New Zealand are seeking a fifth straight Junior World Championship title. Photo / Getty Images
Coach Rob Penney says he is "pretty happy'' with his Under-20 New Zealand team's 63-0 thrashing of Samoa on the opening day of the junior world championship in South Africa.
New Zealand, the four-time champions, scored 10 tries, five in each half, to outclass Samoa, who never gave up despite
the avalanche of points scored against them.
"I'm pretty happy with it,'' Penney said.
"We probably didn't look after the ball as well as we would have liked, we turned over a little bit of possession when we had opportunities and some of our execution wasn't as clinical as we would like.
"But you've got to give credit to the Samoa boys also who came out and hit us pretty hard on occasion and put us under a bit of pressure, so all in all reasonably satisfied.''
