Ireland v All Blacks Reaction | Autumn Nations Series Rugby | 2024

[@danquigley7285]

Man this hurt. We played poorly; no apparent strategy, and seemed to give up in the last quarter. Definitely a wake up call. A side note for the argumentative online types. I am an Irish man living in Ireland, amongst other rugby fans. Literally NO other Irish person I have ever met candidly calls us the best team in the world. Nobody here actually thinks that. That kind of confidence is not in our nature, it's all just pundits and media hype stirring the pot. We know exactly where we stand with the heavy hitters. Well done New Zealand!

[@Camcolito]

We were atrocious.

[@JosephFallon]

Well said lad

[@fidget2020]

Well, the rankings have you at 1, so that’s in your favour….if SA win tomorrow that might change given how close it is at the top.

[@JosephFallon]

@fidget2020 World #1 ranking and 4 euros will buy you a bag of chips over here. Ye can keep the title down South - we don't want it

[@danquigley7285]

@@fidget2020 True. Look, we are (usually) a great team that can beat anyone on our day. But in my opinion, I think big occasions, or perceived pressure (like today, at home on winning streak) gets the better of us. We don't wear the mantle of favourites comfortably, it's too new to us. A cultural thing as much as sports. I think we need a monumental shift in mentality if we ever want to compete as world champions.

[@yermanoffthetelly]

It pains me to come here and leave a comment right now as an Irish fan but I feel I have to as two cents is such a legend for all his good work. So yeah.. Congrats ABs, deserved winners tonight 🇮🇪🤝🇳🇿 maith thú 😉

[@rabbitss11]

Yeah, strangely insipid performance from your team, they just didn't get going

[@theradfactor9104]

We love Irish fans. Always confident but always humble. Inspiring to the rest of us.

[@IrishInsomniac76]

Congrats guys. Best side won.

[@user-RONcq6zv8r]

Thanks man stay strong Irish

[@april-tui3524]

@@IrishInsomniac76 👍🏾 nice one

[@dirkengelbrecht4387]

All BLACKS the best team in the world if the refs are fair

[@Stereo_mike]

No team deserved to win that it was a complete mess of a game

[@lauriecarter8931]

Cheers mate Respect .

[@archvermin]

We really benefit from Irish fumbles today. In fact in that second half I feel the ABs were confident to just defend and watch the Irish inflict self-harm. This is by no means taking away anything from our defensive performance - our scrums and maul defence were SOLID!

[@Camcolito]

As an Irish fan I was face-palming all game... Like wtf were we doing out there? ABs won that at a canter and they weren't even that great.

[@Trajan2401]

Mistakes are no excuse NZ made heaps of mistakes against England but still won great teams find a way to win.

[@Camcolito]

@@Trajan2401 Agree.

[@jameso9221]

so frustrating watching as an irishman. couldn't string together a pass in a yard factory

[@itachitsukuyomidcuo9853]

@@Trajan2401 England lost to us way more than we won that game. Ford forgot what team he played for

[@Camcolito]

Well played ABs, deserved victory and best team by a mile!

[@aidangriffin1392]

Congrats to the All Black's. Today was indeed a weird game but man do I love playing against yous. Huge respect to what your team represents and fair winners. Ireland didn't show up much. Already looking forward to our next showdown! Well played

[@dion6635]

Ratima had a mare... Roigard cleaned up the ruck speed and delivery, which gave the boys a bit of go forward ball... Dmac is the man with the boot... well done ABs

[@hansneggs]

Agreed. Gibson smith (Irish 9) delivers it fast. I’d say that’s the standout feature of Irish rugby . great flow to watch , unfortunately it didn’t connect enough times tonight. But when it did. They looked better than the blacks. the Irish seem to address the breakdown better aswell. you can tell as a squad they value it more .

[@dion6635]

@hansneggs agreed. Roigard is more like Aaron Smith with speed, and Ratima looked more like Perenara with painfully slow ball and was found absent a few times at the ruck because he was caught our of position (in rucks)... he is a great talent, though, and will get better with time and experience. The ABs left the ball sitting in the ground unguarded way too much for my liking. They didn't contest the ruck as vigorously as Ireland either and conceded 50/50 ball a lot... but all that, and they still got a well ground out win, so congrats ABs

[@axxey]

Both of them pretty terrible delivery actually, i keep cursing every time I'm seeing DMac having to collect the ball from up above his head over and over. It gets overlooked so much, terrible impact from 9 on making 10 look bad.

