Wrap: Junior World Championship, Day 2
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:50
The powerful sides rushed on powerfully on Day Two of the Junior World Championship for international Under-20 sides in Wales. The big men have yet to be troubled.
Day Two Results
Pool A at Cardiff Arms Park
Argentina vs Tonga, 30-10
Ireland vs New Zealand, 65-10
Pool B at The Racecourse, Wrexham
Samoa vs USA, 20-6
South Africa vs Scotland, 72-3
Pool C at Rodney Parade, Newport
England vs Canada, 60-8
Australia vs Fiji, 53-17
Pool D at Liberty Stadium, Swansea
France vs Italy, 32-14
Wales vs Japan, 33-10
Match Details:
England vs Canada, 60-8
Ben Youngs marked his first start of the Junior World Championship with two tries as England overwhelmed Canada at Rodney Parade in Newport.
The scrumhalf led the way as England scored nine well-worked tries – two more than they did against Fiji in the Pool C opener.
Jon Fisher opened the scoring with Matthew Cox, Mark Odejobi, Rob Miller, Luke Eves and captain Hugo Ellis also touching down.
Miller added five conversions and a penalty to finish with 18 points and there were two England's two debutants - lock Courtney Lawes and hooker James Clark.
Canada scored two tries. Replacement scrumhalf Sean White scored the first and flank Thyssen de Goede the second, an interception gift from England's Ben Thomas.
In terms of raw numbers, England surpassed their performance in the first half of the opening game against Fiji. This time they scored seven tries - five of them in the last 12 minutes of the half - against a poorly-organised defence.
England laboured through the opening quarter, relying on the superior sharpness of their support play and finishing rather than blowing Canada apart up front.
Scorers:
For England:
Tries: Youngs 2, Fisher, Cox, Odejobi, Miller, Eves, Ellis, Cato
Cons: Miller 6
Pen: Miller
For Canada:
Tries: White, De Goedie.
Con: Hirayama
Pens: Hirayama 2
England: 15 Noah Cato, 14 Mark Odejobi, 13 Luke Eves, 12 Alex Tait, 11 Charlie Sharples, 10 Rob Miller, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Hugo Ellis (captain), 7 Matthew Cox, 6 Jon Fisher, 5 Gregor Gillanderss, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Scott Freer, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Billy Mossy.
Replacements: 16 James Clark, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Ben Thomas, 19 Scott Hobson, 20 Joe Simpson, 21 Alex Goode, 22 Miles Benjamin.
Canada: 15 Harry Jones, 14 Jordan Wilson-Ross, 13 Michael Scholz, 12 Taylor Dalziel, 11 Kyle Buckley, 10 Nathan Hirayama (captain), 9 Jamie Mackenzie, 8 Seb
Pearson, 7 Keegan Selby, 6 Thyssen de Goede, 5 Struan Robertson, 4 Michael Berg, 3 Mauro Perizzolo, 2 Ryan Hamilton, 1 Andrew Tiedemann.
Replacements: 16 Russel Meidinger, 17 Russell Ward, 18 Antoni Wodzicki, 19 Ian Manly, 20 Sean White, 21 Matt Evans, 22 Conor Trainor.
South Africa vs Scotland, 72-3
The South African Under-20s moved closer to a semifinal berth with a crushing ten try to nil, 72-3 victory over Scotland in an IRB Junior World Championship match against Scotland in Wales on Tuesday.
The Baby Boks now need to defeat Samoa in their final pool game in Wrexham to be sure of topping their pool and lining up in the semifinals against either England or Australia who have each won two matches in their pool.
The Scots - who lost their opening pool match to Samoa - were no match for South Africa who were in rampant form after their 108-18 win over the USA In the opening pool match.
Fullback Wilton Pietersen, flank Johan van Deventer and wing Lionel Mapoe each scored two tries while Francois Brummer kicked 22 points from eight conversions, a penalty and a drop goal to be the tournament's leading scorer with 40 points.
