aussies, with Josh Dugan failing to finish the game with a suspected fractured cheekbone and Cooper Cronk finishing on the bench with ice on his knee - although the latter looked precautionary.

It was a shame for Dugan, the St George Illawarra fullback started his maiden Test on his home deck like a man possessed, putting on a couple of big shots early and looking dangerous with the ball.

Not surprisingly, the ex-Canberra Raider was the first to score thanks to a perfectly weighted cross-field kick from Johnathan Thurston.

The Kangaroos centre out-jumped his opponent and then land for the try.

And his partner-in-crime and wingman Blake Ferguson from the Cruisergate days also flew out of the gates for a first-half Duguson show.

Ferguson's perfect defensive read resulted in him flying almost the length of the field to get his name on the scoresheet.

The pair also produced rock-solid defence on their right edge, which included helping Cronk hold up Roger Tuivasa-Sheck when the Kiwis fullback got in-goal.

That was until a head clash with Kiwis prop Russell Packer left Dugan with a suspected fractured cheekbone that forced him off in the second half never to return and provide another possible injury blow for the high-flying Dragons, who have also lost five-eighth Gareth Widdop with a knee injury.

While there was plenty of NSW Blue in the Kangaroos pack, Sam Thaiday and Gillett showed there was also some handy Maroon as well.

A Thaiday break set up centre Will Chambers and then Gillett did the same on the right for a disallowed Ferguson try.

The whole Aussie pack was impressive - Boyd Cordner, Gillett, David Klemmer, Tyson Frizell and Andrew Fifita all bringing plenty of energy.

Apparently Thurston had missed a month due to a calf injury, but you wouldn't have known it.

He was running around like a young whippet and his kicking game was on-song as well.

His grubber found the upright and Frizell was first there to make it an emphatic 24-0 break going into half-time.

"JT" also finished up with a perfect five from five from the kicking tee.

Their half-time lead allowed a bit of razzle dazzle to emerge in the second half, with Darius Boyd and Cooper Cronk both throwing hook passes that Jake Trbojevic finished off.

While it was over as a contest, the Kiwis showed some Anzac spirit to fight out the game with Simon Mannering and Tuivasa-Sheck scoring a couple of consolation tries to win the second half.

AUSTRALIAN KANGAROOS 30 (Josh Dugan, Blake Ferguson, Will Chambers, Tyson Frizell, Jake Trbojevic tries; Johnathan Thurston 5 goals) bt NEW ZEALAND KIWIS 12 (Simon Mannering, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck tries; Jordan Kahu 2 goals) at Canberra Stadium. Referee: Matt Cecchin. Crowd: 18,535.