• Backs Beauden and Jordie and lock Scott all score tries
• Brad Weber scores two in holders’ nine-try demolition
They came in their tens of thousands to see the one team that resonates here, New Zealand, queueing in their black jerseys in the rain more than four hours before the kick-off, a swarm so dense that stewards struggled to find space for coaches and chauffeured limousines to get through to the car park. It was chaotic, but no one went home disappointed as the holders, easing through the gears as if running in a new car, outclassed committed Canada.
New Zealand secured the bonus point five minutes before half-time, but squandered four more opportunities through a mixture of dogged defending, handling errors in conditions which seemed no less humid for the roof being closed and the sloppiness that is often a by-product of mismatches.
Written by Paul Rees at Oita Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/02/new-zealand-canada-rugby-world-cup-match-report under the title “Barrett brothers make history as merciless All Blacks crush Canada”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