[@Dilmahkana]

@@dion6635 Disagree. Ratima is more like Aaron Smith but he was against an Ireland team with a very energetic tactic to rush up. If Roigard started, the same thing would've happened, I'm almost certain.

[@Dilmahkana]

@@dion6635 Also, so critical mate...

[@colingibson5966]

Well Done ABs, played much better than us! I want to make sure the victors get their dues. But God awful Ireland performance, was thinking "we're still in Portugal" that whole game, reminds me of the warm up game against England after being in Portugal camp before the 2019 WC..sleepwalking at times. Doris said it best "we never made a shot"

[@Nic0909]

Roigard has to start next week. Ratima needs more time coming off the bench

[@PatstarDeluxe]

Before last week, I would've disagreed. But man.... something was off with him tonight. Roigard to start, Ratima off the bench next game.

[@stevegates2228]

​@@teddydavid1026Roigard is the best half back in the world already and he's only been in the international game for a year

[@icefarrow7959]

@@stevegates2228 Bro, calm down. Bit early to claim that given he's only played 6 games his whole career.

[@Dilmahkana]

@@stevegates2228 Very quick call... It's like saying Tamaiti is the best prop in the world. Far off, depsite being quality!

[@geoffholmes7006]

@@stevegates2228not sure he’s better than DuPont yet - might find out next weekend

[@fidget2020]

V pleased for Dmac and Aumua who really upped his lineout work from last week. Dmac ran the show well,apart from the odd blemish. Nailed all his penalties. Savea a bit quiet. Solid scrums. Roigard much quicker at ruck, but was that due to Ireland slowing down a bit? Razor played the bench well.

[@kahuemberson4858]

Definitely agree about there being less pressure from the Irish on the rucks in the second half. That made Roigard look exponentially better than Ratima when he wasn't under anywhere near as much pressure when he was on really.

[@Dilmahkana]

Savea a different role with Satiti being the enforcer/ runner

[@dmazingi]

Very pleased to eat humble pie as a pessimistic ABs supporter. So glad we went for the points when they were on offer instead of looking for the longshot try. And glad we had someone who could kick them too

[@clibo1]

Aweful game by the Iriish. All Blacks played the conditions much better, it rained like it did in the RWC 2023 final so ABS well prepared. DMac and Roigard standouts. Cheers 🍻🍻

[@DylanSyllabeu]

I forget his name but how was your number 9 starting over roigard? Roigard in my opinion is top 5 scrum halves in the world

[@clibo1]

​@@DylanSyllabeuRatima cracked Ireland for Roigard to finish them. Ireland was again overwhelmed by the All Blacks and choked once again which they do under pressure, this time though at their fortress aviva stadium.

[@DylanSyllabeu]

@@clibo1 Ratima cracked us? On the contrary I thought we made it very hard for him at the breakdown and for his box kicks no?

[@DylanSyllabeu]

@@clibo1 you don’t have to be a prick about it I was just being humble complimenting your scrum half and you don’t need to come out and label Ireland as chokers. Nothing, literally nothing went for us last night

[@johnjordan4647]

Good to see the AB’s fixed up their discipline and being on the right side of the penalty count.

[@Dilmahkana]

We still can't shake the yellow tho

[@ExiledDave]

You fully deserved it mate. A bad day at the office for us, really is as simple as that. I’d like to put it down to rustiness but hopefully we’ll take learning in that defeat and we will but our lack of depth at loose and tight is worrying. Well done agin, mate. Fair play.

[@schnickeringhen]

Just a wee bit of rust being the first game in the season for Ireland. They're a great team and will be firing again soon - look forward to our ABs meeting them again ❤

[@halfcourt8952]

@@schnickeringhen i admire your delusion. but this is the beginning of the end for ireland i'm afraid. the next game will be worse.

[@ExiledDave]

@@halfcourt8952 ok mate

[@ExiledDave]

@@schnickeringhen same mate. All the best and well done again

[@SWillis474]

​@@halfcourt8952oh look, another comment of an Irish fan congratulating New Zealand just for a Kiwi to come in and be a prick. Great fanbase!

[@schnickeringhen]

Really hope that people will stop flapping their gums about DMac now. He's an awesome player.

[@Hollywoodin2001b]

I enjoy tours more than the endless tournaments being proposed.

[@Rundu1987]

Exactly! He was brilliant.

