The All Blacks played positive, running rugby against Namibia in Toulouse on Friday as they strolled to an eleven try 71-03 win.
A yellow card shown to All Black prop, Ethan de Groot was upgraded to a red card, which could prove to be extremely costly for the All Blacks.
It took the All Blacks just two minutes to score their first try of the match. A Tiaan Swanepoel converted penalty for Namibia reduced the All Blacks' lead to 12-03 after ten minutes of play in the first half. Thereafter it was one-way traffic as the All Blacks scored four extra tries to lead 38-03 going into the second half.
The All Blacks continued their complete dominance in the second half and scored five more tries to secure a 71-03 win.
Scorers:
All Blacks: Tries: Cam Roigard (2), Damian McKenzie (2), Leicester Fainga'anuku, Anton Lienert-Brown, Ethan de Groot, Dalton Papali'i, David Havili, Caleb Clarke, Rieko Ioane. Conversions: Damian McKenzie (8).
Namibia: Penalty: Tiaan Swanepoel.
Teams:
All Blacks: 1 Ofa Tuungafasi, 2 Samisoni Taukei'aho, 3 Nepo Laulala, 4 Brodie Retallick, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 6 Luke Jacobson, 7 Dalton Papali'i, 8 Ardie Savea (c), 9 Cam Roigard, 10 Damian McKenzie, 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku, 12 David Havili, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 14 Caleb Clarke, 15 Beauden Barrett. Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Ethan de Groot, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Scott Barrett, 20 Tupou Vaa'i, 21 Aaron Smith, 22 Richie Mo'unga, 23 Rieko Ioane.
Namibia: 1 Jason Benade, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 3 Johan Coetzee, 4 Johan Retief, 5 Tjiuee Uanivi, 6 Wian Conradie, 7 Prince Gaoseb, 8 Richard Hardwick, 9 Damian Stevens, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 11 Divan Rossouw, 12 Le Roux Malan, 13 Johan Deysel (c), 14 Gerswin Mouton, 15 Cliven Loubser. Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Desiderius Sethie, 18 Haitembu Shifuka, 19 PJ Van Lill, 20 Adriaan Booysen, 21 Max Katjijeko, 22 Jacques Theron, 23 JC Greyling.
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