There were also tries for lock Martin Muller, wing Stephan Dippenaar and replacements Piet Janse van Vuuren (hooker) and Omphile Seabela (wing) to complete the rout.
Scorers:
For South Africa:
Tries: Van Deventer 2, Mapoe, 2 Dippenaar, Muller, Pietersen 2, Janse Van Vuuren, Seabela
Cons: Brummer 8
Pen: Brummer
Drop: Brummer
For Scotland:
Pen: Murray
South Africa: 15 Wilton Pietersen, 14 Stephan Dippenaar, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 François Brummer, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Gerrit
Jan van Velze (captain), 7 Thiliphaut Marole, 6 Johan van Deventer, 5 Cornell Hess, 4 Martin Muller, 3 Frikkie Kirsten, 2 Henri Bantjes, 1 Corne Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Janse van Vuuren, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Nick Koster, 19 Sobelo Nhlapo, 20 Josias Ebersohn, 21 Cecil Afrika, 22 Omphile Seabela.
Scotland: 15 Murray Allan, 14 Tom Bury, 13 Paul Loudon, 12 Steven Wilson, 11 Chris Kinloch, 10 James Murray, 9 Ross Samson, 8 Jonny Baird, 7 Lewis Calder (captain), 6 Steven Burton, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Neale Patrick, 3 Lewis Niven, 2 Niall Shannon, 1 Angus Dixon.
Replacements: 16 Adrian Duncan, 17 Gary Strain, 18 Joe Stafford, 19 Craig Simmonds, 20 Peter Jericevich, 21 Ruaridh Jackson, 22 Peter Horne.
Argentina vs Tonga, 30-10
Argentina continued their run of good form at the IRB Junior World Championship 2008 with a 30-10 defeat of Tonga in a physical battle in their second game at the Cardiff Arms Park in the Welsh capital on Tuesday.
The victory means that Argentina will face New Zealand in their last Pool A game on Saturday playing for a place in the semifinals having already disposed of Ireland 17-9 at the same venue last Friday.
Flyhalf Benjamín Madero got the scoreboard moving for Argentina with a penalty in the seventh minute after his side had applied most of the early pressure.
The young Argentinian pack then put together a string of impressive drives and after they made the hard yards up front, the ball was spun wide to wing and captain Belisario Agulla who finished impressively to give the Pumitas an 8-0 advantage after 15 minutes.
Tonga tried to hit back immediately and they came close with some scything runs from centre William Takai and captain Richard Kaufusi. Their hard work ultimately paid off when flank Samiuela Vea burst through the defence to touch down under the posts with Sione Toke converting easily.
Tonga were then forced to defend valiantly as Argentina launched a wave of attacks, but the defending took its toll and the Pumitas touched down another try after a brilliant break from Martin Landajo saw the scrumhalf dash through to score.
Madero added the two points from the boot and then kicked a fine drop goal before Tongan fullback Sione Toke reduced the deficit to 18-10 with a penalty on the stroke of half-time.
Tonga came out firing in the second half and had plenty of impressive attacking phases, but Argentina stemmed the tide and their patience paid off when they scored a gem of a try when Madero put through an inch perfect grubber for outside centre Juan Pablo Estelles to rush onto and touch down.
Argentina added one more try before the final whistle when a free-flowing move ended in Madero crossing the line to add further gloss to the score. It also finished off a good day at the office for Madero, who ended the game with a full house among his try, drop goal, penalty and two conversions.
Argentina captain Belisario Agulla said: "It was a very good game and very difficult for us to get the win. We are delighted that we managed to win and to do things that we have been working on all week. Tonga are a very good team and they worked us very hard up front."
Tonga head coach Fe'ao Vakata said: "I think Argentina just wore our forwards down very early in the game. We defended mauls constantly and it sapped our energy.
"Sometimes we wanted to play out wide but the players were worn out and Argentina did really well in doing that. We are looking forward to playing Ireland who are a smaller team than Argentina and hope we can do better."
