McCaw calls for All Blacks improvement

However, New Zealand had themselves to blame as a litany of errors crept into their game after the initial spell and they failed to get any flow and continuity in their game. A couple of lovely offloads from Sonny Bill Williams and Conrad Smith had the Lelos scrambling, and when the ball came back to the right, Richie McCaw cut in before feeding Coles outside him for the try. Many All Blacks who have been labelled second stringers by the media started in the Namibia match, which the All Blacks won 58-14.It was no more than what Namibia deserved for their intensity and effort was what forced the All Blacks into turning in a less than convincing performance filled with many errors and faulty execution.

With six minutes remaining, New Zealand finally scored their sixth try, turning a sloppy lineout into a try for Savea out wide with Georgia caught out of position.

That Naholo was even on the field was remarkable after suffering a cracked bone in his fibula 50 minutes into his All Blacks debut in August.

With his first touch of the ball in his comeback game after a leg fracture in his maiden Test three months ago, Waisake Naholo’s speed wrong-footed the Georgian defence and he raced 55 metres to score.

Georgia: Beka Tsuklauri; Giorgi Apciauri, David Kacharava, Tamaz Mchedlidze, Alexandr Todua; Lasha Malaguradze, Giorgi Begadze; Karlen Asieshvili, Shalva Mamukashvili, Levan Chilachava; Levan Datunashvili, Giorgi Chkhaidze; Shalva Sutiashvili, Mamuka Gorgodze (capt), Lasha Lomidze.

Savea’s hat-trick try extended his record to a ludicrous 35 tries in 38 Test matches, with the Hurricanes star destined to have a big say in the outcome of this World Cup over the next few weeks. “He wasn’t limping when he scored his try”.

Richie McCaw and Dan Carter lead the All Blacks’ performace of the haka.

New Zealand face Georgia the at Millennium Stadium the day after Wales play Fiji in a crucial Pool A match.

It was a third unconvincing pool display following wins over Argentina and Namibia although it is enough to guarantee New Zealand’s place in the quarter-finals.

“Another one tonight was the shooter coming out, the sole defence coming out and that’s something we have to get better and better at”.

However they’d previously shown a desire to kick for territory and put pressure on the opposition. “We have all had a run in the first two games so there are no excuses for not being ready to go”, he said ahead of clash at the Millennium Stadium.

“Our game wasn’t great but it doesn’t have to be at the moment”.

Sam Cane of the All Blacks makes a break during their World Cup Pool C match against Georgia.

“We’ve seen through this tournament, compared to other tournaments that I’ve played in, that the so-called “easy” games aren’t easy any more”, he said.

But the main talking point was the selection of Naholo who was selected for the World Cup when not fully fit but who Hansen always said would be his attacking weapon.