Spoliers? Well I suppose so, the early morning replay has already been on, but there is an afternoon one as well.

Well this wasn't nearly as exciting as France/Argentina. And I am less convinced than the rest of the media. This morning's headlines are rather flattering of a performance where we had the same amount of handling errors as Italy.

New Zealand 76 (Doug Howlett 3, Richie McCaw 2, Sitiveni Sivivatu 2, Jerry Collins 2, Mils Muliaina, Chris Jack tries; Daniel Carter pen, 7 con, Luke McAlister 2 con).

Italy 14 (Marko Stanojevic, Mirco Bergamasco tries; David Bortolussi con, Roland De Marigny con).

Halftime: 43-7

Man the Match: Richie McCaw

11.34pm Under the comforter with a cup of cocoa waiting for the start. The ARC doesn't seem to be working (bloody Jedi, get it together Cuz!). The All Blacks are running about in the silver and black Adidas warm-up suits with built in manzierres

11.37pm it's 42 degrees in Marseilles and Andrew Mehrtens has gone missing!

11.38pm a shot of the All Blacks confirms Rodney So'olialo has grown a moustache... and it's a handlebar! And you'll never guess who has a beard? Look out world!

11.41pm I take back every bad thing I said about the Italian Kappa uniforms, they actually look pretty bloody cool.

11.44pm Heeeeere comes the haka. Ali Williams goes a bit crazy. The Italians have gone into a huddle, fair enough, I wouldn't want to have to watch that.

11.46pm Kick off!

11.46.21pm Lineout! Is this how all rugby games start?

11.47pm Try! (Richie McCaw) Biggest understatement goes to Grant Fox: "that's a good start for the All Blacks"

11.49pm Hamish McKay just called Kevan Mealamu "Kevvy Mealamu, Kev the Rev"

11.51pm Picture problems are really ticking me off.

11.53pm Try! (Richie McCaw #2) Am I gonna get bored writing this?

11.54pm Andrew Mehrtens is still missing, if anyone knows his whereabouts please contact TV3.

11.57pm Penalty! (Dan Carter) Actually, that probably didn't need an exclamation mark.

11.58pm Try! (Doug Howlett). Carter will be a little annoyed that he scored out by the sideline, beacuse that will make it harder for...never mind.

12.01am Try! (Mils Muliaina) The first try to be scored on Sunday.

12.05am Try (Siteveni Sivivatu) Sorry Sivi, the exclamation points had to stop.

12.10am Andrew Mehrtans has been found safe and well. He imparts this wisdom "I was told, when your playing in Italy, if you lose 90 points to 3, make sure it's you that scores the 3 and you'll be a hero"

12.16am Try (Sivivatu) Leon MacDonald looked like he was going to score a "John Kirwan" against Italy, to Williams and then to Sivi. McKay jinxes Carter by calling the conversion through before it was kicked.

12.26am Try! (Marko Stanjevic) WTF! Oh God the tide is turned the rout is on!

12.30am It's halftime and so I'd like to point out that just before the interception I said that the All Blacks should "slow it down a bit".

12.43am We're back and one of the Italian forwards picks a fight with Carl Hayman. Hayman is sent to the bin before the Italian is killed.

12.54am Try (Chris Jack) Finally, I was getting little bored not writing "Try".

12.55am Anton Oliver, Brendan Leoard, and Isaia Toeava are brought on. Now you're f*cked Italy!

12.57am The worst pronounciation is NOT the TV3 sports team trying Italian, it is the "English" stadium announcer that can be heard in the background. "New Zealand #13, Mils Myuiliaianana"

1.00am Try (Howlett) Not bad, he actually had to fend someone off too. Pass looked a wee bit forward, but, whatever.

1.04am Try (Howlett) Congratulations to Doug Howlett, this try brings him level with Christian Cullen's record (46). Politeness almost undoes this try as both Toeava and Howlett take a "no, you" stance beofre it bounces into Howlett's hands

1.06am Italian prop Salvatore Perugini sent off for taking So'olialo out in the air.

1.08am Nemia Tialata lost a shoe! Surely the big man doesn't need shoes to play. And Aaron Mauger's on the field, when did that happen? Did he just get bored and run on?

1.11am Just incase you thought this game couldn't be any more dull, the scrums are now uncontested (while Perugini is off)

1.14am Try (Jerry Collins) The All Blacks are not allowed to score anymore tries if only to save us from endless playings of Slice of Heaven and Don't Dream It's Over.

11.15am Try! (Jerry Collins) Why the exclamation point? He gathered his own grubber kick! Jerry frickin Collins kicked it!

1.17am Footage shown of Graham Henry giving Wayne Smith a cuddle.

1.17am TRY! (Mirco Bergamasco) Well that was just dumb.

1.24am NO TRY. I have to say that that was a complete comedy. Sivivatu made the worst decision. That was an Italain try scored through All Black retardedness, but not given by the TV umpire because of a tackle without the ball (fairly poor decision in my humble opinion).

1.30am Thank god, this game is over. About 20mins of this match was exciting and it was not in the middle. The All Blacks looked good, but not really good. I'm glad we weren't plying Argentina. We passed it too often when we should've held on and taken the tackle. We played with an urgency that was not required past the 15th minute. I completely believe that the heat played a factor. Sweaty hands and tired bodies. I'm hoping for a better, more cohesive, performance against Portugal.