New Zealand continued the defence of their Rugby World Cup title with a convincing 58-14 win over Namibia at London's Olympic Stadium on Thursday.
The Pool C fixture pitted the tournament's highest-ranked nation against the lowest and, while Australia's record winning margin - also against Namibia in 2003 - never looked under threat, a comfortable All Blacks triumph was always on the cards.
Namibia have never won a World Cup pool match, despite this being their fifth tournament, and New Zealand - who have won all of theirs - had secured a bonus point by the half-hour mark.
Nehe Milner-Skudder touched down twice as the much-changed All Blacks held a 28-point lead at the interval, but Johan Deysel's 51st-minute try for Namibia drew one of the biggest cheers of the encounter.
Deysel's score formed part of a spirited second-half showing from the African nation, but Julian Savea and Codie Taylor went over late on to add gloss for New Zealand, who never truly hit top gear in what was a routine victory.
Beauden Barrett - one of 12 changes to the All Blacks line-up - set the ball rolling with an early penalty, although New Zealand's decision to go for the posts did not go down particularly well with an expectant crowd.
Fans packed into the Olympic Stadium did not have to wait too long to see their first try, though - Victor Vito going over in the corner in the sixth minute after a surging run from Savea did the initial damage.
The All Blacks continued to find holes in a porous Namibia defence and Milner-Skudder made it 15-0 in the opposite corner five minutes later, although Barrett blotted his copybook for the first time with a missed conversion.
Theuns Kotze got Namibia on the board to a huge ovation with a 14th-minute penalty but, after weathering the storm for a short period, a brilliant Sonny Bill Williams offload enabled centre partner Malakai Fekitoa to touch down to the left of the posts.
Kotze reduced the deficit to 16 points with his second penalty, although it proved to be another short-lived moment of respite as Barrett sprinted over under the posts, leaving himself with the simplest of kicks to make it 29-6.
Milner-Skudder then dived over for his second with the last play of the opening period to put New Zealand 34-6 to the good.
Kotze opened the scoring with a penalty early in the second half and, after Savea had powered his way over the line for New Zealand's sixth try, Namibia enjoyed their moment in the spotlight.
A brave call to shun the opportunity to kick for goal from a penalty was rewarded as Deysel twisted his way out of a challenge to touch down under pressure from three men in black.
Namibia's challenge got tougher, though, when Jaco Engels was shown a yellow card for cynical play close to the line and replacement Ben Smith took full advantage by adding his name to the scoresheet.
Richie McCaw came off the bench to become the most-capped All Black in World Cup history before Savea and Taylor gave the scoreline a more convincing edge with two late tries against the tiring underdogs.