Well, the All Blacks go 3 from 3 in Pool B in the 2019 Rugby World Cup by stamping their authority against Namibia at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo so here is the match commentary provided by Newshub:
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's coverage of the Rugby World Cup match between the All Blacks and Namibia.
5:45 PM: The haka is over and we are moments away from kick off!
1ST MINUTE: Kickoff here in Tokyo!
PENALTY GOAL: Namibia enjoy a short spell with the ball and they go forward, great couple of tackles from Brodie, Namibia win the penalty. They kick for three and it's good. All Blacks 0 - 3 Namibia.
4TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: First scrum of the game go to the All Blacks after a Namibia knock on.
7TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: A great cross field kick from Jordie Barrett and he finds an open Sevu Reece who scores the opening try. Kick is wide. All Blacks 5 - 3 Namibia
9TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Link play is very good from the All Blacks locks, Retallick involved early on.
10TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won from Cane at the breakdown for holding on/not releasing ball, Smith takes the early tap and kicks it out with a grubber.
11TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): All Blacks starting to enjoy more time on the ball as they all take turns at running.
12TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Great work at the breakdown, Aaron Smith stands there in confusion and Namibia will kick down field.
13TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Great running from the Namibian backs, they go close through Johan Deysel before the All Blacks win a penalty.
15TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knock on from Sam Cane after he was put into a hole from Lienert-Brown.
16TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Against the feed and the All Blacks' scrum dominates! They win the ball and spread it wide but Goodhue puts the ball on the toe and grubbers it out.
17TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): A boot to the head after the box kick for Brodie Retallick he looks to be okay.
18TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won at the breakdown from Namibia, ALB getting trapped with the ball.
20TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Superb offload from Frizell and the All Blacks are on attack at half time.
21ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: What a saucy offload from Savea, great inside ball and Anton Lienert-Brown does well to score. Kick is charged down!! All Blacks 10 - 3 Namibia.
24TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY GOAL: Penalty won by Namibia after Cane was called offside, Namibia look pretty good when they can keep ball in hand. They kick for the three. It's good! All Blacks 10 - 6 Namibia.
27TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): Namibia go close again after the ball spill out of the ruck and JC Greyling sprints down the wing, Ben Smith makes the tackle and the ball goes out off him.
29TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY GOAL: Another penalty won by Namibia and they surely take the three again. It's good. All Blacks 10 - 9 Namibia.
31ST MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TMO CALL: Looking upstairs at a high tackle on Laulala.
YELLOW CARD: Yellow card is the call, an arm to the head - it was very low, but Laulala will spend 10 minutes in the bin.
32ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Knock on from Namibia off the lineout - Brodie Retallick has gone off the field - he gets 30 minutes.
33RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Knock on from Aaron Smith and Namibia have the ball going forward!
34TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Great kick chase from Codie Taylor, he wins a lineout for the All Blacks after Bridge's kick.
35TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Penalty advantage and the All Blacks are 10m out.
36TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Really nice attack from the All Blacks, they go six or so phases before the replacement Angus Ta'avao scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 17 - 9 Namibia.
38TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knock on called against Namibia and the All Blacks have a scrum feed.
39TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): So bad from Aaron Smith, off the scrum he opts for the kick, it's out on the full...
40TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): A goggleless Savea makes as the gong goes.
41ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won by the All Blacks, they opt for the scrum.
HALF TIME
41ST MINUTE: Welcome back, we are underway for the second half.
42ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Off the scrum, Goodhue and Tuipulotu go close before
TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Wave after wave of attack from the All Blacks, Joe Moody gathers the ball and scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 31 - 9 Namibia.
44TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): All Blacks look to ease back into normality here, showing their class.
45TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Intercept from Namibia, the ref seems to have missed a few forward passes here as Barrett takes a nice catch off the high ball.
47TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Barrett makes the initial break and does well to stay composed and find Goodhue who passes to ALB and he has two tries. Kick is good. All Blacks 38 - 9 Namibia.
50TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): All Blacks break through Goodhue and it's ALB who is at the forefront again.
PENALTY: Massive at the breakdown from Ardie Savea and he wins the penalty.
51ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SUBSTITUTION: Coles and Weber are on Smith and Taylor off.
52ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Well done from the Kiwis, it's deliberate - they go right to Reece who beats three defenders to score. Kick is good. All Blacks 45 - 9 Namibia.
54TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): What a kick from Barrett, from deep in his own 22 he kicks into the Namibian 22.
56TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: they pick and go and drive for more tries. The captain scores. Sam Whitelock is over. Kick is good. All Blacks 52- 9 Namibia.
59TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Great defensive work from Cane, he forces a knock on and the All Blacks win a scrum.
61ST MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM & SUBSTITUTION: Knock on called against the All Blacks, Todd and Ioane come on for Savea and Goodhue.
62ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won by Namibia at the lineout.
64TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): A great period of attack again from Namibia - they're throwing everything the All Blacks' way.
65TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Turnover won from Coles, the All Blacks are on attack now.
67TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SUBSTITUTION: Perenara is on the field now, he goes to first five. Jordie to fullback, Ben Smith to the wing.
68TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Todd makes a lovely break, he finds ALB who passes to Ben Smith who scores his second. Kick is good. All Blacks 59 - 9 Namibia.
70TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Nice work from Perenara but Frizell can't hang on - Namibia with the ball now.
72ND MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Another mini break from Helarius Axasman Kisting and Namibia are 25m out.
73RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), YELLOW CARD: Another yellow card for the All Blacks, for the same reason, a high tackle to the head. Ofa Tuungafasi the man binned now.
75TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Great work at the breakdown from Jordie - turning the ball over and the All Blacks clear.
76TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: They spin the ball right then go left, Weber passes to Perenara who finds Barrett with a lovely offload and Jordie scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 66 - 9 Namibia.
78TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Jordie Barrett or Anton Lienert-Brown for man of the match.
79TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: Perenara!! One of the best tries you will ever see. Perenara makes the first break before a magical offload, they get the ball back and Weber makes a dart down the wing before a sensational behind the back flick to Perenara who scores in the corner!! Magical. Kick is wide. All Blacks 71 - 9 Namibia.
80TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): ALB has been named Man of the match.
81ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: A knock on from the All Blacks ends the game, what a cracker of a final 60 from the All Blacks.
ALL BLACKS 71 - 9 NAMIBIA
NEW ZEALAND 71 (Reece 2, Lienert-Brown 2, B Smith 2, Ta'avao, Moody, Whitelock & J Barrett, Perenara tries; Barrett 8 conversions)
NAMIBIA 9 (Stephens three penalties)
And France ran out as winners against Tonga (It was revenge after 2011 after Tonga beat them in Wellington) then South Africa was able to demolish Canada into pieces before Argentina had a win against the United States then Scotland thrash the hopeless Russians into bits before Fiji were no match against Wales in convincing fashion (Fiji had both men yellow carded then Wales copped the same as both players had been sent to the sin bin) followed by Australia who had to smash Georgia by piling them in last night.
So that is my 320th blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 60th of this year.
P.S. And just a quick reminder that both the All Blacks Vs Italy game as well as the top of the pool clash between England & France has been cancelled because of the typhoon which is happening in Japan today but the Ireland/Samoa clash has been given the go ahead tonight.
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