stuart bathgate
SCOTLAND needed to beat the hosts and holders yesterday to have any chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup from Pool A, but it was clear from the opening minutes of the game that such a result was not about to materialise.
New Zealand opened the scoring at Whangarei’s Northland Events Centre with 99 seconds on the clock, had the try bonus wrapped up inside the first quarter and in all touched down seven times before the break.