[@Daywalker685]

As much as I agree it wont stop cause there will be one time he will have a somewhat 'off' game then people will start to give him slack

[@claireforbes1808]

Agreed. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@brentwithey4241]

Why dmac still doesn't belong at 10

[@UD_25]

Order restored... how good was Damian, as for Asafo take a bow mate 🙌

[@vernonmoodaley7858]

Deservedly man of the match. Kudos to him.

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

I don’t know if it’s order restored necessarily in the good way because Ireland were just absolutely abysmal like anyone could’ve beaten them today granted they all blacks were better on literally everything but they could’ve even put more points on them. I feel like what we are doing.

[@HerbalTee69]

@@SmcdMcd-d2k😂😂😂cry

[@koklead7904]

​@@SmcdMcd-d2kokay, I get it. Ireland couldn't finish today, just like your last sentence...hanging.

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

@ my what 😅

[@WSEightyFour]

Unbelievably disappointed with our performance 🇮🇪

[@Zakerius]

100%, really hope it wakes us up a bit for the next three

[@davie-d4e]

That smiles after the final wistle tell a story. Top teams take note. The confidence is growing . I"ve said NZ were at 65% performance level after the England game and still good enough to beat Ireland . Tonight they went 15% up and looked more composed.

[@sakabula2357]

Yip...something brewing here..

[@marnoster]

Congrats Mark! Good defensive effort both ways. AB’s played smart to suffocate that Irish attack.

[@michaeloliver1498]

Wow!! What a wonderful game. Excellent win by the AB's. The off field drama and build up hype causing a pressure cooker. All players and coaches under huuuge pressure. The AB's have brought the trust back. Ohhh yeah!

[@nathanhampshire8283]

Didn't feel like a win as an ABz supporter here. Ireland weren't at their peak. Side note: how good is Angus Ta'avao on Sky Sport punditry - takes the edge off the more stern Kirwan and Goldie

[@blackrhino44]

I’ve never seen him that lively before, I thought to myself geez he’s had few brewskis before the show to take the edge off 😂

[@nathanhampshire8283]

@ haha neither but I liked it

[@april-tui3524]

Well I did not predict that! I thought Ireland by 3. Well done to the All Blacks. Cheers for the review!

[@JimmyKip]

Big improvement over the year on defence for the All Blacks so credit to the players & coaching groups for that, two games in a row now where they shutout most of the attacking movements from the opposition. Aumua stepped up well, though was helped by Ireland's weird decision to not put any pressure on and McKenzie mostly controlled things very very well. Ratima needed more protection at the ruck, and Roigaard's passing was way too high - though McKenzie managed it well. Ireland got nothing from their crowd, sat on their hands like Kiwis. So far, much better than I feared the ABs would go on this tour!

[@BhengzIn80days]

Good win by NZ, they weren’t great but grinded that out in commendable fashion. Ireland haven’t been that below par and lacklustre over 80mins in a while. AB scrum deserves a bit of special mention, I thought it was rock solid

[@WORS06]

UP THE SOUTH 🔥🔥

[@Stereo_mike]

Down the down is technically up…..

[@christiancatley4120]

The All Blacks bench 2nd week in a row made the difference!!! Up the All Blacks🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@butterboiz8587]

Always believed in the ABs, France is next, Lets go

[@zeroconnection]

Very disappointed with our performance. Fair play to New Zealand. By far the better side 👏

[@no_idea_is_above_scrutiny]

Your lads did alright. First game fumbles and not adapting to refs interpretation. They will improve.

[@paulcostello1807]

​@@no_idea_is_above_scrutinyfair play

[@DylanSyllabeu]

@@no_idea_is_above_scrutinyas will New Zealand 🙏

[@JackiG-g9e]

That's it! i've had enough. I will never ever underestimate NZ again.

[@kelbatt7729]

There have been 10 Rugby World Cup finals , NZ have appeared in five of them, including 3 of the last 4 - they can NEVER be underestimated.

[@claireforbes1808]

Don’t know why you would ever underestimate them. They’re the All Blacks. They have always been a legendary team. 🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@atoms-to-atoms]

They will always be the benchmark ...Capetown

[@TheMatthewLoder]

Congrats ABs 🖤 from a proud saffa

[@christinecaspersen1229]

Ive been waiting for your reaction, it was a good game. Still need to tighten our disipline and handling issues.

