2016 Rio Olympics - Rugby - Men's Placing 5-6 - New Zealand v Argentina - Deodoro Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/08/2016. Rieko Ioane (NZL) of New Zealand is tackled by Bautista Ezcurra (ARG) of Argentina. REUTERS/Phil Noble
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Teenage centre Rieko Ioane underlined his enormous potential with a hat-trick of tries to fire the Auckland Blues to a 56-18 demolition of the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby season-opener on Thursday.
The explosive 19-year-old, who made his All Blacks debut on their tour of Europe last November, grabbed an intercept try on the stroke of halftime and touched down twice after the break as the Blues racked up a record score in Australia.
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