Rugby: Eddie Jones has gone back and forth with the media after being on the verge of a shock early exit from the Rugby World Cup.
Australia on the verge of heading home | 01:01New Zealand cantered to the bonus-point victory they needed to secure qualification for the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with an 11-try 73-0 thrashing of Uruguay on Friday.
But following similar thrashings of Namibia and Italy, this took their tally to 36 tries and 240 points in their last three matches since their opening pool defeat to France. Uruguay initially played with the same effervescence as in valiant defeats to France and Italy and thought they had taken the lead when Manuel Ardao dived over in the corner on 13 minutes.
McKenzie was not denied for long, stepping inside a tackler to finally get New Zealand on the board on 20 minutes. The All Blacks were deadly from close range and from another five-metre scrum, Roigard dummied and stepped his way over the line to bring up the bonus point.
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