All Blacks (38) 66 / Ireland (7) 28 (Final Score)
The All Blacks hosted Ireland at Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth at 09:35 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA.
The All Blacks took the lead early with a penalty and then followed up with a try by Conrad Smith to lead 10 / 0. The score just ballooned from there as Irish No 8, Jamie Heaslip received a deserved RED Card for kneeing players in a ruck.
The All Blacks eventually ran in 9 tries, whilst the Irish showed some pluck of their own as well with 4 tries of their own.
The All Blacks won by 66 / 28.
Scores:
All Blacks: 1 Penalty & 7 Conversions Dan Carter, 2 Conversions Piri Weepu, 2 Tries Conrad Smith, 1 Try Kieran Reid, 1 Try Ben Franks, 2 Tries Jimmy Cowan, 2 Tries Sam Whitelock, 1 Try Neemia Tialata
Ireland: 3 Conversions Ronan O’Gara, 1 Conversion Johnathan Sexton, 1 Try Dan Tuohy, 1 Try Brian O’Driscoll, 1 Try Tommy Bowe, 1 Try Gordon D’Arcy
Recent results:
2008: New Zealand won 22-3, Dublin
2008: New Zealand won 21-11, Wellington
2006: New Zealand won 27-17, Auckland
2006: New Zealand won 34-23, Hamilton
2005: New Zealand won 45-7, Dublin
2002: New Zealand won 40-8, Auckland
2002: New Zealand won 15-6, Dunedin
The teams:
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Anthony Boric, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Neemia Tialata, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Zac Guildford.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 John Muldoon, 5 Mick O’Driscoll, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Sean Cronin, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 John Fogarty, 17 Tony Buckley, 18 Dan Tuohy, 19 Shane Jennings, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Geordan Murphy.
Date: Saturday, June 12
Kick-off: 19.35 (07.35 GMT)
Venue: Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Expected weather: Showers developing during morning. Brisk westerly wind. Minimum 8°C, maximum 15 °C
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Mark Lawrence (South Africa), James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)
ABs need to refocus 😡
All Blacks 52 / 14
@ grootblousmile:
No man, I am stuck in bed with bronchitis. Wife went back to Korea on Wednesday for business, so I’m all by lonely self at home. Fortunately there is plenty of sport on this weekend.
Talk laters, off to the bank/shops quickly.
Cheers.
And another try!
Try Tommy Bowe
All Blacks 52 / 21
Come on ABs 😡
Tommy Bowe!!!!
@ Pietman:@94
Piet, sorry I missed you. How you doing? Have not seen you here for such a long time. Don’t be so scarce boet..hahaha. Good to see you back here.
93@ Pietman:
Ek het self sponskop en hoes myself futtup!
Try !!
Try Tialata
All Blacks 59 / 21
Try Trimble??
TMO
must be a try.
Paddys are game and not just trying to get off the park.
2nd look — knocked it…pity
Knock-on…. no try
Try Gordon D’Arcy
All Blacks 59 / 28
Another try by Sam Whitelock
All Blacks 66 / 28
Hooter goes, Ireland hot on attack…. All Blacks pilfer the ball…
Irish get a penalty and run it…
Another penalty for the Irish…
Lost forward…
Game Over
All Blacks win by 66 / 28
38 point margin
Broke the record & with 6 babies on Debut – not bad. Newbies need to work on their defence though. Will be interesting to see what BOD says about his dirty player kneeing the opposition in the head (more than once) – esp after how much he bleated when he thought he was hard done by in NZ a few years back 🙄
@ Rugby_Princess:
Yip…nr 8 as sharp as a beach ball there.
See you a bit later for the Wallabies / Poms match, just have to jump through a shower quick….
Hope Convicts hold up their end of SH supremacy ! 😉
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