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Humiliation: New Zealand blitz Canada as Rieko Ioane goes over for their fifth try

Are you enjoying the RWC so far? I am, up to a point, but some of the Pool games have left me cold.
Rugby isn’t the world-wide game that soccer is, and when they play their World Cup, although there are still comparative minnows, it’s a much more competitive business.
Can anyone, say that New Zealand humiliating Canada was much of a spectacle, or that we learned any more than we already knew? The tournament is unwieldy, lasts too long, and provides too much moderate fare in its ear...

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