All Blacks cruise past wilting Blossoms

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MATCH REPORT: New Zealand started their year-end tour with a 10-try rout of Japan in Yokohama on Saturday.

Despite an early Jone Naikabula try, the home team never really threatened the All Blacks - who took a commanding 43-12 lead into the half-time break.

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The scorers

For Japan
Tries: Naikabula, Makisi, Helu
Cons: Tatekawa, Matsunaga

For New Zealand
Tries: Telea, Tuipulotu, Proctor, Cane, Finau, Tosi, Williams, Roigard, Love 2
Cons: McKenzie 7

Teams

Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Jone Naikabula, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Nicholas McCurran, 11 Malo Tuitama, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa (captain), 9 Shinobu Fujiwara, 8 Faulua Makisi, 7 Kazuki Himeno, 6 Amato Fakatava, 5 Warner Deans, 4 Sanaila Waqa, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Atsushi Sakate, 1 Takato Okabe.
Replacements: 16 Mamoru Harada, 17 Takayoshi Mohara, 18 Opeti Helu, 19 Epineri Uluiviti, 20 Kanji Shimokawa, 21 Taiki Koyama, 22 Tomoki Osada, 23 Takuro Matsunaga.

New Zealand: 15 Stephen Perofeta, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Billy Proctor, 12 Anton Lienert-Brown, 11 Mark Tele'a, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Wallace Sititi, 7 Sam Cane, 6 Samipeni Finau, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu (captain), 4 Sam Darry, 3 Pasilio Tosi, 2 Asafo Aumua, 1 Tamaiti Williams.
Replacements: 16 George Bell, 17 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Josh Lord, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 Thomas Perenara, 22 David Havili, 23 Ruben Love.

Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
Assistant referees: Nic Berry (Australia) & Reuben Keane (Australia)
TMO: Damon Murphy (Australia)