"Difficult to know what to make of the All Blacks so far in this tournament. It might be that we look back and say they were over the hill, and that's why they didn't win it.
"Or it might be that we look and back say the 'minnows' are just a lot better than they used to be. I think it might be the latter."
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Tonga were terrific, a joy to watch. They played with huge spirit, huge guts and huge determination. They did their country proud. My man of match was Latiume Fosita. He was magnificent. It wasn't New Zealand's most convincing performance but they ran out very comfortable winners in the end."
BOD's impressed
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Irish great Brian O'Driscoll thinks the All Blacks look ominous.
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The game comes to a tame end as Sonny Bill Williams sends a stabbed grubber into touch...
That's seven tries for the world champions though and after a tough first half they won with some ease in Newcastle.
Into the red numbers
Time for one more?
Pitch perfect?
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
The only thing taking a bigger battering than the Tonga defence is the pitch...
Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren will not be impressed as it has cut up badly. The bad news for McClaren and Newcastle? Scotland play Samoa on it on Saturday.
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'Deserved'
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: When you win 100 caps you are deserving of a try. Nonu took it very well against some tired bodies in the Tonga side. New Zealand are capable of scoring some terrific tries when the game becomes as open as it has."
When you win 100 caps you are deserving of a try. Nonu took it very well against some tired bodies in the Tonga side. New Zealand are capable of scoring some terrific tries when the game becomes as open as it has."
Try - Nonu
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
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And it's the perfect finale! A couple of raking passes, Nehe Milner-Skudder hits the jets and Ma'a Nonu celebrates his 100th cap by racing down the right to score.
Dan Carter - the all-time leading points scorer in Test history - misses the conversion from the touchline.
Last knockings...
So can New Zealand finish things off with another try, or can Tonga give the fans in Newcastle something to cheer about?
New Zealand 42-9 Tonga
Judging by the cheers, the stewards have just pulled off the tackle of the day on a pitch-invader.
The commentator duly confirms that is the case but no pictures - we don't want to encourage this sort of thing after all.
Converted try - Cane, con Carter
New Zealand 42-9 Tonga
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This could be a long 10 minutes for Tonga... and no sooner do I write that than Sam Cane goes over for the world champions.
Rugby is a game of territory
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Tonga might be edging possession, but there is only one team dictating this match.
New Zealand have the ball where it matters, in the Tonga half, and it is being reflected on the scoreboard.
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'Upped their game'
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: New Zealand have upped their game. It's almost like a different side. Both Ireland and France will be keen to avoid them in the quarter-finals."
New Zealand have upped their game. It's almost like a different side. Both Ireland and France will be keen to avoid them in the quarter-finals."
Sin-bin - Ngauamo
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
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They took some time to charge up the battery but New Zealand are finally gliding smoothly across the ground...
Dan Carter is doing just that when he is unceremoniously and illegally dumped to the ground by replacement Tonga hooker Paula Ngauamo, who is duly sin-binned.
Converted try - Williams, con Carter
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
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And try Sonny Bill... Aaron Smith opened the door, the scrum-half picking from the base and tracking across the field to draw the defence before flicking a delightful pass behind him.
Williams is on hand and he canters over untouched.
Enter Sonny Bill...
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Sonny Bill Williams comes on as a replacement and gets the biggest cheer of the evening at St James' Park, making one wish every rugby league convert was as successful in union...
'Retallick has made a difference'
New Zealand 28-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Quote Message: That was very good. It all started with Ben Smith charging into the restart by Dan Carter. I tell you who has made a difference... replacement lock Brodie Retallick. He's added some spark to this side."
That was very good. It all started with Ben Smith charging into the restart by Dan Carter. I tell you who has made a difference... replacement lock Brodie Retallick. He's added some spark to this side."
Converted try - Milner-Skudder, con Carter
New Zealand 28-9 Tonga
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Tonga appear to have angered New Zealand. They regain the kick-off through Ben Smith, pass left and Beauden Barrett dabs a kick through for Nehe Milner-Skudder to grab his second.
Penalty - Morath
New Zealand 21-9 Tonga
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That's the 10th penalty conceded by New Zealand on the night - not great discipline from the world champions that.
Kurt Morath to go for goal... and Tonga are back within two converted tries of the All Blacks.
'Effective All Blacks'
New Zealand 21-6 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: New Zealand have done what is says on the tin. Let's be honest, they are not playing great rugby but they have been effective."
