For its 7th participation in a World Cup, Namibia suffered another slap. A week after being beaten by Italy (52-8), the Welwitschias were swept away by New Zealand at the Toulouse Stadium (71-3). A habit for a selection which has already broken sad records.
There was no photo. Friday, the All Blacks crushed the Namibia by scoring eleven tries (71-3). A necessarily welcome victory for the New Zealand who needed to win after losing to the XV of France last week. And it is all the more satisfactory because the New Zealanders did not concede a try. “ We worked very well this week in training and clearly progressed to play better and win this evening. I am obviously delighted with the team’s result. It’s a satisfaction to necessarily win, it was important to gain confidence in ourselves as a team. It’s always important to gain confidence in a World Cup. From this evening, we can relax a little because our next match is not until September 29 (against Italy in Lyon, Editor’s note). It’s always satisfying to keep the opposing team away from our line. We are pleased with our defensive performance tonight. It’s not so usual to finish a match without conceding a single try », underlined in particular the captain Ardie Savea. The score could have been much heavier for the Namibia who has a habit of getting crushed world Cup.
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No victory for Namibia
THE Welwitschias participate in the 7th world Cup in their history and they still haven’t won a single match. This is the worst possible ratio among teams with more than six appearances. There Russiathe Zimbabwe, Spainthe Portugalthe Ivory Coast and the Chili have also never won a match in a World. The Namibia scored only 259 points in total, making it the 19th worst nation out of the 25 that have already taken part in a world Cup.
Historic defeat against Australia
The New Zealand has the record for points scored in a World thanks to its 145 to 17 success against Japan in 1995. On the other hand, the largest victory is to be credited to Australia who won 142 to 0 in 2003 against… the Namibia. The Namibians also conceded 87 against the France in 2007 and South Africa in 2011. Moreover, in 2003, the Australian Mat Rogers had scored 42 points against the Namibiathe third highest total in history for a player in a single match of World Cup. Chris Latham had scored 5 tries during this meeting, second highest total in history. Suffice to say that this new humiliation is not surprising for the Namibia.
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