SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson finishes his day with a flag up.
New Zealand 74-6
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Elijah Taylor. Kick to come.
Taylor gets in on the act now! Taupau laid the platform with his run, Taylor completed it.
New Zealand 72-6
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
A baker's dozen of attempts for Johnson misses.
New Zealand 68-6
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Te Maire Martin. Kick to come.
Te-Maire Martin completes his day with a hat-trick now.
New Zealand 68-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SCOTLAND: Conversion attempt by Danny Addy successful.
Danny Addies the extras.
New Zealand 64-6
TRY SCOTLAND: Scored by Oscar Thomas. Kick to come.
Scotland has a try! Oscar Thomas spied the gap, stepped and scored!
New Zealand 64-4
PENALTY SCOTLAND! Offside from the Kiwis.
New Zealand 64-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson makes it 64.
New Zealand 64-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Peta Hiku. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Hiku beat all the chasers after a grounded kick from Johnson.
New Zealand 62-0
VIDEO REF! Hiku might have the hat-trick.
New Zealand 58-0
Dale Ferguson is down, receiving treatment, so we have time off. The second-rower is back up, and we're off again.
New Zealand 58-0
That was Harlem Globetrotter-esque from the Kiwis! It looked dead when it got to Packer, the hulking prop threw a spiral that would make a half blush but the Scots scrambled well to deny a try.
New Zealand 58-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
After a delay for a missing ball, Johnson has it on the tee.. through the posts.
New Zealand 58-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Shaun Johnson. Kick to come.
There's the record for Johnson! The half trailed well from an RTS break, streaking away to become New Zealand's all-time top pointscorer.
New Zealand 56-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson has found his radar now! Wobbled one over.
New Zealand 52-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Peta Hiku. Kick to come.
It's been a Brough day with the boot for Danny. He failed to find touch which allowed RTS to throw a cut-out to Hiku to finish.
New Zealand 50-0
PENALTY SCOTLAND! Some much needed relief for the Bravehearts.
New Zealand 46-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Two more added.
New Zealand 46-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Dean Whare. Kick to come.
Whare takes the final pass after a lovely break from Martin.
New Zealand 44-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson nails it.
New Zealand 40-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Te Maire Martin. Kick to come.
Show-and-go from Martin, he sliced through and gets a double!
New Zealand 38-0
That wasn't an Oscar-worthy kick from Thomas. Another goes out on the full.
New Zealand 34-0
Kiwis are pulling out all the tricks now! Johnson spied the winger up, so he sprayed one for Hiku, but the bounce just beat him.
New Zealand 34-0
A rocket pass finds Nightingale for the hat-trick but it went forward.
New Zealand 34-0
Lewis Tierney is trapped in-goal. Levi chipped it perfectly and it pitched well. GLDO.
New Zealand 34-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
From besides the posts, Johnson has his third.
New Zealand 34-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Russell Packer. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! The defender fell off the Tiger prop, he rose up again and dived over!
New Zealand 32-0
VIDEO REF! Russell Packer dives over! Checking the double movement.
New Zealand 28-0
Back underway in Christchurch!
New Zealand 28-0
HALFTIME :: NZ in complete control - 28-nil.
New Zealand 28-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Time is ticking down to halftime, Johnson eyes the sticks, into the sun but can't swing it over.
New Zealand 28-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Peta Hiku. Kick to come.
Hiku gets reward for his run metres early! Kiwis stripped numbers and it was a truly easy finish for Hiku.
New Zealand 28-0
Good work there from the Bravehearts! Russell Packer was collared close to the line, on last, the freshly introduced Addin Fonua-Blake tried to turn over. Held up, changeover.
New Zealand 24-0
SIX MORE KIWIS! Martin's kick was charged down. Now it is knocked down by Scotland. Scrum reset for the hosts.
New Zealand 24-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
In front and Johnson goals.
New Zealand 24-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Te Maire Martin. Kick to come.
That was absurd! Nelson Asofa-Solomona is a wrecking ball, but also showed some finese with that flick to Martin to score.
New Zealand 22-0
UNFORCED ERROR NEW ZEALAND: Roger Tuivasa-sheck makes an unforced error.