New Zealand have done what is says on the tin. Let's be honest, they are not playing great rugby but they have been effective."
Converted try - Milner-Skudder, con Carter
New Zealand 21-6 Tonga
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It had to come. New Zealand were onto their second advantage right under the sticks when they shipped it wide...
Nehe Milner-Skudder stepped off that piston-like right foot and Fetu'u Vainikolo could do nothing to prevent the try.
'Battling Tonga'
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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It's amazing to think that if Tonga had been awarded a penalty try just before half time they would have been within a point of New Zealand. It would have been no more than they deserved."
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
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Nervous, All Black fans? This might help, your team are hammering away on the Tonga line...
Penalty - Morath
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Up steps Kurt Morath... and over goes the kick! Tonga back within eight and the force is currently very much with them.
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
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Here come Tonga again... brutal collision after brutal collision... and they work a four-man overlap! But their skills let them down at the death...
We come back for a penalty for the All Blacks going off their feet at a ruck though...
Ben Smith leads the way
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New Zealand's Ben Smith is the stand-out player so far tonight.
He has run the most with ball in hand - 77m - from 11 carries and most importantly has scored a try.
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Some of you are not happy with the referee's refusal to further punish New Zealand's scrum at the end of the first half...
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Peep goes the whistle, up goes the ball and we're under way for the second half at St James' Park...
New Zealand immediately string together a decent attack but after Ben Smith knifes through, the world champions are penalised for holding on at the ruck.
Poor All Black discpline
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Penalties are costing the All Blacks, who have conceded seven to Tonga's two.
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The St James' Park pitch is tearing up tonight and with Samoa against Scotland coming up tomorrow at the stadium it will need some serious TLC before Newcastle's Premier League match against Norwich on 18 October.
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Ben Dirs
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Steve Hansen will be spewing, as they say in his parts, with that All Blacks first-half performance. The Tongan pack have got New Zealand on the run and when they got their rolling maul going, All Blacks scattered like skittles.
All Blacks on the back foot
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Tonga end the half in the ascendancy and have begun to dominate the possession stats.
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'Referee not brave enough'
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: Tonga were camped on the line for the last three or four minutes. It looked for all the world they were going to score and I think the referee got himself in a muddle. He wasn't brave enough after three or four scrum collapses to award a penalty."
Tonga were camped on the line for the last three or four minutes. It looked for all the world they were going to score and I think the referee got himself in a muddle. He wasn't brave enough after three or four scrum collapses to award a penalty."
Turnover trouble for ABs
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New Zealand may have scored two tries but turnovers (they have conceded seven) are hurting the All Blacks and it is an area they will want to tighten up. Tonga may be behind but they are making fewer mistakes, conceding only three turnovers.
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Half-time - no try
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
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No try rules the TMO, no luck for Tonga.
They deserved a score for their efforts and New Zealand will count themselves very, very lucky not to have conceded a try then.
The Tongans probably got it over the line but there was no evidence they got it down.
Try review
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Tonga putting New Zealand under all sorts of pressure... twice they go down for the scrum, twice New Zealand are penalised...
Now they have to move it and they're a yard away, now a foot, now inches... and now are they over?
Sin-bin - Read
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Tonga on the rampage! They win the line-out and rumble a driving maul to right in front of the New Zealand posts...
The All Blacks take it down illegally - Kieran Read is sent to the sin bin...
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Is Ben Smith in trouble after tackling Telusa Veainu? The All Black full-back is judged to have taken the Tonga winger's legs over the horizontal, but it's just a penalty, which Tonga kick to the corner...
'Predictable'
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: There was something predictable about that. New Zealand's players were thinking 'coach is not going to be happy here unless we get a try'. Too much pace and too much power for Tonga."
There was something predictable about that. New Zealand's players were thinking 'coach is not going to be happy here unless we get a try'. Too much pace and too much power for Tonga."
Converted try - Woodcock, con Carter
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
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Four years ago his try won the World Cup for the All Blacks... this one isn't quite as momentous but prop Tony Woodcock still looks pretty chuffed as he batters over from close range.
'Deserved'
New Zealand 7-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Quote Message: Tonga deserve to get three points on the board after that sustained period of pressure."
Tonga deserve to get three points on the board after that sustained period of pressure."
Penalty - Morath
New Zealand 7-3 Tonga
It was an All Black prop pinged for not rolling away and Kurt Morath - not the most accurate from the tee this tournament - gets Tonga on the board.