[@barryclarke8101]

Irish fan here. Love ur analysis of all games. Fair play to NZ, sniffled ire tonight best team won on the night ..few wake up calls for us...I for one don't buy arguments about first game and all that...cud argue NZ have had long season..v frustrated with our error count but we move on.....(I remember the 90s, so 10 ipt loss to NZ I'll get over)!!...keep doing what you're doing, love the casts!!

[@ThatGuy-qp6dv]

I hadn't been convinced with DMac at 10 for the AB's until today. So good to see him play how he plays in Super Rugby.

[@randomlyfactual1943]

Even as a Bok supporter, the match I was most looking forward to of all the year end tests was New Zealand vs Ireland. Obviously from an SA POV this matchup is really interesting, with big implications for the rankings, but this one was bigger than that. My Kiwi friends might coreect me on this, but last night kind of proved that that incredible QF win was not a fluke. Yes, you guys went through some hard times and haven't been at your best, but turning it up at the Aviva the way you did proved that the All Black flag is still flying high.

[@Camcolito]

I haven't been convinced by Will Jordan at fullback but he was solid as a rock tonight and bagged a try as well (and as usual). On our side thought Hugo Keenan was excellent also, and JGP was brilliant as always. Some of the rest of them were shocking.

[@JimmyKip]

The quick throw and stupid grubber were pretty bad - i'd have him at about a 6 because most of the good takes in defence were Clarke or McKenzie, not Jordan.

[@Camcolito]

@@JimmyKip Thought he was pretty good under the high ball mate, but jmo. McKenzie was good too under quite a lot of pressure about whether he's a starting 10.

[@lauriecarter8931]

F​or sure to be sure

[@them1stocles]

Well done abs, for sure didn’t feel like two of the top teams in the world but I think that was to be expected. A win from the ab forwards imo, they kept abs on the front foot with solid set piece and good pressure on the rucks. Ireland will be back strong as ever, just a bad day at the office.

[@GhettoGreg]

Love you NZ, Boks and ABs back ontop baby 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

This is so funny how you claim to have a rivalry all the time but look at you. You’re holding each other’s hands in the comments. I don’t know if it’s necessary back on top bar and played so bad that literally Portugal could’ve put money on them Today or Annie other team in the world even, an under 20s team could’ve beaten Ireland today

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

I’m both New Zealand and South Africa lost Argentina recently so I’ll be interested to see how that happens for next weekend. You can’t be back on top if you’re losing consistently as well champions

[@GhettoGreg]

@@SmcdMcd-d2k you’ll be ok dude, just another match

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

@ yeah that’s true I guess I overreacted it is just a little unusual to see Ireland play that bad for 80 minutes. I think they may be play God for five minutes in total but that was it just super unusual. I feel bad for the fans who had tickets because that was probably the most expensive game I think to go to so bad for them.

[@TheCholopolo209]

Irish fan here. The All blacks were better on the night and fair play but Ireland made many mistakes.

[@kelbatt7729]

When you are better at applying pressure- you cause the other team to make mistakes.

[@TheCholopolo209]

@kelbatt7729 very true. On to Argentina next, which will hopefully be better. But at the end of the day it's a game and win, lose or draw they get paid.

[@Coreylahey1000]

Normally true but countless errors were unforced, miles from the tackle. Congrats NZ but just woeful from Ireland ​@kelbatt7729

[@Charlie-it1kk]

Bs we were far better ireland are on a downward spiral

[@TheCholopolo209]

@@Charlie-it1kk you're so humble

[@gezzarandom]

Hats off to the ABs but to be honest they didn’t need to be brilliant. They gave Ireland a real lesson in efficiency and taking your chances, just hope this serves as a wake up call for us, only time will tell.

[@Innerlight320]

With 14 men they weren’t

[@cheesecake6696]

I only caught the second half but I was suprised Andy Farrell didnt come to the sideline and start hopping fucks off them to wake up. That's the sloppiest I've seen them since Joe left.

[@charlottescott7150]

Congratulations ABs.

[@theborgster8497]

Well done AB's, love to see it! Love from Saffa

[@DarthRobertus33]

Content continues to be 🔥 great analysis. Keep up the good work!

[@user-RONcq6zv8r]

Where are my All Black FANS🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🖤🖤

[@archvermin]

Hell yeah brother!

