The All Blacks have blitzed Canada 63-0 in Pool B of the Rugby World Cup this morning as they make it two wins from two in Japan.
An early penalty try along with tries for Jordie Barrett, Sonny Bill Williams, Beauden Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Scott Barrett, Shannon Frizell and a brace from Brad Webber saw New Zealand sweep the floor with Canada.
The All Blacks got off to a perfect start and were awarded a penalty try after just five minutes after putting massive pressure on the Canadian scrum.
On nine minutes they were in for try number two as Richie Mo’unga sent a wonderful cross-field kick over to the right corner, where Jordie Barrett caught the ball in acres of space for an easy touchdown. Mo’unga provided the extras to make it 14-0.
After 17 minutes they had another try as a powerful run from Sonny Bill saw him reach out and place the ball on the whitewash, again, Mo’unga sent the conversion over and it was 21-0.
Canada came into the game over the following 20 minutes, but after coming close on a couple of occasions it was New Zealand who got in for the bonus-point score with four minutes to go until half-time as Sonny Bill sent a lovely grubber kick under the posts where Beauden Barrett had the easy task of putting the ball down. Mo’unga kicked the final points of the half as New Zealand went in 28-0 up.
The All Blacks came out in sensational form at the start of the second-half and scored a further four tries in the opening 10 minutes.
The first came less than a minute into the half as Williams made a brilliant break through the Canadian defence before passing over to Ioane in the left corner, who dived over for the try. Mo’unga made it 35-0 with the conversion from the touchline.
Four minutes later and Scott Barrett ensured that all three of the Barrett brothers got in on the scoring act as he was put through by captain Kieran Read close to the line, with Mo’unga stretching out the lead.
Almost straight from the kick-off and they were in once more, as Ioane turned provider this time, breaking through the defence before passing it on to Frizell to touchdown, Mo’unga made it 49-0.
As they 50th minute came up, Beauden Barrett made a fizzing run through the defence from his own half before gifting the ball to substitute scrum-half Webber, who raced over for try number eight. Man of the match Mo’unga made sure that New Zealand matched their first half tally with another perfect conversion.
Webber was in again eight minutes later as New Zealand pulled off a beautiful move from a scrum on half-way as Mo’unga took the ball up before offloading to Webber who did the rest. Mo’unga continued his 100% record to make it 63-0.
Despite the All Blacks having multiple chances to add to their score there were a lot of handling errors leaving it at 63-0.
The All Blacks will hope to make it a third win in a row when they take on Namibia on Sunday as they look to continue their march towards a third Webb Ellis Cup on the bounce. While Canada will face another tough task when they meet the Springboks next Tuesday.
New Zealand Player Ratings
Starting XV:
Atu Moli (7), Liam Coltman (7), Angus Ta’avao (6), Patrick Tuipulotu (7), Scott Barrett (8), Shannon Frizell (8), Matt Todd (8), Kieran Read (8), TJ Perenara (7), Richie Mo’unga (9), Rieko Ioane (7), Sonny Bill Williams (9), Jack Goodhue (7), Jordie Barrett (8), Beauden Barrett (9)
Replacements (9)