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
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Great scrum! Both sides lock it out and you can feel the power flowing through those spines.
Tonga finally move it off the back... and a sweeping move ends with a kickable penalty for the Pacific Island nation.
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'Too much expected'
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: I think sometimes we expect too much from New Zealand and expect them to overwhelm the opposition - particularly in the pool stages of a World Cup. You have to remember that this is the biggest game in the careers of some of these Tonga players and they are bound to raise their game."
I think sometimes we expect too much from New Zealand and expect them to overwhelm the opposition - particularly in the pool stages of a World Cup. You have to remember that this is the biggest game in the careers of some of these Tonga players and they are bound to raise their game."
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
After a shaky start, New Zealand have begun to turn the screw and are playing the game firmly in Tonga's half of the pitch.
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Nili Latu caught with his hand in the sweety jar as he goes off his feet right in front of the referee. Naughty Nili.
Dan Carter kicks the penalty to the corner. Try number two on its way?
Nope, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith combine to mess it up. That does not happen often.
Smith and Smith
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
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Quote Message: Right at the heart of everything in that move was Conrad Smith...fantastic hands."
Right at the heart of everything in that move was Conrad Smith...fantastic hands."
Converted try - B Smith, con Carter
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
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The first of many? Ben Smith, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Kieran Read and Conrad Smith combine in a blur of quick hands down the narrow side and the latter flips a pass back inside for namesake Ben to cruise over.
'Fewer errors than New Zealand'
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: All credit to Tonga for the way they have approached this game. We've seen a lot of short, sharp passes from them and, at this moment in time, they are making far fewer mistakes than New Zealand."
All credit to Tonga for the way they have approached this game. We've seen a lot of short, sharp passes from them and, at this moment in time, they are making far fewer mistakes than New Zealand."
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
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We go again... and it's a penalty to Tonga as they get the nudge on!
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A bit scrappy at the moment, both sides kicking away possession and defences dominating.
Reigning champions New Zealand hammer away but great work at the breakdown wins Tonga a turnover.
'Bright Tonga start'
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
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Quote Message: What a bright start by Tonga. They look a fantastic side, very organised, and had New Zealand on the back foot. But the All Blacks don't panic. They just take their time and reorganise."
What a bright start by Tonga. They look a fantastic side, very organised, and had New Zealand on the back foot. But the All Blacks don't panic. They just take their time and reorganise."
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They are getting stuck in, the Tongans, not that you'd expect anything less.
They turn over the All Blacks yet again...
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
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If New Zealand are a Tesla Roadster - fast, silent, engineered with cutting-edge precision - then Tonga are a pick-up truck. With a turbo under the bonnet.
They hit hard in attack and defence, and it's the latter at the moment as the All Blacks click into gear.
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And we're under way. Hold on to your hats folks, this will get physical.
'Tank'
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
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Quote Message: Ma'a Nonu just looks the strongest man imaginable. He's a tank. It's a huge achievement to reach the 100-cap milestone. I am sure he will want to mark it with a couple of tries."
Ma'a Nonu just looks the strongest man imaginable. He's a tank. It's a huge achievement to reach the 100-cap milestone. I am sure he will want to mark it with a couple of tries."
'Geordie hospitality'
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at St James' Park
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"Jam-packed in St James' Park this evening and Newcastle has been crawling with All Blacks fans all afternoon. Old United haunts such as The Strawberry and the Irish club, which are packed to the rafters on Premier League match day, have been opening their doors to that other almighty team in black and white, and shovelling plenty of Geordie hospitality down their necks."
Challenge accepted
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
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Both sides always offer a pre-match challenge in the form of a war dance.
First up Tonga's Sipi Tau...
And it's immediately answered by the All Blacks' Ka Mate haka.
Chills? Me too...
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'New Zealand too classy'
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
Gavin Hastings
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Quote Message: Tonga's players have pride to play for and a nation watching them back home. It has been a mixed campaign and I expect them to come out very hard and be competitive. But I expect the class of New Zealand to show through in the end."
Tonga's players have pride to play for and a nation watching them back home. It has been a mixed campaign and I expect them to come out very hard and be competitive. But I expect the class of New Zealand to show through in the end."
Statuesque
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Tonga made plenty of new fans following their stay in Exeter earlier in the tournament.
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter have tweeted this picture...
100 not out for Nonu
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
The big news is the hundred up for Ma'a Nonu. With Sonny Bill Williams impressing so far, Nonu will be looking to confirm he's the man in possession of the number 12 shirt.
