Roigard and McKenzie shine as 11-try All Blacks hammer Namibia
The All Blacks have been crushed every week in the past of their blockbuster conflict in opposition to hosts France, their first ever defeat in a pool match on the World Cup.
There was by no means any hazard of that tally being doubled in Toulouse, the bonus level secured inside 25 minutes. Damian McKenzie and Cam Roigard each went over twice within the first-half, with Leicester Faingaanuku and Anton Lienert-Brown additionally scoring tries earlier than the break.
Namibia stored the All Blacks at bay for the opening ten minutes of the second-half, however a well-recognized sample was quickly restored. Ethan de Groot bundled over out vast seconds after approaching, earlier than Dalton Papali’i, David Havili and Caleb Clarke added additional gloss to the scoreboard.
What had been a serene stroll was tarnished barely late on, when De Groot was proven a yellow card for a excessive sort out. After a bunker referral, that call was upgraded to a pink.
That did little to gradual New Zealand down although, as a Faingaanuku offload set Rieko Ioane away for an eleventh and closing All Blacks attempt, their World Cup marketing campaign firmly again on observe.