[@aristonjermainefoster6253]

We will continue to be humble

[@user-RONcq6zv8r]

​@@aristonjermainefoster6253 Always 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@keepingitlowlow9506]

We here, we just got gout😡😡😡😡🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️got dang it hurts🤣😂🤣😂

[@kingjames7963]

@keepingitlowlow9506 damn goodluck

[@Thudsrayz]

Really enjoyed that match. I might be alone but reckon most Irish mistakes were due to nz pressure. They weren't getting a roll on, struggled in the scrum and most importantly, didn't get the dominance in possession they need for that continuity play. Ireland upset NZs ruck speed which was great, but couldn't convert that into possession. Very happy with NZ. Extremely pragmatic (for NZ), a couple of poor kicks and the quick lineout aside. NZ fwds did the job, dmac was outstanding.

[@ozzie_j122]

The Irish disturbed Ratima a lot. But I do think it was more due to ABs not cleaning the ruck quick enough

[@Camcolito]

Some of it was definitely from NZ pressure man, but a lot of the time we were just dropping the ball and knocking it on without anyone in our face. I am shocked at how bad we were honestly.

[@Thudsrayz]

@@Camcolito just saw on another channel Alfred Reynolds mention a lack of cohesion. That might be rustiness, which would be fair. I think at least part of that lack of cohesion was from a lack of possession. NZ denied Ireland from having the ball thru scrum dominance and winning lineouts against the throw, so once Ireland did get the ball, every pass became more and more important. NZ defence is remarkably underrated as well. They haven't given up many points this year. It's just my opinion tho

[@Camcolito]

@@Thudsrayz Yeah the NZ D was very good and you did a job on us at the breakdown, the rucks were a mess. Very comfortable win for you guys honestly. Now you've done 2 deservedly I'll be rooting for you against France. For us, if we don't improve we're losing to Argentina too..

[@arzpeace]

Defence won it. Closed them down. We did what an England them tries to do us and took our chances when they came.

[@hankgoldenshaft]

I know what you mean about feeling weird about the Irish performance and our win - the Irish were very rusty today. The ABs needed that win and our pressure in defense reaped rewards. We took advantage of most of our chances and put points on the board. I couldn’t be more proud of my ABs. Let’s go!!!!

[@paulburgess283]

Well done NZ. You shut us down well at the breakdown and the defensive line left us with no real ideas. I guess we defended well but you can't sustain that much pressure for a whole game and hope to win. We were pretty awful in most areas and lacking in ideas or a plan B. That's not to take anything away from the AB's, they showed up and stopped us from playing. As Mark says, it was just a very strange game. Wish we could have clicked a bit and actually given you a proper game. Next time maybe. Well done. I'm interested to see how yiz go against France, and what France it'll be. Best of luck from and Ireland fan ✌🏻

[@avrilgardiner9111]

Congrats ABs. From Bok fan.

[@JackKinross]

I'm really liking the way the AB forward pack is shaping up, there's toughness, precision, depth and smarts. If Frizell comes back I think we're going to have a weaponized loose forward unit to match the Boks because tonight showed again the way Razor is getting Ardie to play, incredible work around the breakdown and fringes with Sititi now the main carrier as well as being able to float. It was pressure from our forwards which caused the problems for the greens, not Irish rustiness, I'm not buying into that, they play together a lot in club stuff and are an established unit. Ireland are a very good team, I just don't think as good as many people think, in the Six Nations this year there were signs of problems. France will be the game where we can measure where the ABs really are, not easy as third tough game in 3 weeks but it seems the Razor gang has really thought this through. So yeah, a very solid win and while our back play still needs a lot of work, again I say our forwards are looking bloody good,

[@mikeeemike]

Would love to see Ardie at 7, Sititi at 8 and Finau at 6 starting.

[@samgreer8274]

the defence from ireland, was ireland but it wasnt the irish i was expecting. anti climax type game especially in the last 10mins. at least we won

[@Camcolito]

Strange game, definitely wasn't a classic or what anyone was expecting. As an Irish fan I'm just shocked at how bad we were. Argentina will beat us also if we play the same next week.

[@PaulJennings123]

Ireland were still in with a decent chance until they changes came off the bench. Hopefully Frawley, Murray and Henderson will be left off the match day 22 next time with Prendergast, Casey and Baird promoted to the bench instead.