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Radio coverage starts at 19:45 BST. Joining Sara in the commentary box will be former Scotland and British and Irish Lions full-back Gavin Hastings.
Pool C
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
The only team to deny New Zealand a bonus point so far is Argentina.
Were Tonga to win with a bonus point tonight then they could, mathematically, edge out the Pumas for the second quarter-final spot - although that would take an Argentina disaster against Namibia on Sunday.
Realistically - and it's still the remotest of shots - Tonga are aiming to displace Georgia for third in order to guarantee a spot at RWC 2019 in Japan.
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New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Japan may have claimed the prize for biggest ever Rugby World Cup upset after humbling South Africa, but let's not forget it was Tonga who they displaced.
They couldn't pull off an even bigger shock tonight could they?
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Racing certainties?
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Up until three weeks ago I would have been tempted to say 'New Zealand will beat Tonga', rather than 'if'.
But then Japan went and beat the Boks and the old certainties went out of the window.
Hiding in the shadows
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
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Overshadowed by the untimely exit of hosts England and the heroics of Springbok-slaying Japan, world champions New Zealand have eased through Pool C.
Already certain of a last-eight spot, they will top the group if they beat Tonga today.
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New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
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Friday night lights, a packed St James' Park and one of the finest sports teams on the planet.
If that doesn't get the old ticker beating just a touch faster then you're probably better off watching EastEnders, although maybe Channel 5's '41 dogs in a three-bed semi' is more your style.
And if that is the case, then what on earth are you doing here? Madness.
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Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at St James' Park
"Difficult to know what to make of the All Blacks so far in this tournament. It might be that we look back and say they were over the hill, and that's why they didn't win it.
"Or it might be that we look and back say the 'minnows' are just a lot better than they used to be. I think it might be the latter."
You canread Ben's match report from St James' Park here and with that I bid you goodnight.
'Tonga did their country proud'
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
BOD's impressed
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
Irish great Brian O'Driscoll thinks the All Blacks look ominous.
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New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
The game comes to a tame end as Sonny Bill Williams sends a stabbed grubber into touch...
That's seven tries for the world champions though and after a tough first half they won with some ease in Newcastle.
Into the red numbers
Time for one more?
Pitch perfect?
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
The only thing taking a bigger battering than the Tonga defence is the pitch...
Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren will not be impressed as it has cut up badly. The bad news for McClaren and Newcastle? Scotland play Samoa on it on Saturday.
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'Deserved'
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Try - Nonu
New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
And it's the perfect finale! A couple of raking passes, Nehe Milner-Skudder hits the jets and Ma'a Nonu celebrates his 100th cap by racing down the right to score.
Dan Carter - the all-time leading points scorer in Test history - misses the conversion from the touchline.
Last knockings...
So can New Zealand finish things off with another try, or can Tonga give the fans in Newcastle something to cheer about?
New Zealand 42-9 Tonga
Judging by the cheers, the stewards have just pulled off the tackle of the day on a pitch-invader.
The commentator duly confirms that is the case but no pictures - we don't want to encourage this sort of thing after all.
Converted try - Cane, con Carter
New Zealand 42-9 Tonga
This could be a long 10 minutes for Tonga... and no sooner do I write that than Sam Cane goes over for the world champions.
Rugby is a game of territory
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
Tonga might be edging possession, but there is only one team dictating this match.
New Zealand have the ball where it matters, in the Tonga half, and it is being reflected on the scoreboard.
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'Upped their game'
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Sin-bin - Ngauamo
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
They took some time to charge up the battery but New Zealand are finally gliding smoothly across the ground...
Dan Carter is doing just that when he is unceremoniously and illegally dumped to the ground by replacement Tonga hooker Paula Ngauamo, who is duly sin-binned.
Converted try - Williams, con Carter
New Zealand 35-9 Tonga
And try Sonny Bill... Aaron Smith opened the door, the scrum-half picking from the base and tracking across the field to draw the defence before flicking a delightful pass behind him.
Williams is on hand and he canters over untouched.
Enter Sonny Bill...
Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at St James' Park
Sonny Bill Williams comes on as a replacement and gets the biggest cheer of the evening at St James' Park, making one wish every rugby league convert was as successful in union...
'Retallick has made a difference'
New Zealand 28-9 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Converted try - Milner-Skudder, con Carter
New Zealand 28-9 Tonga
Tonga appear to have angered New Zealand. They regain the kick-off through Ben Smith, pass left and Beauden Barrett dabs a kick through for Nehe Milner-Skudder to grab his second.
