All Blacks crush Japan



All Blacks crush Japan

The All Blacks crushed Eddie Jones’s Japan in a one-off Take a look at in Yokohama on Saturday because the guests scored 10 tries in a routine victory.

The 64-19 victory was the primary win in an All Blacks tour that can see them tackle England, Eire, France and Italy on successive weekends.

Japan drew first blood with Fiji-born winger Jone Naikabula steaming in to the touch down by the posts within the fifth minute.

New Zealand hit again when Mark Tele’a rampaged down the left wing and scored within the nook. Captain Patrick Tuipulotu then held off three tackles to bundle over the road earlier than Damian McKenzie transformed to make it 14-7.

Japan bounced again instantly, attacking off a line-out, punching holes within the defence earlier than free ahead Faulua Makisi crashed by a large hole off a close-range ruck.

Japan lock Warner Dearns thought he had put the hosts again in entrance, taking a fortunate bounce to interrupt clear and gallop over the road, just for the attempt to be disallowed.

Then the flood gates opened for New Zealand with Billy Proctor, Sam Cane, Samipeni Finau and Pasilio Tosi all going over the road, the latter after a barnstorming run by hooker Asafo Aumua to make it 36-12.

Simply earlier than the break the All Blacks packs smashed their means over the road with Tamaiti Williams grounding the ball off the again of a maul and McKenzie changing to make it 43-12 at half time.

Cam Roigard opened the scoring within the second half and took the guests over the 50-point mark within the forty fourth minute after being let fly by hooker Aumua.

Japan managed to provide the scoreboard operators a respite, repeatedly pinning the now sloppy All Blacks of their 22, however not breaching the wall of the New Zealand defence.

All Blacks assaults have been incessantly blunted and Japan time and again seemed the extra prone to rating, however dealing with errors and New Zealand turnovers annoyed their efforts.

Within the 67th minute, Yoshitaka Yazaki made a blistering run down the precise however to the agony of the full-capacity Nissan stadium was introduced down simply brief by McKenzie.

Seconds later nonetheless Japan’s reserve prop Uwe Helu, on his debut, scored the hosts’ third attempt to a profitable conversion.

All Blacks alternative again Ruben Love, on debut, claimed two late tries in three minutes off the bench because the Japanese defence light.

© Agence France-Presse

Picture: Koki Nagahama/Getty Pictures

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