Scorers:
For Argentina:
Tries: Agulla, Landajo, Estelles, Madero
Cons: Madero 2
Pen: Madero
DG: Madero
For Tonga:
Try: Vea
Con: Toke
Pen: Toke
Argentina: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Belisario Agulla (captain), 13 Juan Pablo Estelles, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Diego Palma, 10 Benjamín Madero, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Francisco Panessi, 7 Guido Lofiego, 6 Ignacio Pasman, 5 Santiago Guzmán, 4 Guillermo Roan, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Esteban Bustillo, 1 Mauricio Guidone.
Replacements: 16 Luciano Leibson, 17 Ignacio Di Santi, 18 Aníbal Paceyra, 19 Marcos Insúa, 20 Lucas Alcácer Makinlay, 21 Federico Sanchez, 22 Federico Salazar.
Tonga: 15 Sione Toke, 14 Salesi Sete, 13 William Takai, 12 Mahe Fangupo, 11 Mateo Malupo, 10 Richard Kaufusi (captain), 9 Sekope Maea, 8 Inoke Taufa, 7 Samiuela Vea, 6 Paula Kata, 5 Finau Tupa, 4 Sotele Hehea, 3 Maleko Latu, 2 Tone Tukufuka, 1 Mosa'ati Afu.
Replacements: 16 Lepaola Taueli, 17 Lonely
Kengike, 18 Tevita Tangi, 19 Constantin Kauvaka, 20 Haloti Molitika, 21 John Hausia, 22 Charles Mateo.
Australia vs Fiji, 53-17
Australia had to overcome both a spirited Fiji team and a vociferous Rodney Parade crowd who made no secret of the fact they were backing the underdogs, before returning to the top of Pool C with a 53-17 win and setting up a potentially titanic clash with England on Saturday to determine who progresses to the IRB Junior World Championship semi-finals.
The Fijians play sparkled at times as they played with typical gusto and spirit of adventure, but Australia were simply too skilful and too well drilled and ruthlessly put away their South Sea island opponents.
Australia opened the scoring with a well-worked try for Junior Sovala Futi after only four minutes, but the Fijians delighted the crowd as they responded with a penalty from Sakiusa Malai Bulivakarua and then answered Sovala Futi's second try with a superbly fashioned score of their own for centre Wiliame Umu.
But the Australians replied in ruthless fashion as captain David Pocock, wing Blair Connor, full back Peter Betham and No.8 Seilala Lam all crossed before half time with the Fijians simply unable to cope with the pace and power of the men in gold who went in at the break leading 36-10.
The second half proved to be more of a stop-start affair as several injury breaks took their toll on the momentum of the game, although Australia added further tries from Connor and scrum half Will Genia within 10 minutes of the restart before Fiji centre John Stewart brought the crowd to its feet with a superb long range score.
The Fijians looked as though they might wilt in the closing stages as their opponents ground out a penalty try but far from it as the gallant islanders spent the final few minutes vainly pummelling the Australian defence in search of another score.
Australian centre Ben Tapuai caught the eye with a polished all round display and was named Man of the Match, while both wings Connor and Sovala Futi staked their claims for selection on Saturday against England with a brace of tries apiece.
Australian centre Ben Tapuai said: "They gave it to us in the forwards and made it hard to get a platform to go out wide but, fortunately, we play a structured game and were able to come away with the win. A win's a win, but there's always room for improvement."
Fiji captain Jese Cirikisuva: "It was quite tough and we didn't play well in the first half. We have to work hard on our defence particularly in the backline where we made it too easy for Australia. But our spirit is good and we're looking forward to Canada."
Scorers:
For Australia:
Tries: Futi 2, Pocock, Connor 2, Betham, Lam, Genia
Cons: Cooper 3, Kellam
For Fiji:
Tries: Umu, Stewart
Cons: Bulivakarua 2
Pen: Bulivakarua
Australia: 15 Peter Betham, 14 Blair Connor, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Rowan Kellam, 11 Junior Sovala, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Seilala Lam, 7 David Pocock (captain), 6 Ben Coridas, 5 Steve Mafi, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Ben Daley, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Albert Anae.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Daniel Palmer, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Ben McCalman, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Rob Horne, 22 Ratu Nasiganiyavi.