Penalty - Morath
New Zealand 21-9 Tonga
That's the 10th penalty conceded by New Zealand on the night - not great discipline from the world champions that.
Kurt Morath to go for goal... and Tonga are back within two converted tries of the All Blacks.
'Effective All Blacks'
New Zealand 21-6 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Converted try - Milner-Skudder, con Carter
New Zealand 21-6 Tonga
It had to come. New Zealand were onto their second advantage right under the sticks when they shipped it wide...
Nehe Milner-Skudder stepped off that piston-like right foot and Fetu'u Vainikolo could do nothing to prevent the try.
'Battling Tonga'
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Nervous, All Black fans? This might help, your team are hammering away on the Tonga line...
Penalty - Morath
New Zealand 14-6 Tonga
Up steps Kurt Morath... and over goes the kick! Tonga back within eight and the force is currently very much with them.
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Here come Tonga again... brutal collision after brutal collision... and they work a four-man overlap! But their skills let them down at the death...
We come back for a penalty for the All Blacks going off their feet at a ruck though...
Ben Smith leads the way
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
New Zealand's Ben Smith is the stand-out player so far tonight.
He has run the most with ball in hand - 77m - from 11 carries and most importantly has scored a try.
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Some of you are not happy with the referee's refusal to further punish New Zealand's scrum at the end of the first half...
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Peep goes the whistle, up goes the ball and we're under way for the second half at St James' Park...
New Zealand immediately string together a decent attack but after Ben Smith knifes through, the world champions are penalised for holding on at the ruck.
Poor All Black discpline
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Penalties are costing the All Blacks, who have conceded seven to Tonga's two.
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The St James' Park pitch is tearing up tonight and with Samoa against Scotland coming up tomorrow at the stadium it will need some serious TLC before Newcastle's Premier League match against Norwich on 18 October.
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at St James' Park
Steve Hansen will be spewing, as they say in his parts, with that All Blacks first-half performance. The Tongan pack have got New Zealand on the run and when they got their rolling maul going, All Blacks scattered like skittles.
All Blacks on the back foot
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Tonga end the half in the ascendancy and have begun to dominate the possession stats.
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'Referee not brave enough'
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Turnover trouble for ABs
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
New Zealand may have scored two tries but turnovers (they have conceded seven) are hurting the All Blacks and it is an area they will want to tighten up. Tonga may be behind but they are making fewer mistakes, conceding only three turnovers.
Half-time - no try
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
No try rules the TMO, no luck for Tonga.
They deserved a score for their efforts and New Zealand will count themselves very, very lucky not to have conceded a try then.
The Tongans probably got it over the line but there was no evidence they got it down.
Try review
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Tonga putting New Zealand under all sorts of pressure... twice they go down for the scrum, twice New Zealand are penalised...
Now they have to move it and they're a yard away, now a foot, now inches... and now are they over?
Sin-bin - Read
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Tonga on the rampage! They win the line-out and rumble a driving maul to right in front of the New Zealand posts...
The All Blacks take it down illegally - Kieran Read is sent to the sin bin...
Trouble here?
Is Ben Smith in trouble after tackling Telusa Veainu? The All Black full-back is judged to have taken the Tonga winger's legs over the horizontal, but it's just a penalty, which Tonga kick to the corner...
'Predictable'
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Converted try - Woodcock, con Carter
New Zealand 14-3 Tonga
Four years ago his try won the World Cup for the All Blacks... this one isn't quite as momentous but prop Tony Woodcock still looks pretty chuffed as he batters over from close range.
'Deserved'
New Zealand 7-3 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Penalty - Morath
New Zealand 7-3 Tonga
It was an All Black prop pinged for not rolling away and Kurt Morath - not the most accurate from the tee this tournament - gets Tonga on the board.
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
Great scrum! Both sides lock it out and you can feel the power flowing through those spines.
If you want to know more about the primal nature of the scrum, then we've got just the thing for you here.
Tonga finally move it off the back... and a sweeping move ends with a kickable penalty for the Pacific Island nation.
'Too much expected'
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio radio 5 live sports extra
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
After a shaky start, New Zealand have begun to turn the screw and are playing the game firmly in Tonga's half of the pitch.
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
Nili Latu caught with his hand in the sweety jar as he goes off his feet right in front of the referee. Naughty Nili.
