Rugby World Cup 2015: New Zealand v Tonga

Summary

Result: New Zealand 47-9 Tonga (St James' Park)
NZ tries - B. Smith, Woodcock, Milner-Skudder (2), Williams, Cane, Nonu
NZ win the group with victory, Argentina also qualify
All Black centre Ma'a Nonu wins his 100th cap
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James Standley

Converted try - Milner-Skudder, con Carterpublished at 59 mins
New Zealand 28-9 Tonga
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Tonga appear to have angered New Zealand. They regain the kick-off through Ben Smith, pass left and Beauden Barrett dabs a kick through for Nehe Milner-Skudder to grab his second.
Penalty - Morathpublished at 56 mins
New Zealand 21-9 Tonga
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That's the 10th penalty conceded by New Zealand on the night - not great discipline from the world champions that.
Kurt Morath to go for goal... and Tonga are back within two converted tries of the All Blacks.
'Effective All Blacks'published at 21:22 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
New Zealand 21-6 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
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New Zealand have done what is says on the tin. Let's be honest, they are not playing great rugby but they have been effective."
Converted try - Milner-Skudder, con Carterpublished at 52 mins
New Zealand 21-6 Tonga
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It had to come. New Zealand were onto their second advantage right under the sticks when they shipped it wide...
Nehe Milner-Skudder stepped off that piston-like right foot and Fetu'u Vainikolo could do nothing to prevent the try.
'Battling Tonga'published at 21:18 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
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It's amazing to think that if Tonga had been awarded a penalty try just before half time they would have been within a point of New Zealand. It would have been no more than they deserved."
New Zealand 14-6 Tongapublished at 51 mins
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Nervous, All Black fans? This might help, your team are hammering away on the Tonga line...
Penalty - Morathpublished at 48 mins
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Up steps Kurt Morath... and over goes the kick! Tonga back within eight and the force is currently very much with them.
New Zealand 14-3 Tongapublished at 45 mins
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Here come Tonga again... brutal collision after brutal collision... and they work a four-man overlap! But their skills let them down at the death...
We come back for a penalty for the All Blacks going off their feet at a ruck though...
Ben Smith leads the waypublished at 44 mins
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
New Zealand's Ben Smith is the stand-out player so far tonight.
He has run the most with ball in hand - 77m - from 11 carries and most importantly has scored a try.
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Get Involvedpublished at 21:10 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
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Some of you are not happy with the referee's refusal to further punish New Zealand's scrum at the end of the first half...
New Zealand 14-3 Tongapublished at 41 mins
Peep goes the whistle, up goes the ball and we're under way for the second half at St James' Park...
New Zealand immediately string together a decent attack but after Ben Smith knifes through, the world champions are penalised for holding on at the ruck.
Poor All Black discplinepublished at 21:04 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Penalties are costing the All Blacks, who have conceded seven to Tonga's two.
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Postpublished at 21:04 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
The St James' Park pitch is tearing up tonight and with Samoa against Scotland coming up tomorrow at the stadium it will need some serious TLC before Newcastle's Premier League match against Norwich on 18 October.
New Zealand 14-3 Tongapublished at 21:03
Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at St James' Park
Steve Hansen will be spewing, as they say in his parts, with that All Blacks first-half performance. The Tongan pack have got New Zealand on the run and when they got their rolling maul going, All Blacks scattered like skittles.
All Blacks on the back footpublished at 20:58 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Tonga end the half in the ascendancy and have begun to dominate the possession stats.
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get involved
Get Involvedpublished at 20:57 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
#bbcrugby
Postpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
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'Referee not brave enough'published at 20:53 British Summer Time 9 October 2015
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
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Tonga were camped on the line for the last three or four minutes. It looked for all the world they were going to score and I think the referee got himself in a muddle. He wasn't brave enough after three or four scrum collapses to award a penalty."
Turnover trouble for ABspublished at 20:53
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
New Zealand may have scored two tries but turnovers (they have conceded seven) are hurting the All Blacks and it is an area they will want to tighten up. Tonga may be behind but they are making fewer mistakes, conceding only three turnovers.
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Half-time - no trypublished at 40 mins + 2
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
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No try rules the TMO, no luck for Tonga.
They deserved a score for their efforts and New Zealand will count themselves very, very lucky not to have conceded a try then.
The Tongans probably got it over the line but there was no evidence they got it down.