Rugby World Cup , Pool A - Wellington, 2 October 2011, 15:30 local, 02:30 GMT
New Zealand (37) 79 - 15 (8) Canada (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
1 0 - 3

DTH van der Merwe wins a penalty after successfully charging down Slade's attempted up-and-under and Monro converts to give Canada the lead. All Blacs behind for the first time in the tournament.

6 5 - 3

Much more like it from Slade, who scythes through the Canadian defence before flinging the ball wide to Guildford. He still has plenty to do but the winger does remarkably well to keep his feet in play as he grounds the ball in the corner. Brilliant finish from Guildford and a fine break from Slade.

7 7 - 3

Slade then converts from wide on the right. A terrific kick.

10 12 - 3

The All Blacks force a turnover on a Canadian feed into the scrum and Read pops the ball up for Vito, who drives his way over the whitewash. Impressive stuff from the All Blacks tight five. Slade fails to convert this time around.

15 15 - 3

Monro is caught offside as he steps out to intercept a pass from Slade. The latter then converts the resulting kick to extend the All Blacks' advantage.

19 20 - 3

Wonderful score from the All Blacks! They take it through a number of phases, working it one way and then the other, before Guildford produces a sublime two-handed off-loaded for Dagg, who races through to score, hurdling a desperate Canadian tackle before grounding the ball.

24 25 - 3

Canada turn the ball over at the breakdown, allowing Cowan to pounce and punt the ball forward. Trainor is on hand to deal with it but he makes a mess of trying to gather the ball and Guildford is on hand to ground it for his second try. Horrible defensive work from Trainor.

28 30 - 3

Muliaina - try

29 32 - 3

Slade - conversion

34 37 - 3

Guildford - try

40 37 - 8

Trainor - try

42 37 - 15

Desperate pass from Cowan, who's been poor today, sees the ball goes loose just inside Canadian territory. It's hacked on first by Monro and then twice more by Trainor, who does well to gather and ground the ball. Monro converts.

44 44 - 15

A typically sumptuous off-load from Sonny Bill releases Smith, who races away before leaving Cowan with a simple finish.

51 49 - 15

Awesome display of pace and power from Kaino, who explodes off the back of the scrum and charges through to score with consummate ease.

52 51 - 15

Slade, who's been switched on to the wing, adds the extras.

59 56 - 15

The All Blacks win the ball and spread it all the way out to the left wing to Sonny Bill Williams, who, with the aid of a little goosestep, breezes past White to score in the corner.

61 58 - 15

Weepu converts from wide on the left.

67 63 - 15

The All Blacks forwards drive their Canadians backwards before Kaino collapses on the ball to claim his second try of the afternoon. Impressive power from the New Zealand pack.

68 65 - 15

Weepu converts with ease.

76 70 - 15

Stunning display of pace from Guildford! Absolutely stunning! The All Blacks wing collects Weepu's little chip in behind the Canadian defence and then races fully 50 metres before sliding over for his fourth try of the game. What a performance from Guldford today!

77 72 - 15

Weepu with the extras once more.

79 77 - 15

Weepu really has impressed at ten and he's just set up Vito for simple run-in. All too easy for the All Blacks now. The Canadians are out on their feet.

80 79 - 15

Weepu converts and that brings an end to the game.

Timeline

Time New Zealand  Score  Canada
0 start of first half start of first half
1 0 - 3 Monro - penalty goal
6 Guildford - try 5 - 3
7 Slade - conversion 7 - 3
10 Vito - try 12 - 3
15 Slade - penalty goal 15 - 3
19 Dagg - try 20 - 3
24 Guildford - try 25 - 3
28 Muliaina - try 30 - 3
29 Slade - conversion 32 - 3
30 van der Merwe - sub off
White - sub on
34 Guildford - try 37 - 3
40 37 - 8 Trainor - try
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
42 37 - 15 Trainor - try
Monro - conversion
44 Cowan - try
Slade - conversion
44 - 15
47 Toeava - sub on
Dagg - sub off
Hamilton - sub on
Riordan - sub off
51 Muliaina - sub off
Read - sub off
Weepu - sub on
Boric - sub on
Kaino - try
49 - 15
52 Slade - conversion 51 - 15 Marshall - sub off
Franklin - sub on
56 OT Franks - sub off
BJ Franks - sub on
59 S Williams - try 56 - 15
61 Weepu - conversion 58 - 15 Hotson - sub on
Cudmore - sub off
62 Ellis - sub on
Cowan - sub off
Fairhurst - sub off
Hirayama - sub on
63 Buydens - sub off
Tiedemann - sub on
64 Thorn - sub on
Slade - sub off
Dala - sub on
Evans - sub off
67 Kaino - try 63 - 15
68 Weepu - conversion 65 - 15
72 Woodcock - sub off
OT Franks - sub on
Kleeberger - sub off
Cudmore - sub on
76 Guildford - try 70 - 15
77 Weepu - conversion
Mealamu - sub on
Hore - sub off
72 - 15
79 Vito - try 77 - 15
80 Weepu - conversion
end of second half
end of half
79 - 15 end of second half
end of half
0
80 Weepu - conversion 79 - 15