Some respite for the Scots. RTS tries to build his tackle break stats, knocks on.
New Zealand 18-0
Johnson stabs one through, forced by Scotland. The ball is singing from the Kiwis thus far, they are breaking the line at will.
New Zealand 18-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Misses.
New Zealand 18-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
From the left, Johnson taking his time over this conversion. He has missed the last two, hooks this one too.
New Zealand 18-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.
Nightingale has a double! It was a feature of his NRL season, he scored in bunches for Saint George all season. This was one of the simpler efforts, RTS drifted left then basketballed it to the winger to dive over.
New Zealand 18-0
Brough tried to kick the Scots out of trouble, only managed to find the wrong side of the whitewash.
New Zealand 14-0
Now the wingers are combining! Nightingale set off down the right before he found Hiku, who put on a magnificent step, before Martin popped it right to Scotland.
New Zealand 14-0
Johnson, on the run, tries to plow a kick high but the bravehearts through good fortune, get the ball! Followed by a PENALTY which produced a huge touchfinder.
New Zealand 14-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Johnson continuing with the low-trajectory kicks, this one thunders off the post.
New Zealand 14-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Joseph Tapine. Kick to come.
Some wheels from the big man! The left side has laid siege to Scotland thus far, Martin cut through then slipped into a tackle. NZ shift it right, for a hole bigger than a Donald Trump lie, for Tapine to finish.
New Zealand 14-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.
It's an eighteenth four-pointer in black-and-white for the Dragons winger. Quick hands down the left, allowed Nightingale to stomp over.
New Zealand 10-0
PENALTY KIWIS! Now the Kiwis are firing on all cylinders! Taupau once again created space with his run, threw the offload then RTS and Johnson, both had the Scots on the backfoot.
New Zealand 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
An easy first attempt for Johnson. Nails it.
New Zealand 6-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND: Scored by Kenneath Bromwich. Kick to come.
Kenny Bromwich, gets his reward for the fast start! It was front rower to front rower, as Taupau sized up the pass perfect, to put the Storm secondrower into the hole.
New Zealand 4-0
PENALTY KIWIS! The ball movement is just too fast for the Bravehearts. Johnson just hooked a kick up, and it was muddled then touched offside by the Scots. Six more coming.
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UNFORCED ERROR NEW ZEALAND: Te Maire Martin makes an unforced error.
It was building so well for the Kiwis. They stretched the Scottish defense well, but the final pass went astray.
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PENALTY SCOTLAND! Holding down from Martin. Big chance for the Bravehearts.
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Now a much better second set from the Scots! Addy found some room behind the ruck, and it caught out some soft Kiwi defense. Brough tried to rake the kick back across but it was taken. NZ doing the hard yards.
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Danny Brough, gets some rough treatment but gets his kick away! Scotland with a nice first set in this one. Nightingale took a good catch about ten out.
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Johnson puts it to boot, here we go!
No mooning from the Scots during that haka, shame really, but there was the radiant smile of Jason Nightingale! Haka is complete, so we're ready for kick-off!
Anthems complete, now we move onto the cultural challenge! Kiwis about to warm up Christchurch with the haka.
Welcome to Christchurch! We're here for the first of the triple-header, to continue the second weekend of Rugby League World Cup action! New Zealand look to improve on their good start against Samoa, now taking on Scotland, who in the heat of North Queensland, wilted against a strong Tongan side. The Kiwis have also made eight changes to the team from last weekend while Scotland, remain largely unchanged. Kick-off is 3pm, join us.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Henry Perenara
Touch Judges: Belinda Sleeman, Chris McMillan
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy
NEW ZEALAND (74)
Tries: Kenneath Bromwich, Shaun Johnson, Jason Nightingale (2), Joseph Tapine, Te Maire Martin (3), Peta Hiku (3), Russell Packer, Dean Whare, Elijah Taylor
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (9/14)
Penalty Goals:
SCOTLAND (6)
Tries: Oscar Thomas
Field Goals:
Conversions: Danny Addy (1/1)
Penalty Goals: