Jordan On Fire As All Blacks Overwhelm Tonga In 102-0 Rout
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published July 03, 2021 | 02:50 PM
Auckland, July 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Jul, 2021 ) :A ruthless New Zealand piled on 16 tries, including five to Will Jordan, as they overwhelmed an under-strength Tonga 102-0 on Saturday for their opening Test of the year in Auckland.
They played to a simple formula of moving the ball wide at a pace the inexperienced Tongans, with 13 debutants, could not match.
It was the ninth time the All Blacks have notched a century of points and equalled their highest score against Tonga set 21 years ago, while Jordan's five tries were one short of the New Zealand Test record set by Marc Ellis in 1995.
It took just 67 seconds for Damian McKenzie to score the opening try and within 19 minutes the All Blacks were up 38-0.
But when it looked like they could threaten their world record for the highest Test score -- 145-17 against Japan in 1995 -- they lost their shape for a period and scored only once more in the first half to turn with a 43-0 lead.
For more than a quarter of an hour Tonga kept the All Blacks scoreless and showed at scrum time they would not be easy to push around, but they were never competitive.
Without access to their top players on contract in the northern hemisphere, Tonga's mix of mainly amateur, New Zealand-based players could not match a fully-professional All Blacks unit, hardened by four months of brutal Super Rugby.
The All Blacks were in a no-win situation with the spectators, though, as they faced criticism both when not playing to their full potential and when they embarrassed a hapless opposition by scoring at will.
The biggest cheers came when Tonga twice turned down kickable penalties in favour of an attacking scrum, although both times went without reward.
In the second half, the All Blacks regained their structure and produced a relentless attack with nine further tries as they dismantled Tonga with ease.
In addition to Jordan's five tries, Brad Weber scored three and Dalton Papalii two, with one each for McKenzie, Luke Jacobson, Richie Mo'unga, Rieko Ioane, Patrick Tuipulotu and George Bridge.
Mo'unga landed seven conversions with four from Beauden Barrett, who came on as a replacement in the second half.
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