The Baby Blacks have started their World Rugby U20s championship campaign this morning with an emphatic 67-0 thumping of Japan in Narbonne, France.
New Zealand's halfback Xavier Roe was sensational, setting up two tries in the first half before crossing over in the second spell for a well-deserved try of his own.
Japan couldn't contain Roe in the first half as he blitzed their defence with sheer speed around the breakdown and at set-piece.
Roe set up both of his winger Leicester Faingaanuku's tries with darting runs from the ruck and at the back of a New Zealand line-out in the 4th and 19th minutes.
The big win from the Baby Blacks puts them firmly on top of Pool A, their trans-Tasman rivals Australia suffered a 26-21 loss against Wales in their first fixture of the tournament.
New Zealand takes on Wales next Monday at 2.30am (NZ time).
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