International Rugby

[AV84]

Giving away the penalty from a much better position just after Barrett missed one was the last straw. Just made things so much harder for ourselves all night.

[paul_e]

This has been a superb watch but I am afraid chasing the game and missing that last pen is too much for the Irish to recover from.

Not looking good, we've been strangely impatient in our passing so far.

Bad luck and it’s really unfair that the Irish only had two Kiwis in the team where as the other side had 15😀

No they didn't there's about 6 Tongans in there team!

[AV84]

This has been a superb watch but I am afraid chasing the game and missing that last pen is too much for the Irish to recover from.

Not looking good, we've been strangely impatient in our passing so far.

Bad luck and it’s really unfair that the Irish only had two Kiwis in the team where as the other side had 15😀

Except they didn't, did they.

[Jon Crofts]

Bet the Ryan Air website has crashed.

[ChicagoLion]

As so often with Rugby, the team that made the least mistakes win.
Ireland made poor decisions at crucial times. So disappointed.

[Villa Lew]

Great match, brilliant defending from the All Blacks, thought Sam Cane was superb.

[Brazilian Villain]

Bet the Ryan Air website has crashed.

Better it's their website rather than one of their planes.

[Jon Crofts]

New Zealand also played for 20 minutes with 14 men, Ireland failed to take advantage of that. I really thought they’d have dominated those periods.

[paul_e]

As so often with Rugby, the team that made the least mistakes win.
Ireland made poor decisions at crucial times. So disappointed.

Pretty much, more decisions than mistakes though.

To clarify, at this level most mistakes are a result of poor decisions and Ireland tonight got most of the big decisions wrong, particularly in the first half.

[PaulWinch again]

Great game, it was Ireland’s decision making that did for them which is uncharacteristic.

[Axl Rose]

Not the set of results I was hoping to wake up to. Rubbish.

Though I don't mind Argentina, to be fair.

[stubbsyandy]

Superb game, I think the tournament might have peaked with that.

It will peak when England win it 😉

Aubergine

[john2710]

Gutted that Ireland lost but it was small margins. Conceding 2 tries from lineouts in the NZ half, penalties at the scrum & ultimately being held up on the line with 5 mins to go. If that goes over Ireland win.

[Jon Crofts]

Onto today.

I hope/expect a reasonably comfortable win for England today but only if we control the lineout, if not it might get rather uncomfortable.

This evening is too close to call, South Africa’s power won’t be enough, DuPont will be targeted from the start, France should have enough. Just.

[Pete3206]

England will have a very uncomfortable afternoon. Might sneak it, but only to set up a humbling next Saturday.