Ireland (25) 40 / 29 (8) All Blacks
Ireland and the New Zealand All Blacks did battle in the End Of Year Tours 2016 Internationals at
Soldier Field, Chicago, USA, at 22:00 SA Time (15:00 USA Time, 20:00 GMT, Sunday 06:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Johnny Sexton (2), Conor Murray (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Jordi Murphy (1), CJ Stander, Conor Murray (1), Simon Zebo (1), Robbie Henshaw (1)
- Conversions – Johnny Sexton (2), Joey Carbery (1)
All Blacks:
- Penalties – Beauden Barrett (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – George Moala (1), TJ Perenara (1), Ben Smith (1), Scott Barrett (1)
- Conversions – Beauden Barrett (3)
Teams:
Ireland |
New Zealand All Blacks |
| 5 November at 22:00 SA Time | |
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Expected weather: It will be mostly sunny with few cloud cover. There will be a high of 19°C and a low of 9°C.
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (England), Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)
20 minutes to go.
With 20 minutes to go one has to feel that an 11 point lead against these ABs is just not enough.
Why have I got a feeling those could be very crucial 3 points…
Ireland could do with another try….
AB on attack again. Cruden pop-up on the wing. Try an put through a cross grubber ala Ben Smith. Ire hand save a certain try.
Scott Barrett scores.
And the ABs break through again
Barrett converts. 33-29.
15 minutes to go.
Deficit now only 4 points. With 15 minutes to go sadly it looks like Ireland have shot their bolt.
Great tacticsl kick by Sexton. Line-out 10 m out.
@ McLook:
33 – 29
Comes to nothing. NZ quick throw in. Savea in space. Knock on.
The_Young_Turk wrote:
Yip. Sorry. NZ needs a try.
Its frantic.
This NZ team are able to rack up points at an unbelievable rate. They seem to be able to score at will. Whenever they need a score or two or three they just fashion it out of thin air.
AB down injured. No 13. Shoulder or forearm. Nz no more backline subs.
Now 10 minutes to go. Its been all NZ the last 20 minutes.
Ireland need a score desperately.
GeorgeMoala going off.
Ab line out drive.
Turnover. Lost the ball in the drive.
ABs rolling maul from halfway to just outside the 22 of Ireland.
Squire in the back. Kieran Read on the lock. 8 minutes to go.
Irish defence is simply awesome. Can they hold out?
5 minutes to go. ABs is desperate. Throwing everything at the Irish.
Zebo chip through. Savea forced inside AB ingoal area. 5 meter line-out.
Seems like Ireland are out on their feet… just playing on pure spirit and passion and it pays off as they force Savea to carry over.
Sorry. Scrum Heaslip scores.
And Ireland fucking do it! Score from 5m try!
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