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 64 points
Rugby World Cup points New Zealand 5 (1 try bonus), Canada 0
 
Ground name Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance 37665
 
Referee R Poite (France)
 
New Zealand Test debuts none
Canada Test debuts none

Teams

New Zealand Canada
Tries Guildford (6, 24, 34, 76), Vito (10, 79), Dagg (19), Muliaina (28), Cowan (44), Kaino (51, 67), S Williams (59) Tries Trainor (40, 42)
Cons Slade (7, 29, 44, 52), Weepu (61, 68, 77, 80) Cons Monro (42)
Pens Slade (15) Pens Monro (1)

Match stats

New Zealand   Canada
12 Tries 2
8 from 12 Conversion goals 1 from 2
1 from 1 Penalty goals 1 from 1
69.2% Kick at goal success 66.7%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
19 Kicks from hand 23
177 Passes 98
120 Runs 70
665 Metres run with ball 154
Attacking
64% Possession 36%
65% Territory 35%
7 Clean breaks 0
27 Defenders beaten 2
11 Offloads 7
85 from 89 (95.5%) Rucks won 46 from 48 (95.8%)
3 from 3 (100.0%) Mauls won 0 from 0
19 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
59/2 Tackles made/missed 101/27
96.7% Tackling success rate 78.9%
Set pieces
9 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 4 lost (69.2%)
10 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 6 won, 2 lost (75.0%)
Discipline
4 Penalties conceded 6
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Muliaina 1/1 5 2/5/5 60 0 1 0 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Dagg 1/0 5 0/3/3 29 0 1 1 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Smith 0/1 0 1/8/9 45 1 2 1 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C S Williams 1/0 5 1/7/11 91 2 5 2 2 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Guildford 4/3 20 0/3/16 157 2 5 1 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Slade 0/1 11 4/25/4 33 1 2 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Cowan 1/0 5 3/50/2 23 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/2/6 10 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Hore 0/0 0 0/4/5 1 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P OT Franks 0/0 0 0/4/1 5 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Whitelock 0/0 0 0/2/9 10 0 0 1 1 5/0 2/0 0 0/0
L AJ Williams 0/0 0 0/1/7 9 0 0 1 3 1/0 4/1 0 0/0
F Kaino 2/0 10 0/3/11 80 0 5 0 0 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Vito 2/0 10 0/6/10 29 0 1 1 3 6/0 0/1 0 0/0
N8 Read 0/1 0 0/5/7 25 0 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Mealamu 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) BJ Franks 0/0 0 0/0/1 8 0 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Thorn 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(N8) Boric 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 3/0 0 0/0
(SH) Ellis 0/0 0 0/27/2 18 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Weepu 0/1 8 6/20/2 12 1 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Toeava 0/0 0 0/2/5 18 0 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Can stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Evans 0/0 0 8/5/5 20 0 0 0 1 0/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Trainor 2/0 10 1/1/6 10 0 0 1 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/0/4 29 0 1 1 0 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/1 0 0/5/8 18 0 0 0 1 16/2 0/0 0 0/0
W MacKenzie 0/0 0 0/1/4 17 0 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Monro 0/0 5 6/23/0 0 0 0 0 2 4/4 0/0 1 0/0
SH Fairhurst 0/0 0 1/33/4 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Buydens 0/0 0 0/4/3 4 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Riordan 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Marshall 0/0 0 0/3/4 1 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Sinclair 0/0 0 0/1/7 9 0 0 0 1 7/1 2/0 0 0/0
L Cudmore 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Kleeberger 0/0 0 0/4/2 4 0 0 0 2 10/0 0/0 2 0/0
F O'Toole 0/0 0 0/1/5 12 0 0 3 0 15/2 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Carpenter 0/0 0 1/4/10 26 0 1 1 2 3/7 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Hamilton 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Franklin 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Tiedemann 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Hotson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Dala 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) White 0/0 0 0/9/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/3 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Hirayama 0/0 0 3/2/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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