Wingers Richard Kahui and Sonny Bill Williams scored two tries each as an All Blacks side with a patch-work look about it ran in 13 tries in total to crush Japan 83-7 in their rugby World Cup Pool A match at Waikato Stadium.
The All Blacks had five players unavailable for the match due to injury and several played out of their normal position but they were simply too clincial for the Pacific Nations Cup champions, becoming the first side in the 2011 World Cup to rack up more than 50 points in a match.
Captain Keven Mealamu says the big thing for them was wanting to improve and he's pretty pleased with it.
Japan wing Hirotoki Onozawa grabbed a consolation try when he intercepted a loose pass by Colin Slade to race 30 metres to score and receive the biggest cheer of the game.
It was a dominant performance from the All Blacks against the "Brave Blossoms" desperate to erase memories of a record 145-17 defeat by the All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup.