Fiji: 15 Sakiusa Malai, 14 Patemio Kocoturaga, 13 John Stewart, 12 Eroni Tara, 11 William Saukuru, 10 Natubavivi Kasami, 9 Peni Rokodiva, 8 Waqabaca Kotobalavu. 7 Uaraia Vecenadavui, 6 Jese Cirikisuva (captain), 5 Tevita Tuiloa, 4 Unaloto Ofa, 3 Manasa Romumu, 2 Saula Qalomai, 1 Penijamini Makutu.
Replacements: Seru Cakobau, Jeke Lalai, Temo Vakaloloma, Josefa Levula, Vuga Tagicakibau, Anare Vakawaletabua, Wiliame
Umu.
France vs Italy, 32-14
France set themselves up for a winner-takes-all Pool D clash with Wales at the IRB Junior World Championship 2008 on Saturday with a four-try victory over Italy at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.
Early tries once again put paid to the Italian challenge, with the French capitalising on a string of unforced errors from their opponents.
Just as they had against the Japanese on Friday, France found themselves ahead inside two minutes when outside centre Yann David broke through to send over left wing Djibril Camara.
Flyhalf Alexandre Dumoulin converted and though his opposite number Riccardo Bocchino reduced the arrears with a fifth-minute penalty from the touchline, the French pivot restored his side's seven-point lead with a penalty in the 13th minute.
Captain Thierry Lacrampe extended that advantage with a charged-down try two minutes later before Bocchino replied with his second successful kick.
Flanker Louis Madaule bagged his first try of the competition a minute before the interval but the Italians struck back yet again almost immediately, with Bocchino once again on target with a penalty from 30 metres.
The Italian defence was outstanding at the start of the second half, although having conceded a penalty close to their own line, Madaule crossed for his second try, which replacement Mathieu Belie converted.
Welsh referee Tim Hayes had to stop the match for eight minutes while France No.8 Wencelas Lauret was taken from the field on a stretcher, and a minute after the game restarted, Italy full back Andrea Pratichetti burst over for his side's opening try.
Belie added a penalty for France but the match finished on a sour note when France replacement centre Mathieu Bastareaud was sent off for a dangerous tackle and Italy replacement Giovanni Massaro sent to the sin-bin for killing the ball at a ruck.
France's centre Yann David said: "I enjoyed the game and to have won it was very important. However, we know well that Saturday's game against Wales is going to be much harder. We will have to play much better."
Italy's flyhalf Riccardo Bocchino: "The mistakes cost us for a second game running, but at least we tried to play rugby and this performance was better than our performance against Wales. In the second half I thought we played better than France."
Scorers:
For France:
Tries: Camara, , Lacrampe, Madaule 2, , ,
Cons: Dumoulin 2, Belie
Pens: Dumoulin, Belie
For Italy:
Try: Andrea Pratichetti
Pens: Bocchino 3
France: 15 Guillaume Namy, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Yann David, 12 Henry Chavancy, 11 Djibril Camara, 10 Alexandre Dumoulin, 9 Thierry Lacrampe (captain), 8 Louis Madaule, 7 Wencelas Lauret, 6 Arthur Chollon, 5 Baptiste
Hezard, 4 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 3 Clement Ric, 2 Marc Antoine Rallier, 1 Rabah Slimani.
Replacement: 16 Clement Maynadier, 17 Kevin Kervarec, 18 Yoann Maestri, 19 Raphaël Lakafia, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 Mathieu Belie, 22 Mathieu Bastareaud.
Italy: 15 Andrea Pratichetti, 14 Andrea Bacchetti, 13 Roberto Quartaroli, 12 Alberto Chiesa (captain), 11 Edoardo Rotella, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Carlo Vannini, 8 Luca Petillo, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Filippo Giusti, 5 Alberto Cazzola, 4 Emiliano Caffini, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Gabriele Morelli, 1 Andrea De Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Otis Lombardi, 17 Luca Zara, 18 Joshua Furno, 19 Giacomo Bernini, 20 Rudolph Mernone, 21 Giovanni Massaro, 22 Alessandro Castagnoli.