[@petesbigpants99]

Totally agree, as a Hendi can I have to admit his time is up, too slow, too many mistakes and he just looked exhausted out there

[@Knowyourintent]

Hard for referees to keep up with law changes? Nic refereed Super Rugby matches which had this lineout law change in place. Disgraceful that between the two of them (him and his assistant referee) they got this blatantly obvious call wrong. One of many perplexing/dubious calls throughout the match. Interesting the lack of replays of such incidents.

[@claireforbes1808]

Maybe Rassie’s criticism against Berry was justified way back then.

[@jackdarby8904]

Great win by the All Blacks!!

[@dominicbritt]

The match was similar to a Crusaders playoff match - intense, and the All Blacks finally managed to build and maintain pressure…superbly finished off by Jordan. Scrappy play was due to greasy conditions.. and Irish going off their feet at rucks…. Robertson likes his teams to be able to win any way that is required…

[@hansneggs]

I’m seeing some of the players speak up much more on the field. Scott barret showing some anger and motivation. sititi showing his leadership by hugging savea Dmac smiling less and acting more proper pat toops, brings real aggression to the second row (weak link for them atm )

[@dannyod5827]

Great video. Well done all blacks. By far the better team. Very frustrating performance from our boys but thats how it goes sometimes.

[@Mark_Kiwi]

Great win for Razor and the lads. Showed big faith in continuity. Sititi still awesome despite being well marked. Roigard will start. And was it who did the dark arts on that ball 'popping out' of the ruck?

[@peterbutle]

Well deserved win for the All Blacks, but hopefully Ireland can do better.

[@crackawoody]

Roigard has to start. Ratima has been crap these last 2 weeks

[@kagolekuisi]

some of our rucks went awry because Ratima wasnt there for the ball, was frustrating

[@fckyu275]

That's why he's NZ 2nd best halfback behind Roigard

[@benmeech4972]

He got thrown in the deep end with Roigard injured and Christie slow and TJ old.

[@duncanhunter2714]

Get hot pass Hotham in there.

[@hamishclark547]

Cam Roigard changed the game. has to be in the convo of best 9 in the world right now

[@connorsmith5924]

I think the penalties being kicked caused the irish to self destruct.

[@robrockstv781]

got up at 4am here in China to watch the game,we took control in the 2nd half of the game.

[@claytonbryant7922]

Me, too. 😊

[@burgerkingfootlettuce1125]

Im glad u guys won From a bok fan

[@Vlerkies]

Not the best AB side, and Ire also seemed a little off, but a win is a win old pal, as we say here. I think the Ire suffered a lot with that one forced change after an Hia in the front row, but they looked well off their best. AB's still moving the ball around and, despite a yellow, got the job done.Ab's looked threatening, Ire not so much. A good win. Well done.

[@geotruthnz7013]

Once this ABs side gets a bit more experience and change the midfield combo which isn't working I think it will be up there with the best AB sides. The power & skill in our forwards is exceptional at the moment and some of them are just starting there career at this level.

[@Owensguitarstudio]

I would like to see the stats on how much game time was spent waiting for scrums to set. I know it was exacerbated by the number of knock ons, but c'mon. Why are they not applying the clock and cracking down on this?

[@joshuahetherington5161]

Ben O'Keffe should've reffed the scrum. I'm Irish, we were under the pump from the ABs. Penalize us and move the game on. He kept resetting, frustrating watch

[@martingavin3147]

great chanel love your stats! As an Irish man lets look at a few things. Remember were playing the Greatest rugby nation in the world! The BLACKS! Biggest cheer from fans was a respect for the haka From then on the crowd fell silent. I'm wondering why? were in the game (yes I'm Irish) weird you say!! I'm thinking someone must have Died for the crowd a full stadium to be so quite. Then it happens !!!!!! 60 mins a lineout !!! We can still win!! Then a moment the camera pans to the crowd!!! and sure enough Billy big balls is bringing 4 pints to his mates?? WHY?????? Cause he doesnt give a shit!!!!! The worst support ever !!!! Congrats BLACKS

[@altazuma]

I thought the line speed from the AB's was good and with a less structured Ireland, resulted in the isolation, knock-ons etc. It always looked like the AB's had them covered at the gain line and Ireland were unable to generate any real momentum.

[@deenmaroney5549]

All blacks were outstanding, used the new kick chase rules very well

[@douglaswright2143]

I don't want to overbake this one, but Ireland were a little poor tonight. I am biased but most of my joy in the last 60 years has been NZ winning properly

[@Trajan2401]

Ireland are not a great side great sides find a way to win.

