New Zealand will now go head to head with Argentina in the final round of Pool A in order to secure a place in semi-finals.

For Eric Elwood's Ireland squad, this was a tough test against arguably the best players in the world at this age grade.  Ireland must now bounce back to focus on their final pool match against Tonga on Saturday in Cardiff.

Though Ireland got off to a good start with a fine break from Niall Morris and an early penalty from Ian Porter, New Zealand were always in control as they combined slick passing and offloading out wide with an abrasive work ethic up front to romp to a comfortable win.

Trent Renata's first penalty set New Zealand on their way and the highly-rated Kade Poki used his electric pace to nab the game's first try minutes later.

Centres Jackson Willison and Ryan Crotty were finding plenty of holes in Ireland's defence as the New Zealanders attacked at every opportunity and another Renata penalty gave the tournament favourites a strong advantage.

New Zealand showed they have as much power as they have pace when hooker Quentin MacDonald was at the end of a superb driving maul and his team kept the scores coming thick and fast with further first half tries from Luke Braid and Sean Maitland.

Ireland, who trailed by 34-3 at the break, displayed more intensity on the restart as they held plenty of possession early in the second half.

But when Poki slid over for his second try, the game well and truly over as a contest.

Another perfect kick through from Maitland put Grayson Hart over as the scores racked up.

Elwood's side never gave up and they finally breached the New Zealand line when number 8 Patrick Mallon barged his way over with Porter converting to give his side a healthier return on the scoreboard.
However, New Zealand had the last say when replacement winger Andre Taylor, who came on for Poki, ran in three brilliant late tries to push the Baby Blacks well past the 50-point barrier.

NEW ZEALAND 65 IRELAND 10, Cardiff Arms Park

Scorers:

 New Zealand: Tries: Kade Poki 2, Quentin MacDonald, Luke Braid, Sean Maitland, Grayson Hart, Andre Taylor 3; Cons: Trent Renata 5, Daniel Kirkpatrick 2; Pens: Trent Renata 2

Ireland: Try: Patrick Mallon; Con: Ian Porter; Pen: Ian Porter

IRELAND: Niall Morris (Blackrock College/Leinster); Sean Scanlon (UCC/Munster), Eoin O'Malley (Old Belvedere/Leinster) (capt), Conor Cleary (Greystones/Leinster), Eamonn Sheridan (Lansdowne/Leinster); Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster), Ian Porter (Queen's University/Ulster); Paul Karayiannis (Queen's University/Ulster), Jason Harris-Wright (Greystones/Leinster), Ben Barclay (UCD/Leinster), James Sandford (Queen's University/Ulster), Ian Nagle (UCC/Munster), Kieran Essex (UL Bohemians/Munster), Michael Entwistle (Ballymena/Ulster), Patrick Mallon (Lansdowne/Leinster).
Replacements used: Paul Ryan (Blackrock College/Leinster) for Entwistle, Martin Dufficy (Dublin University/Leinster) for Madigan (both half-time), Ciaran Ruddock (Neath/Exiles) for Sansford (54 mins), Stephen Douglas (Ballymena/Ulster) for Harris-Wright, Jamie Smith (Ballymena/Ulster) for Sheridan (both 66), Stephen Archer (UCC/Munster) for Barclay, David Moore (Blackrock College/Leinster) for Porter (both 70).

NEW ZEALAND: Zac Guildford; Kade Poki, Jackson Willison, Ryan Crotty (capt), Sean Maitland; Trent Renata, Grayson Hart; Rodney Ah You, Quentin MacDonald, Ben Afeaki, Sam Whitelock, Josh Townsend, Peter Saili, Luke Braid, Nasi Manu.
Replacements used: Hugh Reed for Braid (45 mins), Aaron Smith for Hart (55), Ash Dixon for MacDonald, Toby Smith for Afeaki, Chris Smith for Townsend (all 61), Daniel Kirkpatrick for Renata, Andre Taylor for Poki (both 68).

Referee: James Leckie (Australia)