Courageous Namibia downed comfortably by All Blacks at Olympic Park
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Nehe Milner-Skudder and Julian Savea both scored twice as New Zealand notched up the highest score of the tournament so far, beating Namibia 58-14 at the Olympic Park. The All Blacks scored nine tries, but Namibia limited the damage by slowing down the contest.
Namibia have come a long way since their infamous 142-0 loss to Australia at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. This is a side that, led by warrior Jacques Burger up front, will have high hopes of claiming a Pool C scalp this year.
They tackled manfully and had one or two intercept chances, and when center Johan Deysel bounced off a few All Bla…