Dan Carter kicks the penalty to the corner. Try number two on its way?
Nope, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith combine to mess it up. That does not happen often.
Smith and Smith
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Converted try - B Smith, con Carter
New Zealand 7-0 Tonga
The first of many? Ben Smith, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Kieran Read and Conrad Smith combine in a blur of quick hands down the narrow side and the latter flips a pass back inside for namesake Ben to cruise over.
'Fewer errors than New Zealand'
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
First scrum, and after it the pitch looks like it's been attacked by wild boar. One for Forest of Dean-based readers there.
We go again... and it's a penalty to Tonga as they get the nudge on!
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New Zealand 0-0
A bit scrappy at the moment, both sides kicking away possession and defences dominating.
Reigning champions New Zealand hammer away but great work at the breakdown wins Tonga a turnover.
'Bright Tonga start'
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
They are getting stuck in, the Tongans, not that you'd expect anything less.
They turn over the All Blacks yet again...
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
If New Zealand are a Tesla Roadster - fast, silent, engineered with cutting-edge precision - then Tonga are a pick-up truck. With a turbo under the bonnet.
They hit hard in attack and defence, and it's the latter at the moment as the All Blacks click into gear.
New Zealand 0-0 Tonga
And we're under way. Hold on to your hats folks, this will get physical.
'Tank'
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
'Geordie hospitality'
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Ben Dirs
BBC Sport at St James' Park
"Jam-packed in St James' Park this evening and Newcastle has been crawling with All Blacks fans all afternoon. Old United haunts such as The Strawberry and the Irish club, which are packed to the rafters on Premier League match day, have been opening their doors to that other almighty team in black and white, and shovelling plenty of Geordie hospitality down their necks."
Challenge accepted
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Both sides always offer a pre-match challenge in the form of a war dance.
First up Tonga's Sipi Tau...
And it's immediately answered by the All Blacks' Ka Mate haka.
Chills? Me too...
'New Zealand too classy'
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
Gavin Hastings
Former Scotland full-back on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
Statuesque
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
Tonga made plenty of new fans following their stay in Exeter earlier in the tournament.
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter have tweeted this picture...
100 not out for Nonu
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
The big news is the hundred up for Ma'a Nonu. With Sonny Bill Williams impressing so far, Nonu will be looking to confirm he's the man in possession of the number 12 shirt.
Tonga team
New Zealand team
Let's have a look at the teams then shall we...
Any hope for Tonga?
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
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On the radio
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
For those of you wonder just why Sara has dialled up the make-up tonight, All Black centenarian Nonu has spoken in the past about wearing eye-liner during matches.
Radio coverage starts at 19:45 BST. Joining Sara in the commentary box will be former Scotland and British and Irish Lions full-back Gavin Hastings.
Pool C
New Zealand v Tonga (20:00 BST)
The only team to deny New Zealand a bonus point so far is Argentina.
Were Tonga to win with a bonus point tonight then they could, mathematically, edge out the Pumas for the second quarter-final spot - although that would take an Argentina disaster against Namibia on Sunday.
Realistically - and it's still the remotest of shots - Tonga are aiming to displace Georgia for third in order to guarantee a spot at RWC 2019 in Japan.
Remember 2011...
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Japan may have claimed the prize for biggest ever Rugby World Cup upset after humbling South Africa, but let's not forget it was Tonga who they displaced.
Four years ago the Tongans stunned France 19-14 in a huge upset.
They couldn't pull off an even bigger shock tonight could they?
Racing certainties?
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Up until three weeks ago I would have been tempted to say 'New Zealand will beat Tonga', rather than 'if'.
But then Japan went and beat the Boks and the old certainties went out of the window.
Hiding in the shadows
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
They have been a shadowy presence so far at the 2015 World Cup, and not just because of their black-down-to-the-soles-of-their-boots new kit.
Overshadowed by the untimely exit of hosts England and the heroics of Springbok-slaying Japan, world champions New Zealand have eased through Pool C.
Already certain of a last-eight spot, they will top the group if they beat Tonga today.
Hello!
New Zealand v Tonga (kick-off 20:00 BST)
Friday night lights, a packed St James' Park and one of the finest sports teams on the planet.
If that doesn't get the old ticker beating just a touch faster then you're probably better off watching EastEnders, although maybe Channel 5's '41 dogs in a three-bed semi' is more your style.
And if that is the case, then what on earth are you doing here? Madness.