Beauden Barrett has led his Suntory Sungoliath side to a convincing victory in the opening round of the Top League playoffs in Japan.
A strong crowd turned out in Tokyo, despite the city being placed in an emergency lockdown yesterday due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Barrett's side thumped NEC Green Rockets 76-31 this evening, starting off the onslaught with a second minute try.
It was nothing more than a formality for Suntory, who led 36-5 at halftime.
They advance to play Elliott Dixon's Ricoh Black Rams in the quarter finals on May 9. The Black Rams survived a second-half comeback from Toshiba Brave Lupus to secure a 27-24 victory earlier today.
Kieran Read and TJ Perenara play tomorrow for Toyota Verblitz and NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes respectively.
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