[@Trajan2401]

thats 2 in a row.

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

Penalties in the double digits really stumped the Irish today, a good win for the all blacks now we wait for England vs Australia

[@Glenis-qc1hz]

well done allblacks from wa. a lot kiwi support here. looking to seeing this squad at the of 2026. they will be good, dam good.

[@jackb4837]

Man im proud! After the dicipline of last week i thought ireland would pounce and punish. But well done to the team, they bloody fixed it. The scrum being a weapon wasnt the case, but there was no moving our pack! Ireland mauls going nowhere was awesome to see. Well done Aumua, silenced my doubts. defensively we just had a hold em out and wait for Ardie, Sititi and aumua to steal it. Ratima can learn a lot about dealing with pressure, but despite being a tough one for him i dont think he should lose too much confidence. Very well done!

[@therugbynoise2116]

what a game awesome flow going back and forth the ref a bit weird on his calls and the ruck my god the ruck was not managed well by nic, but also ireland rust i think let them down in the end, 2 down 1 to go who would of thought all blacks apart from be in this position. really looking forward to your world rankings vid when you get a chance to get to it especially with all the rugby this weekend awesome All Blacks Win, another great video man chur chur

[@kelbatt7729]

Still 2 to go

[@therugbynoise2116]

@kelbatt7729 yea but not really caring about the Italy game win or lose, get that triple crown 👑 plus last time the mention of losing to Italy what happened 92 - 17. I think 🤔

[@peterlangan1181]

Bok fan here, I was worried about the ABs for the first 25 minutes as they were not themselves but after that the ABs we know started to reappear. This is not the finished article but it’s getting there again. Ireland were good in parts but generally looked off their usual pace a little. Welcome back ABs we have missed you.

[@poerava]

That was some of the best ruck work I’ve ever seen with the all blacks. I thought Scott Barrett had one of his best matches this year. DMac is a legend Hope all his haters saw that one. Aumua is a complete beast. Savea and Sititi are a h£ll of a combo

[@carebear396]

Think Ireland’s bench, especially frawley played sub par tonight

[@kropotkine9640]

Both teams were subpar, I didn't thought one time I was watching a game between the world n°1 and n°3

[@Camcolito]

Yeah Frawley was poor, but lots of players were.

[@carebear396]

@@kropotkine9640 it wasn’t the most exciting of games. But, generally nz punished irelands mistakes. It was nice to see nz take the points, compared to historically going for a lineout

[@neilmacewan8706]

Bokke back on top, thanks AB’s and generally good kicking D.Mac.

[@foreignwarren7361]

Great to have these games, what a Friday night I had 😂

[@Smegmalicious]

How does Aumua have the cardio to be that big and physical and keep it up for 80?

[@hansneggs]

Agreed. Can’t believe I’m saying this but tamaiti williams is actually the worst of the forwards crazy hey

[@ss2gora0]

Now i definitely can't wait for TCGD Pod. Gonna be a doozy that! Up the ABs baby!

[@MarkKerrigan-se6st]

Thank you for your usual informative and unbiased insight as usual. Tough watch for Irish supporters. Never seen as many unforced knock ons. Probably not a bad thing that Ireland lost and surrendered the No 1 spot. Now they can concentrate on introducing new talent.

[@AB_Sanj]

It's worthwhile having a look at how different the teams are - compared to RWC QF vs Fridays game. AB young gums doing exceptionally well.

[@jasonparsons]

I am loving the extra theatre created by the haka in the last two weeks. Great to see both teams laying down and accepting a challenge. Ireland didn’t really back it up this week like England last week but All Blacks fans must surely be happy about their team’s performance this in this game

[@johnstevens282]

In sport, the Irish prefer to be the plucky chip on the shoulder underdogs. They were strong favourites ( a couple of the English and Irish bookies had the All Blacks 2/1 ). Weighed down, by the burden of expectation?

