Summary

  • All Blacks score 11 tries as they run Namibia ragged in Tokyo

  • New Zealand only led 10-9 before taking 24-9 half-time lead

  • Anton Lienert-Brown, Sevu Reece & Ben Smith run in two tries each

  • Defending champions go top of Pool B

  • Lock Brodie Retallick goes off after 30 minutes of injury comeback

  • Namibia yet to win World Cup match

Live Reporting

Alex Bysouth

  1. try

    Converted try - New Zealand 59-9 Namibia

    Ben Smith (con Jordie Barrett)

    Ben Smith scrambles over for his second.

    I was about to say Namibia have done well to go 10 minutes without conceding...

    New Zealand just came alive through Anton Lienert-Brown and his delightful offload out the back of the hand found Smith in support, with the full-back cutting inside to bash his way through two tacklers and make it over the line.

    Jordie Barrett slots the conversion from wide out.

    Ben SmithGetty Images

  2. New Zealand 52-9 Namibia

    Lovely offload from Lesley Klim as he squeezes through a gap in the All Blacks line and then releases Janry du Toit, but the substitute just has his ankle clipped as he eyes up the whitewash.

    Namibia keep it alive, using the ball through their forwards without making any real ground. There are blue shirts in support, until Tjiuee Uanivi fumbles...

    That was Namibia's best move of the second half.

  3. New Zealand 52-9 Namibia

    Louise Gwilliam
    BBC Radio 5 live rugby producer in Japan

    This game is going away from Namibia and New Zealand could yet reach triple figures, but the crowd are having a wild time. The tunes are banging and a Mexican wave is in full flow. They’re taken very seriously here and unlike at other sporting occasions, I don’t even think they signal boredom!

  4. New Zealand 52-9 Namibia

    Twenty minutes to go in Tokyo, and a Mexican wave erupts around the stadium - as if all these tries weren't entertaining enough.

    New Zealand ring the changes. Fresh legs eager for tries.

  5. Namibia feeling the pace

    New Zealand 52-9 Namibia

    Andrew Mehrtens
    Former New Zealand fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It's getting tougher and tougher for Namibia now. They have a number of running repairs on their players and it's noticeable how far backwards their passes are now going. They need to play flatter to put any pressure on the opposition defence.

  6. New Zealand 52-9 Namibia

    Slick hands from Namibia but number eight Janco Venter spills the egg out wide to cut the attack short. He looks exhausted.

  7. try

    Converted try - New Zealand 52-9 Namibia

    Sam Whitelock (con Jordie Barrett)

    An eighth try for the All Blacks.

    If the last one was all about finesse and quick hands, this was an exhibition of good support and brute strength.

    Sam Whitelock is the man to get his name on the scoreboard, crashing into the post after collecting from the back of the ruck.

    You fear for Namibia now.

    Sam WhitelockGetty Images

  8. New Zealand 45-9 Namibia

    Jordie Barrett is starting to settle in at 10. You wouldn't think he'd never played international rugby there before... meanwhile, Namibia's flat-out performance in the first half is perhaps contributing to their tiring legs in the second.

  9. New Zealand 45-9 Namibia

    Andrew Mehrtens
    Former New Zealand fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It is noticeably when the All Blacks warm up, how much emphasis they put on simple passing drills and you can see it in the basic skills they have around the pitch.

  10. converted try

    Converted try - New Zealand 45-9 Namibia

    Sevu Reece (con Jordie Barrett)

    This is becoming a procession.

    New Zealand give Aaron Smith a breather with Brad Weber coming on a nine.

    His first job is to collect from a stalled maul and spread play left.

    The All Blacks then fling it back the other way and have men over, with Sevu Reece the final piece in the move as he collects on the overlap to dart in at the corner.

    Another fine kick from Jordie Barrett to add the extras.

  11. New Zealand 38-9 Namibia

    "Can we play," says Torsten Van Jaarsveld at the breakdown. When told "no" the hooker quizzes "why not?".

  12. converted try

    Converted try - New Zealand 38-9 Namibia

    Anton Lienert-Brown (con Jordie Barrett)

    Relentless.

    Anton Lienert-Brown is in for his second.

    It comes off the back of a superb break from Jordie Barrett, who wriggles through a gap in the Namibia line and is on hand a phase later to deliver the killer pass for the centre.

    Lienert-Brown just steps on the gas, hands off a blue defender and scoots over on the right.

    Jordie Barrett has got his eye in now. A well-made conversion from wide out.

    Anton Lienert-Brown of New ZealandGetty Images

  13. New Zealand 31-9 Namibia

    Sevu Reece looks for a dent in the Namibian armour but is sent tumbling, Jordie Barrett's sloppy pass ends up being pinched by a blue shirt.

    Namibia looking to find their feet again.

  14. try

    Converted try - New Zealand 31-9 Namibia

    Joe Moody (con Jordie Barrett)

    New Zealand signal their intent from the off.

    Namibia couldn't handle the quick ball from the All Blacks and it's Joe Moody who scoops up to go crashing over for the first try of the second half.

    The minnows might have angered the beast in that opening 40.

    Jordie Barrett slips over the conversion.

    Joe MoodyGetty Images

  15. New Zealand 24-9 Namibia

    New Zealand go bouldering towards the Namibia line with quick ball and powerful drives. Early pressure from the All Blacks.

  16. Kick-off

    New Zealand 24-9 Namibia

    Here we go again.

    It'll need another mammoth effort from Namibia in the second half to keep the All Blacks within range.

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  18. Louise Gwilliam
    BBC Radio 5 live rugby producer at Tokyo Stadium

    All Black lock Brodie Retallick looks to be fine after coming off in the first-half. He’s out on the pitch at HT doing sprints so a tactical substitution to give him 30 minutes I would think.

  19. New Zealand 24-9 Namibia

    Andrew Mehrtens
    Former New Zealand fly-half

    Namibia have been plucky, superb, resilient. They have put in some superb hits in defence and been relentlessly competitive at the breakdown.

  20. Stevens keeps scoreboard ticking over

    New Zealand 24-9 Namibia

    Damian StevensGetty Images

    Damian Stevens has been on form with the boot. Kicking three penalties from three attempts in that first half. He could give New Zealand's stand-in fly-half Jordie Barrett some tips...