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World Cup favourites New Zealand hammered Tonga 92-7 within their final warm-up game before the championship starts in Japan.
As they ran in 14 tries in Hamilton with two distinct try scorers the All Blacks were in awesome form.
Since they directed 54-0, they were relentless in the off and had scored eight tries by half-time.
New Zealand begin their quest.
They will play Italy, Namibia and Canada and may play either Scotland or Ireland in the quarter-finals.
Tonga could not match New Zealand’s intensity and were blown away as winger George Bridge led the way with four attempts. Ben Smith and Ryan Crotty every scored Sevu Reece and two, Codie Taylor, captain Kieran Read, TJ Perenara, Matt Todd and Ardie Savea crossed the tryline.
As critical for its hosts, there were no new injury concerns from the match.
The All Blacks eased up in the last 15 minutes when they were intentionally decreased by coach Steve Hansen as training to 14 men and the South Sea islanders scored a consolation try.
Tonga will be England’s first opponents in the World Cup, with the two countries meeting in Sapporo on 22 September.
For the championship by scoring six tries as they defeated Samoa 34-15 at Parramatta, their preparations rounded off.
The Wallabies were 22-3 upward at half-time but faced another half fight-back as replacement scrum-half Dwayne Polataivao went over to reduce the deficit to and center Matt To’omua ensured the win.
One positive was a first appearance since March to get flanker David Pocock after a calf injury, but there’ll be concerns over fly-half Bernard Foley only landing two of the six kicks.
Begin against Fiji on 21 September in Sapporo whereas Samoa confront World Cup debutants Russia at Pool A three days after.
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