‘Unbelievable’ humidity is no sweat for All Blacks as they hammer Canada 63-0
- New Zealand coach Steve Hansen is still ‘pretty happy’ despite reigning world champions committing some handling errors
- Canada coach Kingsley Jones proud of his team after mauling played in ‘very difficult’ conditions in Oita
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said on Wednesday he was “pretty happy” with his team’s 63-0 hammering of Canada, despite even mighty New Zealand committing some handling errors in “unbelievable” humidity.
New Zealand scored nine tries against lowly-ranked Canada and Hansen called on his team to replicate the form shown in the first 20 minutes of the second half, when they ran in four in nine minutes.
“We’ve just got to take that first 20 minutes of the second half, and turn it into 80 minutes. If we can do that, we won’t be too far away,” Hansen said after the game which keeps them top of pool B.
During that period, the team “really came together and played good, controlled rugby”, he said.
“In really difficult conditions, the humidity is unbelievable and whilst people at home will be wondering why we dropped a few balls, it’s very, very difficult,” Hansen added.