[@JHPT-CPT]

Highly motivated with all the pre match build up. It’s good to see there is some dog fight or as Mike says mongrel in some of the players. It was so weird watching a game with silence for kicks. All cred to the ABs for the pressure and DMac for being on point. I think Ireland were not composed too much emotion for the build up week clouded their usual performance. Once again not to take anything away from ABs they did what was required well done 👏

[@Urickhunt]

last week and this week 20mins to go that All Black aura has just starting to emerge again

[@warrenvaughan6941]

As a saffa we know that you NEVER EVER crow about beating the ABs before the game!!! You NEVER question the AB “aura”….well done ABs. So pleased you put the Irish back in their box 👏👏

[@tyronegaa]

The springboks sure as shit can’t put us anywhere, just as well you can celebrate the all blacks victory 👍🏻🤠

[@Arti-iChi]

​@@tyronegaa Was waiting for Zombie last night

[@neilmontgomery3470]

Well done to the ABs for doing what SA can't do. Beat Ireland at home .

[@neilmontgomery3470]

Where exactly did Irish fans crow?

[@warrenvaughan6941]

@@neilmontgomery3470 keep clutching on those straws while we clutch those World Cup trophies. 👍

[@Will.Flavell]

Got to respect the Irish they didn’t interrupt the Haka by singing Zombie unlike the English did singing Sweet Chariot.

[@Alias-gy3tz]

Nobody cares.

[@benmorken]

Personally I don’t mind crowds doing that. If anything, it just adds to the atmosphere.

[@kmay4963]

So you don't like it when the haka is confronted and challenged? Sums up your third world ideology mate.

[@guyveegee]

Precious entitlement

[@Stephno86]

Ireland where rubbish!!..in almost all areas, Farrell very gutless in the team selection, way to much dead weight from below par players, huge congrats to ABs well deserved, they where better in every area.

[@Camcolito]

You'd have to say that's so now. When I saw all the old guard in the selection I groaned but hoped Farrell would prove me wrong. Serious rethink needed or we lose to Argentina too who will absolutely be up for it after seeing that.

[@Alias-gy3tz]

@@Camcolito Vamos Los Pumas!

[@geotruthnz7013]

It is probably a good thing for the Irish to lose and look to rebuild new talent to keep progressing for the future.

[@jadenphilander8799]

Nah..This is your reality, this is how good your team is. You reached your peak last year. You are not getting better than your best ever

[@SWillis474]

​@@jadenphilander8799here lad, can you look into that crystal ball of yours and tell me the lottery numbers for next week?

[@bucky2355]

Go the mighty ABs !!! ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️

[@LethokuhleDube-t3g]

As a bok supporter.. i would like to congratulate the ABs for that performance… some people had a chip on their shoulder and it needed to be removed 🔥🔥thanks guys

[@hohepateika1]

Onya ABs. Ireland did not play as good as I expected at home but credit to the ABs as being the reason. The Irish crowd were really great. 🖤🖤🖤

[@propellerhead428]

Well done AB's, you win the game on the field, not in the media the week before. Underestimate Nz at your own perril.

[@charlesvanonselen6251]

Heya Mark. I feel like the Irish went back to disrupting the opposition (like they used to play) instead of playing their usual expansive gameplan. Wll deserved win for the ABs but I agree, the Irish seemed to make it easier. Great show, as per usual!

[@DirkJacobsz]

Csm Roigard coming back into form and the better 9 - Well done AB s- thanks Mark

[@axelbooysen1088]

To be fair the Irish hero in Durban cost them dearly, that guy had a shocker. To be new Zealand was popper up for this game. 80% all blacks - 20% Ireland being flat

[@Camcolito]

Yeah Frawley was poor, but a lot of our players where. Only Keenan and JGP had really good games I thought.

[@nepiahemopo1702]

And your point is?

[@ricotalactea]

Congrats mate, you look happy!! What happened? The ref Schneider explain a week before on a show refs gonna be focusing for the air contest blocks, not giving penalties for not allowing the tackler who wanna roll out and croc rolling cleans, i think the last is the only one we didn't see, so hope the pumas have taken notes for tomorrow!!!

[@patrickobrien8520]

Well done ABs, better team by far.

[@tikiticko]

It shows how much your team must evolve every year

[@aaronmoore9417]

I agree the Irish probably weren’t at their best but the AB’s will still take the win. I wasn’t able to sit for most of the game which is what makes rugby so exciting

[@kelbatt7729]

Rubbish! - professional rugby players- no excuse!

[@lizzyhanahoe4197]

I love my Irish team wholeheartedly BUT I cannot find anything good to say about that performance really. I didn’t think ABs were exceptionally brilliant but they got the game won. Well done ABs. Wish we could play you again in a few weeks, that might be more telling. Cheers.

[@therosso1984]

How good was Aumua’s pickup and pass to Jordan? Silky skills from the big man!