Scoring at the rate of a try every six minutes, the All Blacks have wiped Italy off the map at the Rugby World Cup in Lyon. 

They beat them 96-17, scoring seven tries in both the first and second half of the game. 

Newstalk ZB’s voice of rugby, Elliott Smith, told Jack Tame that from the opening try to the full time whistle the All Blacks were relentless and ruthless.  

He said it’s hard to judge Italy’s performance when the All Blacks strangled them out of the contest from minute one onwards. 

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