Rugby World Cup 2019 – New Zealand vs Canada LIVE: Score, stream and latest updates from Pool B fixture
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates from the Rugby World Cup as New Zealand return to action this morning to take on Canada.
The All Blacks put in a composed and measured performance to beat fierce rivals South Africa in their opening match, cementing their status as favourites to lift the Webb Ellis Cup next month.
Steve Hansen has made 11 changes for today's Pool B fixture at the Oita Stadium, with New Zealand expected to romp to victory against a Canadian side that was beaten 48-7 by Italy. Follow the live action below:
When is it?
New Zealand vs Canada kicks off at 7.45pm Japan Standard Time, which is 11.15am BST, on Wednesday 2 October.
Where can I watch it?
ITV4 will be broadcasting the match. Coverage starts at 10.45am BST.
You can also live stream the match on your laptop, smartphone or tablet via the ITV Hub.
26 minutes
Canada concede a scrum penalty and New Zealand kick to near halfway.
And the All Blacks make a change - Nepo Laulala is on for Angus Ta'avao. Not sure if that's an injury, or an HIA, or tactical, but Ta'avao looks well enough as he jogs off.
28 minutes
Canada win a penalty and kick down into the New Zealand 22, and after a game of pass the parcel Canada get the ball back, and a kick beyond has Beauden Barrett scrambling down on it.
He just about recovers the ball, and New Zealand have the bodies there to clear and kick away.
It isn't a very good clearance, though, and Canada will have the lineout.
29 minutes
But New Zealand steal that! Whipped to the left wing, Rieko Ioane with Beauden Barrett a rather dangerous runner outside him, dropped by Ioane! Sloppy stuff from the young wing, who has dropped a couple of balls already.
30 minutes
Breakneck speed to this game at the moment, with possession changing hands every minute or so. Kieran Read makes a firm tackle to win New Zealand the ball in their own half, the ball is kicked back to Canada, but Jordie Barrett dislodges with a big shoulder into the midriff.
The All Blacks knock-on, but had the advantage and will thus have a scrum.
32 minutes
He's dropped it!
Can you believe it? Scintillating attacking play from the All Blacks and Scott Barrett comes on a brilliant line from deep, and is over the line with ball in his grasp ready to score, but inexplicably sees the ball spin from his grip.
In shame his head is hung.
34 minutes
It's catching! Or not, as the case may be.
More brilliance in attack with quick interplay from Sonny Bill Williams, TJ Perenara and Matt Todd, but Shannon Frizell on the rumble decides the ball isn't worth holding on to, and drops Perenara's pass.
35 minutes
Down goes the Canadian scrum under pressure again, and Romain Poite has a word with Tyler Ardron.
Into the corner Mo'unga kicks the penalty.
TRY! Sonny Bill Williams with the grubber, Beauden Barrett with the try!
There's so much to think about as a defender when Sonny Bill Williams runs towards you, with such ability to breach contact, such size, such offloading skill, and such soft hands.
But you are never thinking about a kick, and Williams pounces on this lack of thought, slowing down his run to create space for a little grubber and toeing a beautifully weighted ball through, with Beauden Barrett ensuring the set play leads to a score with a well-timed run on to it beneath the posts.
New Zealand have a bonus point.
New Zealand 28-0 Canada
39 minutes
Williams tries a repeat dose, with Jordie this time the Barrett brother after his kick, but Peter Nelson covers well.
Canada clear to just outside their 22, but New Zealand come again, and Scott Barrett, master of the no-look slip pass to a supporting runner, puts Shannon Frizell through a hole, but the blindside flanker drops the ball, again.
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