Samoa vs USA, 20-6
Samoa made it two wins from two in Pool B at the IRB Junior World Championship on Tuesday, but only after overcoming a USA side that for much of the game at the Racecourse Ground had frustrated their opponents with strong defence.
But ultimately it was Samoa's determination to run the ball, along with their quick hands and fast feet which produced three tries to secure a 20-6 victory against an improved USA side from their opening 108-18 loss to South Africa.
Samoa's dynamic start to the game in Wrexham looked set to produce some early points, but after defending tenaciously for some 15 minutes it was the USA who opened the scoring with a penalty from scrum half Sean Treacy.
Six minutes later Treacy, who is the son of the celebrated Ireland distance runner John Treacy, doubled his side's advantage with a second successful kick at goal, although it was the Samoans who went in leading 7-6 at half time.
From a quickly taken penalty, Samoa moved the ball on the narrow side to set up a try for second row Levi Asifa'amatala, which flyhalf Ioane Sefo – who had earlier missed a penalty attempt – duly converted.
Sefo stretched that advantage with a penalty three minutes in the second half, before full back Alatasi Tupou skilfully latched onto David Masoe's kick ahead to touch down in the corner for his second try of the tournament and to push Samoa two scores clear of USA.
With the game becoming less structured as the game approached the hour mark Samoa struck again with wing Sanele Vavae Tuilagi tore through broken defence to also score his second try in the inaugural Championship and also the final points of the game.
Samoa captain Afa Aiono said afterwards: "We expected a bonus point from this game. We honestly didn't think it would be as tough as this. Their defence was very strong. We made a lot of mistakes and we have to improve before we play South Africa on Saturday."
USA scrumhalf Sean Treacy: "It was a good performance by us but the name of the game is results. Unfortunately we couldn't get a win. There are a lot of unhappy players in the squad now, but we're encouraged ahead of our game against Scotland. They're much more structured than Samoa and will be harder to break down."
Scorers:
For Samoa:
Tries: Asifa'amatala, Tupou, Tuilagi
Con: Sefo
Pen: Sefo
For USA:
Pens: Treacy 2
Samoa: 15 Alatasi Tupou, 14 Sanele Vavae Tuilagi, 13 Aaron Smith, 12 Alvin Smith, 11 David Masoe, 10 Ioane Sefo, 9 Tenina Sauileoge, 8 Ikoke Solomona, 7 Afa Aiono (captain), 6 Misioka Timoteo, 5 Levi Asifa'amatala, 4 Seti Tafua, 3 Tui Tafunai, 2 Anetelea Lalotoa, 1 Davidson Fiu Tavita.
Replacements: 16 Siaosi Iona, 17 Roysiu Tolufale, 18 Maselino Paulino, 19 Semiperive Semeane, 20 Ivy Leileisiuao, 21 Talalelei Malo, 22 Taua Faletoese.
United States: 15 Tim Moxness, 14 Adam Ducoing, 13 Nate Ebner, 12 Thretton Palamo, 11 Zach Test, 10 Ty Siceloff, 9
Sean Treacy, 8 Taylor Mokate, 7 Kevin Erskine, 6 Liam Murphy, 5 Scott Lavalla (captain), 4 Scott Metcalf, 3 Shawn Pittman, 2 Bill Wynne, 1 Stevie Johnston.
Replacements: 16 Mike Shepherd, 17 Max Paganini, 18 Teddy Barron, 19 Ryan Mctiernan, 20 Austin Cella, 21 Steven Sablan, 22 Gareth Jones.
Wales vs Japan, 33-10
Wales struggled to see off Japan at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, but move into their final Pool D game against the French on Saturday night knowing victory will send them into the semi-finals.
