Ireland vs New Zealand

Ireland will be looking to bounce back on their summer tour of New Zealand after losing 42-19 to the All Blacks in Auckland on July 2.

Sat, July 9 Sat, July 9 Sat, July 9 New Zealand are losing their discipline. 2 mins to KO: New Zealand perform the haka. Sat, July 9 New Zealand are reduced to 13 men! Can Ireland produce a less error-strewn performance against this side? "There's all sorts of different ramifications that go into selection, sometimes players probably have not performed to the standards they judge themselves on," Farrell said. Ireland. The tourists are seeking a response in Dunedin after a disappointing start to their tour. 5 mins to KO: The teams are out! We're almost ready to go!

Andrew Porter twice powered over to help the impressive Irish to a deserved 23-12 victory over the indisciplined All Blacks. Captain Johnny Sexton - passed fit ...

A pull-back by Lowe leaves the referee with no choice but to give New Zealand a penalty, albeit a soft one. Ireland didn't do enough with the man advantage and it's essential that they do more in this next spell with a numerical advantage. New Zealand breathing a sigh of relief and the pressure drops. Now New Zealand are down to 13 with Tuungafasi still in the sin-bin. Aki gets Ireland into the New Zealand 22 and now they're gaining ground and getting ever closer to the try line with every off-load. The All Blacks get the ball back and instantly the momentum flips with New Zealand moving confidently up the field. The pressure doesn't look to be over but New Zealand don't roll away and Ireland have a penalty. Ardie Savea had to be sacrificed, which seemed to be a huge setback until the All Blacks rallied on the stroke of half-time. It was at this stage in the series-opener that New Zealand rallied and buried their opponents with a flurry of counter-punches. A 10-7 deficit at the end of a wild first half would have felt like a mighty fillip for New Zealand. Then the game was disrupted a bit and we missed some moments but to win in New Zealand, which no Irish team has done before, puts it all on the line for next week.” New Zealand should have been reduced to 12 as Italy had been in Dublin during the Six Nations – a huge blunder from the officials.

A historic day for Irish rugby. Ireland deserved winners as Ta'avao's red card proved costly for the All Blacks. Big heroes across the pitch from Peter O'Mahony ...

18 mins: YELLOW CARD FOR NEW ZEALAND. Knock on by New Zealand and Ireland scrum. A chance had opened but Henshaw drops the ball, scrum to New Zealand for a knock-on. New Zealand finally near the Ireland try line. Terrible discipline by New Zealand so far. 20 mins: Clean line-out but New Zealand turn over after good defence. FULL TIME: Ireland 23 New Zealand 12. 30 mins: RED CARD FOR NEW ZEALAND! Long line-out by New Zealand over the back is knocked on by New Zealand. Ireland scrum is solid. Sexton clears into New Zealand half and Ireland can breathe a sigh of relief again. Bower bursts through and New Zealand play tap and go as they try to get it over the line. New Zealand turn over the line-out, but a penalty for Ireland after an illegal clean-out. New Zealand have it all to do to catch Ireland. Irish fans in Dunedin can dream of a historic victory. 76 mins: New Zealand appear to put it down at the post, video referee checks but Peter O’Mahony gets an arm under to prevent the try.

Andrew Porter was the unlikely hero with two tries as Ireland beat the All Blacks in New Zealand for the first time in their history.

But, and bear with me here, in between New Zealand running riot Ireland looked decent, and a proportion of said riotousness was facilitated by some poor execution or simple mistakes on the part of the tourists. Ireland arrived in New Zealand with a some hope of winning the opening game of the series in Eden Park. Why? Because Andy Farrell’s men had managed to win three of the last five meeting between the sides, that’s why. Ireland gather it without fuss and Gibson-Park boots it long and into touch. New Zealand decide it’s their turn to play a bit as they catch and drive a lineout on their own 10m line before releasing the backs. All Blacks are ominously building phases in the Ireland half and a befuddled James Lowe pulls back Quinn Tupaea to give a away a penalty. New Zealand boot it clear off the resulting scrum. New Zealand have a lineout in the Ireland half which they claim and walk forward in a maul while the ref plays a penalty advantage. Ireland run a nice pattern off the back off it to find James Lowe arcing into midfield from his wing, but the big fella knocks it on! Unfortunately, in accessing this buffet they have frequently dropped their plates, forgotten their cutlery or allowed the New Zealand lads to get to the good vol-au-vents. The ball works back inside but NZ don’t roll away and Ireland have a relieving penalty. Tadhg Beirne, who has had a towering game, does some more of the same by claiming a lineout under pressure and Ireland are back on the attack. A snappy lineout from the All Blacks puts them on the front foot in the Ireland 22.

The All Blacks have been reduced to 14 men for the rest of their second match against Ireland for a horrifi...

Shortly thereafter, the All Blacks got away with only a yellow card after Ofa Tu'ungafasi tackled a player without the ball, briefly reducing the side to 13 men. "At the moment, there's a player responsibility on the tackler to level change." The All Blacks were at one stage reduced to 13 men in a bizarre second Test against Ireland after a sickening head clash drew a red card.

Van der Flier made 21 tackles, won turnovers at the breakdown and stripped possession from New Zealand.

He, and the team, are due a few apologies for some dreadful officiating for the second week in a row. No faulting his work-rate on application but discipline will have to be better after he conceded three penalties and a yellow card. Having benefited from the blowout last week this performance was so much more representative of his game intelligence and athleticism, making breaks, tackles, and turnovers. It is a day that he will remember for the rest of his life, two tries against the All Blacks both of which utilised his tremendous power. There was also a little lack of control as Ireland struggled to deal with their man/men advantage and a missed penalty to touch. His early kicking game was top notch and he carried powerfully, but he conceded a couple of sloppy penalties, one for a pull back and another for taking the player out in the air.

The Irish level the three-Test series at 1-1, after achieving their first win over the All Blacks on New Zealand soil.

Ireland kept its composure as the All Blacks fought back. - The All Blacks lost Angus Ta'avao to a red card in the opening 40 minutes Ireland has prevailed 23-12 in a Test match of high intensity, beating the All Blacks on New Zealand soil for the first time in Dunedin.