Kuwazuru puts in a big hit right before the hooter.

Vaka gets a try on debut. It was just far too easy for New Zealand.

Curry caught the line out, turned and handed off the Japanese defender and ran it 70m to score.

Curtis knocks on the kick off. Japan had nearly a minute of possession.

Mikkelson intercepted an attempted offload and showed great pace to score his hat-trick.

Forbes threw Curry a shocking pass, he did well to flick it wide to Mikkelson who got over to score.

Curtis got space out wide after a scrum, he kicked it up a notch and showed Suzuki a clean pair of heels.

Mikkelson scores after 27 seconds. This could be the first of many.

New Zealand vs Japan. New Zealand get the game started with a long kick off.