Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's coverage of the Rugby World Cup clash between the All Blacks and Canada from Oita Stadium.
Teams:
All Blacks: 1-Atu Moli 2-Liam Coltman, 3-Angus Ta'avao, 4-Patrick Tuipulotu, 5-Scott Barrett, 6-Shannon Frizell, 7-Matt Todd, 8-Kieran Read (c), 9-TJ Perenara, 10-Richie Mo'unga, 11-Rieko Ioane, 12-Sonny Bill Williams, 13-Jack Goodhue, 14-Jordie Barrett, 15-Beauden Barrett
Reserves: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Ofa Tuungafasi, 18-Nepo Laulala, 19-Sam Whitelock, 20-Ardie Savea, 21-Brad Weber, 22-Ryan Crotty, 23-Ben Smith
Canada: 1-Djustice Sears-Duru, 2-Eric Howard, 3-Cole Keith, 4-Evan Olmstead, 5-Conor Keys, 6-Lucas Rumball, 7-Matt Heaton, 8-Tyler Ardron, 9-Gordon McRorie, 10-Peter Nelson, 11-DTH Van Der Merwe, 12-Ciaran Hearn, 13-Conor Trainor, 14-Jeff Hassler, 15-Patrick Parfey
Reserves: 16-Andrew Quattrin, 17-Hubert Buydens, 18-Jake Ilnicki, 19-Michael Sheppard, 20-Josh Larsen, 21-Phil Mack, 22-Taylor Paris, 23-Andrew Coe
11:08 PM: Both sides coming out now and the crowd is LOUD! Lots of cheering and you can imagine who the majority of it is for.
11:12 PM: The New Zealand anthem is done and now it's time for Canada then the haka.
11:15 PM: Haka is over and we are moments away now!
1ST MINUTE: Kick off here in Oita.
SCRUM: Nice start here from the All Blacks, they spin the ball left then work the ball right, Perenara makes a mini break and Kieran Read is held up over the line. Big start - 5m scrum.
5TH MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: From the scrum and it's domination from the Kiwis, they drive straight over and Kieran Read scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 7 - 0 Canada.
7TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Line break after line break from the All Blacks before Canada turn the ball over and start an attack - but Read wins a penalty at the breakdown for not releasing ball (Holding on).
9TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Super simple from the All Blacks, they spin the ball left and Canada shift all the defenders that way, Mo'unga then uses the cross field kick to find Jordie Barrett who is open and scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 14 - 0 Canada
11TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Offside against Canada and the All Blacks win a penalty. Great start so far.
12TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Canada win the lineout and are on attack in the NZ half.
14TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Close again for the All Blacks, lots of running from the Kiwis and they shift the ball to the right, Jordie beats one but two defenders tackle him out before the offload comes, Canada lineout.
Canada gather off the lineout and clear.
15TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): TJ Perenara with a superb dive over the ruck and he goes close out wide, brilliant build up from Frizell and SBW, but the ball is just short of the line. Canada lineout.
17TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Lovely try from SBW, he throws a dummy that beats one defender and is just too strong for the other two defenders, he scores the Kiwis third try. Kick is good. All Blacks 21 - 0 Canada
20TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Everyone and their dog in the All Blacks side wants to run the ball with a massive intensity here, a forward pass from Todd is called. Canada scrum.
22ND MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Lovely play from everyone in the All Blacks but Gordon McRorie makes the intercept and finds Peter Nelson who nearly scores, Beauden tackles him just short.
24TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won by Canada after Read is called for a no arms tackle (Well, you have got to use your arms in a tackle like that).
25TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Great work from as he gets the maul called and the All Blacks win the scrum.
26TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won at scrum time (At least there was a scrum penalty) and Mo'unga will kick for touch.
SUBSTITUTION: Angus Ta'avao is coming off the park, replaced by Nepo Laulala, a bit early.. not too sure why.
27TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Ioane finally gets the ball, he makes a little dart down the left but looks for an offload, trying to do too much there.
7TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Line break after line break from the All Blacks before Canada turn the ball over and start an attack - but Read wins a penalty at the breakdown for not releasing ball (Holding on).
9TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Super simple from the All Blacks, they spin the ball left and Canada shift all the defenders that way, Mo'unga then uses the cross field kick to find Jordie Barrett who is open and scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 14 - 0 Canada
11TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Offside against Canada and the All Blacks win a penalty. Great start so far.
12TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Canada win the lineout and are on attack in the NZ half.
14TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Close again for the All Blacks, lots of running from the Kiwis and they shift the ball to the right, Jordie beats one but two defenders tackle him out before the offload comes, Canada lineout.
Canada gather off the lineout and clear.
15TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): TJ Perenara with a superb dive over the ruck and he goes close out wide, brilliant build up from Frizell and SBW, but the ball is just short of the line. Canada lineout.
17TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Lovely try from SBW, he throws a dummy that beats one defender and is just too strong for the other two defenders, he scores the Kiwis third try. Kick is good. All Blacks 21 - 0 Canada
20TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Everyone and their dog in the All Blacks side wants to run the ball with a massive intensity here, a forward pass from Todd is called. Canada scrum.
22ND MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Lovely play from everyone in the All Blacks but Gordon McRorie makes the intercept and finds Peter Nelson who nearly scores, Beauden tackles him just short.
24TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won by Canada after Read is called for a no arms tackle (Well, you have got to use your arms in a tackle like that).
25TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Great work from as he gets the maul called and the All Blacks win the scrum.
26TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won at scrum time (At least there was a scrum penalty) and Mo'unga will kick for touch.
SUBSTITUTION: Angus Ta'avao is coming off the park, replaced by Nepo Laulala, a bit early.. not too sure why.
27TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Ioane finally gets the ball, he makes a little dart down the left but looks for an offload, trying to do too much there.
28TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Canada make a kick in behind and Mo'unga clears. Good chance here for Canada. Lineout.
30TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Ioane drops the ball in contact and Canada have the ball.
SCRUM: Double knock on called and New Zealand win the scrum, a little sloppy from the men in black.
32ND MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: So close from Scott Barrett, he makes a great run to break the line but his dive technique forces the ball forward and knocks the ball over the line. Canada scrum.
33RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), FREE KICK (SHORT ARM PENALTY): Free kick won by Canada at scrum time, they will clear.
34TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Stone cold knock on from Tuipulotu, a little bit sloppy from the Kiwis the last couple of minutes.
36TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Huge scrum from the All Blacks and they will kick for touch.
TRY ALL BLACKS: Perfect execution off the lineout and SBW puts a grubber through and Beauden Barrett gets onto it, and scores. Lovely! Kick is good. All Blacks 28-0 Canada.
40TH MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER): Update of that first try, it was a penalty try, not Kieran Read.
Half time, All Blacks in complete control.
The All Blacks won't be happy with the final 20 minutes there, lots of handling errors, already more then the whole South Africa game.
41ST MINUTE: Back underway for the second half, Crotty is on for Goodhue and Weber on for Perenara.
TRY ALL BLACKS: Try of the night, Jordie takes a great catch to keep the ball in the Kiwis hands, hands go left and SBW breaks the break, he finds Ioane who gets the much-needed try. Kick is good. All Blacks 35 - 0 Canada
44TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): The ball is back in the All Blacks' hands and they are just 22m out.
45TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Mo'unga makes a break and finds a superb offload to find Read who gives the ball to Scott Barrett who scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 42 - 0 Canada.
46TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Offside from Canadian captain Ardron and the All Blacks win a penalty and will kick for touch.
47TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: From the scrum, Ioane does well to finds Frizell who breezes over to score. Kick is good. All Blacks 49-0 Canada.
49TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): A rare kick from the All Blacks and Canada have the ball.
50TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Mo'unga takes a speccy and spins the ball to Beauden who uses his gas to split the defence and set up Weber for another try. Kick is good. All Blacks 56-0 Canada.
53RD MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knock on from All Blacks and Canada win a scrum feed.
55TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: A penalty now for Canada and they will move the ball up the field.
56TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): NZ win the lineout and Mo'unga clears, as do Canada, All Blacks lineout.
57TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS: Simply outstanding from Jordie, Mo'unga and Weber who combine to set the halfback through for his second try of the night - perfect execution. Kick is good. All Blacks 63-0 Canada.
60TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty won by the All Blacks, against Ardron again - they kick for touch.
61ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Another knock on from Tuipulotu, stone cold drop once again.
62ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Quick defence from the All Blacks put Canada under pressure and give them the penalty, they take the quick tap.
64TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Jordie loses the ball but the ball is kicked back to Beauden. All Blacks on attack again - knock on from Ioane.
65TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: A double knock on and the All Blacks will have the scrum feed.
66TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Mo'unga tries to find Ioane for an offload but it goes forward.
68TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): A little chip in behind from Canada but the bounce goes out - All Blacks ball.
69TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Another scrum as Canada knock the ball on.
70TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SUBSTITUTION: Savea is on, rocking the new spectacles
71ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): The All Blacks go to the blind side and Weber is almost in for a hat-trick but the pass is behind him and he knocks it on.
73RD MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Head collision at the tackle between Savea and Taylor Paris, Paris is getting some medical attention now.
75TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Another kick from Canada and the All Blacks set up another attack. Penalty won for Canada.
78TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Penalty to Canada and they will attempt to get some points on the board.
80TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knock on from Savea there.
81ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Knock on! Beauden Barrett goes nearly the length of the park but knocks the ball on randomly... maybe he was too tired?
Full time.
Canada completely outclassed here in Oita, All Blacks were far too good.
New Zealand 63 (J Barrett, Williams, B Barrett, Ioane, S Barrett, Frizell, Weber 2 tries, penalty try; Mo'unga 8 conversions)
Canada 0
And a day later, both Fiji & Ireland return to winning ways beating both Georgia & Russia respectively then South Africa have ended Italy's hopes of reaching their 1st quarterfinal (The Italian duo have been suspended for 3 weeks (Both had been cited by the citing commissioner/citing officer for lifting tackles (1 had to be red carded while the other hadn't been sent off) followed by Australia who continued their dominance against Uruguay (Including that streaker was held by Japanese authorities) then England remain unbeaten in Pool C when they were too good against the 14 man Argentina then hosts Japan ran away with a win, continuing their dominance against Samoa to remain unbeaten in Pool A.
So that is my 318th blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 58th of this year.
P.S. And the AB's have named their side to play against Namibia at Tokyo Stadium today so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:
PLAYING XV
FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Crusaders/Canterbury)
2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)
3 (Tight head prop): Nepo Laulala (Chiefs/Counties Manukau)
SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Brodie Retallick (Chiefs/Hawke's Bay)
5 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Captain, Crusaders/Canterbury)
BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Shannon Frizell (Highlanders/Tasman)
7 (Open side flanker): Sam Cane (Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty)
8 (Number 8): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)
HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Highlanders/Manawatu)
10 (First five-eighth): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)
MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)
13 (Centre): Jack Goodhue (Crusaders/Northland)
OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): George Bridge (Crusaders/Canterbury)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Waikato)
& 15 (Fullback): Ben Smith (Highlanders/Otago)
And in the reserves are:
16. Dane Coles (Who comes back to the side with Codie Taylor elevated to the starting lineup to replace Liam Coltman)
17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi
18. Angus Ta'avao (Who is dropped to the bench with Nepo Laulala promoted to the starting lineup)
19. Patrick Tuipulotu (Who is also dropped to the bench to replace Sam Whitelock with Whitelock elevated to the starting lineup to captain the side at the number 5 lock position)
20. Matt Todd (Who is dropped to the bench with Ardie Savea promoted to the starting lineup to replace skipper Kieran Read to play at number 8)
21. Brad Weber
22. TJ Perenara (Who is also dropped to the bench, replacing Ryan Crotty to cover the first five position)
& 23. Rieko Ioane (Who is dropped to the bench to replace Ben Smith who is elevated to the starting lineup to play at fullback as well as replacing Beauden Barrett who has been rested)
Squad members not playing:
Beauden Barrett, Scott Barrett, Liam Coltman, Ryan Crotty, Richie Mo'unga, Atu Moli, Kieran Read & Sonny Bill Williams.
FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Crusaders/Canterbury)
2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)
3 (Tight head prop): Nepo Laulala (Chiefs/Counties Manukau)
SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Brodie Retallick (Chiefs/Hawke's Bay)
5 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Captain, Crusaders/Canterbury)
BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Shannon Frizell (Highlanders/Tasman)
7 (Open side flanker): Sam Cane (Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty)
8 (Number 8): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)
HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Highlanders/Manawatu)
10 (First five-eighth): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)
MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)
13 (Centre): Jack Goodhue (Crusaders/Northland)
OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): George Bridge (Crusaders/Canterbury)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Waikato)
& 15 (Fullback): Ben Smith (Highlanders/Otago)
And in the reserves are:
16. Dane Coles (Who comes back to the side with Codie Taylor elevated to the starting lineup to replace Liam Coltman)
17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi
18. Angus Ta'avao (Who is dropped to the bench with Nepo Laulala promoted to the starting lineup)
19. Patrick Tuipulotu (Who is also dropped to the bench to replace Sam Whitelock with Whitelock elevated to the starting lineup to captain the side at the number 5 lock position)
20. Matt Todd (Who is dropped to the bench with Ardie Savea promoted to the starting lineup to replace skipper Kieran Read to play at number 8)
21. Brad Weber
22. TJ Perenara (Who is also dropped to the bench, replacing Ryan Crotty to cover the first five position)
& 23. Rieko Ioane (Who is dropped to the bench to replace Ben Smith who is elevated to the starting lineup to play at fullback as well as replacing Beauden Barrett who has been rested)
Squad members not playing:
Beauden Barrett, Scott Barrett, Liam Coltman, Ryan Crotty, Richie Mo'unga, Atu Moli, Kieran Read & Sonny Bill Williams.
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