All Blacks cut Japan to shreds in World Cup

Winger Richard Khui and Sonny Bill Williams scored two tries each as an All Blacks side with a patch-work look about it ran in 13 tries in total to crush Japan 83-7 in their rugby World Cup Pool A match at Waikato Stadium on Friday.The All Blacks had five players unavailable for the match due to injury and several played out of their normal position but they were simply too clinical for the Pacific Nations Cup champions, becoming the first side in the 2011 World Cup to rack up more than 50 points in a match.Japan wing Hirotoki Onozawa grabbed a consolation try when he intercepted a loose pass by Slade to race 30 metres to score and receive the biggest cheer of the game. Murray Williams added the conversion.The crowd at Waikato Stadium observed a period of silence before kickoff to remember the victims of the Feb. 22 earthquake that struck Christchurch and the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated north-eastern Japan.Backing up from his man of the match performance against Tonga a week ago, where he scored two tries, Kahui was again in the thick of the action against an overwhelmed Japan side.It was a dominant performance from the All Blacks against the Brave Blossoms desperate to erase memories of a record 145-17 defeat by the All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup.Japan coach John Kirwan made 10 changes to he he team to face New Zealand and perhaps a lack of cohesion contributed to their flatness as the All Blacks racked up a four-try bonus point inside 29 minutes.