After early pressure from the Japanese, Wales took the lead courtesy of a try from full back Jason Tovey. The Japanese were certainly not overawed by the occasion and dominated in all areas after that.
But a lack of finishing power proved their Achilles heel and after Wales had found their feet, they wrested back control.
Admittedly, their execution and accuracy were relatively poor, with wing Nathan Rees and scrumhalf Gareth Williams both missing golden opportunities to add to Tovey's early score.
But nine minutes from the interval, Rees made up for his earlier miss when he dashed in at the corner for a try that Halfpenny converted from the touchline.
Outside centre Luke Ford added a third in the 38th minute to ease a few nerves and Halfpenny's conversion and a try a minute later made sure of the bonus-point win.
To their credit, Japan gave as good as they got in the early stages of the second half and centre Aisea Havea deserved his try in the 51st minute after two quickly taken penalties deep in the Wales 22.
Yellow cards for Wales captain and number 8 Sam Warburton and loosehead prop Sam Hobbs handed Japan a numerical advantage as the game moved into its final quarter and while they were in the bin, replacement Masataka Mikami bagged a second try, as did Rees for Wales.
Japan's captain Michael Leitch said afterwards: "I'm proud of the way we battled and the way we played in the second half. We took the game wide and if we had have held on to the ball a little better, we might have done even better. Now, we have to look at the Italy game on Saturday and make sure we win it. I think we can do it. We certainly don't want to finish bottom of the pool."
Scorers:
For Wales:
Tries: Tovey, Rees 2, Ford, Halfpenny
Cons: Halfpenny 4
For Japan:
Tries: Havea, Mikami
Wales: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Luke Ford, 12 Rhys Williams, 11 Nathan Rees, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Williams, 8 Sam Warburtoncaptain, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Lloyd Phillips, 5 Jevon Groves, 4 Ashley Sweet, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 Ryan Prosser, 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Lawrence, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Patrick Palmer, 19 Josh Turnbull, 20 Jonathan Davies, 21 Rhys Webb, 22 Gareth Owen.
Japan: 15
Tsuyoshi Iguchi, 14 Daisuke Natsui, 13 Yasutaka Sasakura, 12 Aisea Havea, 11 Katsuyuki Sakai, 10 Shingo Yoshida, 9 Shuhei Oshima, 8 Michael Leitch (captain), 7 Ryuhei Arita, 6 Tsuyoshi Murata, 5 Eiri Nakada, 4 Pohiva Lotoahea, 3 Keiichi Tanaka, 2 Motoki Yamazaki, 1 Koichi Nitta.
Replacements: 16 Masataka Mikami, 17 Shinsuke Ono, 18 Keisuke Matsuda, 19 Hiroaki Sugimoto, 20 Mizuki Yanagihara, 21 Takuya Nakajima, 22 Takamasa Okubo.
New Zealand vs Ireland, 65-10
New Zealand showed just why they are favourites to lift the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship title with a impressive display against Ireland, running in nine tries to triumph 65-10 at Cardiff Arms Park on Tuesday.
The convincing victory sets up an Pool A finale with Argentina at the same venue on Saturday with the winner advancing to the semi-finals with their title dreams still alive and the other left battling for fifth place at best.
Though Ireland got off to a good start with a fine break from fullback Niall Morris and an early penalty from flyhalf Ian Porter, New Zealand were always in control as they combined slick passing and offloading out wide with an abrasive work ethic up front to secure a comfortable win.
Fl half Trent Renata's first penalty in the ninth minute set the New Zealanders on their way and within minutes their highly-rated wing Kade Poki – who only 10 days ago was playing for the Crusaders in the Super 14 Final - used his electric pace to nab the game's first try.
Centres Jackson Willison and captain Ryan Crotty were finding plenty of holes in Ireland's defence as the New Zealanders attacked at every opportunity and another Renata penalty gave his side a strong advantage.
New Zealand showed they have as much power as they have pace when hooker Quentin MacDonald was on the end of a superb driving maul and his team kept the scores coming thick and fast with further first half tries from flanker Luke Braid and wing Sean Maitland to lead 34-3 at the break.
