Rugby: New Zealand overcome early struggles to beat Namibia easily

For about 30 minutes on Sunday, Namibia looked very much New Zealand's equal, the African nation that has yet to win at the Rugby World Cup giving as good as they got until the inevitable talent gap allowed the Kiwis to run away with a 71-9 win.Namibia led the game early at Tokyo Stadium (Ajinomoto Stadium) for approximately three minutes and were a try-saving tackle away from going in front again in the 13th minute.The Welwitschias cut the deficit to just four with a 25th minute penalty and then to one with another kick four minutes later, despite having already given up two tries.From tha…READ FULL ARTICLE