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Match report
I’ll leave you with Andy Bull’s match report from Toulouse. Thanks for joining me. Bye!
Time to mark your cards for this weekend. Saturday kicks off with Samoa v Chile (Pool D, 2pm) in Bordeaux, followed by Wales v Portugal (Pool C, 4.45pm) in Nice before Ireland v Tonga (Pool B, 8pm) meet in Nantes.
On Sunday, it’s South Africa v Romania (Pool B, 2pm) in Bordeaux followed by the game of the weekend, Australia v Fiji (Pool C, 4.45pm) in Saint-Étienne, and finally England v Japan (Pool D, 8pm) in Nice.
Cam Roigard talks to ITV: “The atmosphere here is outstanding, and our forwards set us up well.” He sends his thoughts to Le Roux Malan, who suffered a suspected broken leg in the first half, and says Namibia played with “passion and heart”. He enjoyed linking up with McKenzie, a similar style of player, and describes his World Cup debut as “absolutely surreal”.
Cam Roigard was awarded man of the match –I’m surprised it wasn’t given to McKenzie, who scored two tries, kicked 16 extra points and was pretty much everywhere.
Full time! New Zealand 71-3 Namibia
One last foray downfield for Namibia comes to nothing, and the whistle blows. No surprises with the final scoreline, and plenty of positives, but Ethan de Groot’s late red card is a blemish.
Red card for Ethan de Groot!
As seemed entirely feasible at the time, De Groot’s yellow card for his tackle on Booysen is upgraded to a red.
TRY! New Zealand 69-3 Namibia (Ioane 67')
Try No 11 for the All Blacks, created by Fainga’anuku and finished by Ioane, who outpaces the last man and canters in under the posts. McKenzie converts to make it 8 from 11.
75 mins: Alas, it’s not to be – a handling error from scrum-half Stevens allows New Zealand to turn it over. It’s kicked downfield and Sam Whitelock, matching Richie McCaw’s record with his 148th cap tonight, leads the charge upfield.
74 mins: Tu’ungafasi comes back for the defensive scrum, with Luke Jacobson coming off. Namibia have the put-in, five metres out.
73 mins: Rieko Ioane comes on for Lienert-Brown, with New Zealand down to 14 men, temporarily for now. Namibia almost force their way over the line after a mistake from McKenzie, as Haitembu Shifuka comes on for the injured Booysen.
Yellow card for De Groot! Ethan de Groot with a poor challenge on Booysen, his shoulder connecting with the replacement’s head. He is sent to the sin-bin, and it could be more with a review ongoing.
71 mins: Namibia are still trying, still being aggressive, and Swanepoel’s grubber kick sends McKenzie running back to cover.
67 mins: Aaron Smith is on for New Zealand, replacing Roigard. That feels almost unethical at this point. For Namibia, Max Katjijeko and Adriaan Booysen enters the fray.
TRY! New Zealand 64-3 Namibia (Clarke 66')
Richie Mo’unga makes his mark on the game, spying the oceans of space on the Namibia left and kicking through the gap. McKenzie and Clarke are both in range but it bounces for the latter, who gets the ball down under pressure from Loubser. McKenzie converts.
65 mins: Tupo Vaa’i is on for Savea, and does well to strip the ball away from Greyling – drawing boos from the now heavily pro-Namibia crowd.
64 mins: They win the lineout and assemble an all-hands-to-the-pump, 12-man maul – but as Johan Deysel gets in sight of the line, the ball spills loose, and New Zealand clear! Uanivi looked offside anyway, but that’s still a painful missed chance.
63 mins: Namibia win the lineout and get a penalty. Rossouw eventually passes forward but they return for the advantage …
61 mins: As Richie Mo’unga replaces Beauden Barrett – with McKenzie switching to full-back – Namibia have a penalty and kick to touch, drawing big cheers from the crowd.
TRY! New Zealand 57-3 Namibia (Havili 58')
Scott Barrett plays his part, winning the lineout and setting up another charge downfield. Roigard waits patiently, then offloads to Havili, who bounds over for a deserved try. McKenzie adds the extras.
56 mins: Plenty of effort still from the Namibian pack, with Uanivi stopping McKenzie in his tracks with a perfectly executed tackle. Scott Barrett replaces Retalick for the All Blacks.
TRY! New Zealand 50-3 Namibia (Papali'i 54')
Effortless class from the All Blacks, as Savea makes a big carry, Barrett skips past a tackle and finds Fainga’anuku on the outside. As they close on the 10m line, the ball is worked back inside for Dalton Papali’i to coast over the line, and McKenzie converts.
53 mins: The stats are starting to stack up – New Zealand have made 14 line breaks to Namibia’s one. They’ve also carried 501m, to their opponents’ 92m.
50 mins: Three changes for Namibia: Conradie, Van Jaarsveld and Benade are off, replaced by Van der Westhuizen, Sethie and Van Lill. For New Zealand, Dane Coles replaces Samisoni Taukei’aho.
TRY! New Zealand 43-3 Namibia (De Groot 48')
Seconds after coming on, De Groot adds the finishing touch to a pulverising drive for the line. Try No 7, but no conversion this time.
47 mins: The first changes for New Zealand are in the front row. Fletcher Newell and Ethan de Groot come on, with Nepo Laulala and Ofa Tuungafasi going off.
45 mins: New Zealand with another burst of attacking swagger, but Clarke’s efforts to scoop up the ball by the right touchline send him off-balance, just a metre or two from the line.
43 mins: Oh dear – the kick for touch actually goes backwards, and from the lineout, an attempted sneak pass to Swanepoel ends up in a knock-on. New Zealand scrum.
42 mins: This time they hold on at the lineout and while there aren’t any gaps in the wall ahead, Richard Hardwick forces an error. Penalty, and Swanepoel is going for the corner …
Here we go again
A promising start for Namibia, as an early penalty is kicked to the corner …
Tackle our quiz of the week here:
While Jamie Redknapp asks “are you still using your hands to put your shoes on?” in the ad break, I’ll leave with some half-time reading from Rob Kitson.
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