After such a hot and humid start to this World Cup, there was novelty in finding Toulouse lashed by torrential rain for a time here. In every other regard, however, this was exactly what we expected as a Damian McKenzie-inspired New Zealand bounced back from their opening-night defeat by France to win this mismatch at a canter.
The foul conditions were probably the only thing that stopped us having to thumb the history books for record wins, but the 11-try All Blacks are off and running after that unimpressive display against the hosts. The one sour note was a red card for the replacement Ethan de Groot after he tucked an arm in a tackle. A yellow was given on the field before the bunker
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