Stirling Mortlock goes over. (Getty Images)
WALLABIES RACK UP THE RECORDS
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Australia set a clutch of new individual and team records as they demolished World Cup Pool A minnows Namibia 142-0 with a clinical performance in Adelaide.
Chris Latham became the first Australian to score five tries in a Test, while Mat Rogers set a new individual points-scoring record and the Wallabies hit 100 for the first time in a Test.
The winning margin is also the biggest in Rugby World Cup history, beating the 145-17 win by New Zealand over Japan in 1995.
Barely two minutes had elapsed before full-back Latham opened the scoring, taking a brilliant flicked pass from Lote Tuqiri wide on the right.
Nine minutes later and the bonus point was wrapped up, Stirling Mortlock scything through in midfield for his team's fourth after David Lyons had scored the second and Latham the third.
Tuqiri took a superb Matt Giteau pass for the fifth and the Adelaide Oval scoreboard was gathering the sort of momentum normally created by a batsman in full flight.
A penalty try for a professional foul at a scrum was the sixth, then Latham collected a well-timed pass from Rogers for the seventh.
Rogers scored one of his own, while hooker Jeremy Paul, Tuqiri and Latham all touched down again for the Wallabies as the rout developed.
Latham's fourth made him only the first Australian ever to score that many in a Test match twice.
He went one better in the second half, dotting down in the 73rd minute for his fifth to put previous fellow record holders David Campese, Jason Little and Greg Cornelsen in the shade.
Tuqiri and Giteau were both outstanding as they grabbed hat-tricks of their own, the latter producing an outstanding display of handling at fly-half.
Morgan Turinui showed some classy touches as he came on as a replacement, scoring two tries, and John Roe also came off the bench and bagged a try on his Test debut.
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