The All Blacks dominated the first half and led 26-00 at the halftime break. The All Blacks scored an additional seven tries in the second half to beat Uruguay 66-00 and secure their place in the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.
The domination of the All Blacks in the first half must be qualified. Uruguay "scored" two tries which were disallowed in the first half and played with their usual fire and pride. Unfortunately, the second half belonged to the All Blacks.
Damian McKenzie burst through several tackles to score the All Blacks' first try after twenty minutes of play to lead 07-00. Thereafter, tries were scored by Richie Mo'unga, Will Jordan and Cam Roigard to lead 26-00 at the halftime break.
Tries by Fletcher Newell, Leicester Fainga'anuku (2), Damian McKenzie, Will Jordan followed in the second half.
Scorers:
All Blacks: Tries: Damian McKenzie (2), Richie Mo'unga, Will Jordan (2), Cam Roigard, Fletcher Newell, Leicester Fainga'anuku (3), Tamaiti Williams. Conversions: Richie Mo'unga (5), Damian McKenzie (2), Beauden Barrett (2).
Teams:
All Blacks: 1 Ofa Tuungafasi, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 4 Samuel Whitelock, 5 Tupou Vaa'i, 6 Shannon Frizell, 7 Sam Cane (c), 8 Luke Jacobson, 9 Cam Roigard, 10 Richie Mo'unga, 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku, 12 Jordie Barrett, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 14 Will Jordan, 15 Damian McKenzie. Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei'aho, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Scott Barrett, 20 Ethan Blackadder, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Caleb Clarke.
Uruguay: 1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 German Kessler, 3 Diego Arbelo, 4 Ignacio Dotti, 5 Manuel Leindekar, 6 Manuel Ardao, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Arata, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Nicolas Freitas, 12 Andres Vilaseca (c), 13 Tomas Inciarte, 14 Gaston Mieres, 15 Rodrigo Silva. Replacements: 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Matias Benitez, 18 Ignacio Peculo, 19 Juan Manuel, Rodríguez, 20 Santiago Civetta, 21 Agustin Ormaechea, 22 Felipe Berchesi, 23 Juan Manuel Alonso.