Ireland showed more intensity in the second half and they held plenty of early possession, but when Poki slid over for his second try the game was well and truly over as a contest with New Zealand leading 39-3.
Another perfect kick through from Maitland put scrumhalf Grayson Hart over as New Zealand threatened to pile on the points, but Ireland to their credit never gave up and finally breached their opponent's line when No.8 Patrick Mallon barged over the line in the 65th minute.
Porter kicked the conversion, but New Zealand had the final say when replacement wing Andre Taylor, who had replaced Poki in the 68th minute, staked his own claim for a starting berth against Argentina with a rapid hat-trick to push his side past the well half century mark.
New Zealand Captain Ryan Crotty said: "We had a very good week at training this week and we weren't happy with our first forty minutes against Tonga. So we were looking to put some things right. I feel the boys took it up another step today and hopefully we can do that again going into the next game. I was pleased with our outside backs and the platform the forwards set up for us."
Ireland Captain Eoin O'Malley: "We knew it was going to be a tough match against New Zealand but a loss like that is something we didn't expect. We had looked at this game as one we could challenge in, but unfortunately we made too many mistakes and missed too many first up tackles."
Scorers:
For New Zealand:
Tries: Poki 2, MacDonald, Braid, Maitland, Hart, Taylor 3
Cons: Renata 5, Kirkpatrick 2
Pens: Renata 2
For Ireland:
Try: Mallon
Con: Porter
Pen: Porter
Ireland: 15 Niall Morris, 14 Sean Scanlon, 13 Eoin O'Malley
(captain), 12 Conor Cleary, 11 Eamonn Sheridan, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Ian Porter, 8 Patrick Mallon, 7 Michael Entwistle, 6 Kieran Essex, 5 Ian Nagle, 4 James Sandford, 3 Ben Barclay, 2 Jason Harris-Wright, 1 Paul Karayiannis.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Douglas, 17 Stephen Archer, 18 Ciaran Ruddock, 19 Paul Ryan, 20 David Moore, 21 Martin Dufficy, 22 Jamie Smith.
New Zealand: 15 Zac Guildford, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Ryan Crottycaptain), 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Trent Renata, 9 Grayson Hart, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Peter Saili, 5 Josh Townsend, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Ben Afeaki, 2 Quentin MacDonald, 1 Rodney Ah You.
Replacements: 16 Ash Dixon, 17 Toby Smith, 18 Chris Smith, 19 Hugh Reed, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 22 Andre Taylor.
Match Officials:
Pool A
Argentina vs Tonga in Cardiff
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Touch judges: Romain Poite (France), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
New Zealand vs Ireland in Cardiff
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
Touch judges: Romain Poite (France), Andrea Pasquin (Italy)
Assessor: Michel Lamoulie (France)
Pool B
Samoa vs USA in Wrexham
Referee: Phillip Bosch (South Africa)
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe (England), David Jones (Wales)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
South Africa vs Scotland in Wrexham
Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Robin Goodliffe (England), David Jones (Wales)
Assessor: Steve Hilditch (Ireland)
Pool C
England vs Canada in Newport
Referee: Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (IRB)
Australia vs Fiji
in Newport
Referee: James Jones
Touch judges: David Bodilly (Wales), David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assessor: Tappe Henning (IRB)
Pool D
France vs Italy in Swansea
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Touch judges: James Bolabiu (Fiji), Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)
Wales vs Japan in Swansea
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Touch judges: James Bolabiu (Fiji), Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
Assessor: Bob Francis (New Zealand)
Day 1 Results:
Pool A
Argentina vs Ireland, 17-9
New Zealand vs Tonga, 48-9
Pool B
South Africa vs USA, 108-18
Samoa vs Scotland, 29-17
Pool C
England vs Fiji, 41-17
Australia vs Canada, 81-12
Pool D
France vs Japan, 53-17
Wales vs Italy, 29-10
Thanks to SARU, RFU and IRB
