Everyone is predicting Ireland to win but I am not so sure.....

Everyone is predicting Ireland to win because on paper they are supposed to be the best Team in the World

BUT I am not so sure - different tournament, different time

I say Bring it on  Ireland

There's a few teams in the world capable of beating Ireland,  NZ is definitely on of them...it won't be easy but the good stuff doesn't come easy...GOOD LUCK!

New Zealand are not good, but they have the tools for the job. Not many people are taking the All Blacks lightly. They are seen as being in good form and dangerous. I too have predicted an All Black win. Ireland are due a loss and this is it. 

Go wee abs. Yes you can win against Ireland. 

The NH is getting arrogant and have tried to rig this RWC. Look at pools C AND D. Designed to ensure two NH sides in semi final. 4 best sides are pitched against each other in quarter finals!!!

Hackedwaugh I hope your ref O'Keefe  doesn't blunder again and hand the win over to France like he did in the game we had against Ireland! 

Beanbag, what are you talking about? The NH trying to rig the competition? How? By having their 2 best teams face the 2 RC sides early and in the first knockout game? Having Scotland on that side of the draw also wouldn't make sense for such a scheme. Your conspiracy theories are utterly ridiculous. You've been moaning about the ref in every game for the past three years despite the fact that the Boks are the least penalised team for the past 8 years! The Chief Priest of the Church of Erasputin is a warning to all to stay far away from all cult members. Nothing but excuse after excuse. 

We all seem to agree the ABs can win but it will take at them getting their fair share of  possession and things have to click for them. Ireland need to have an off day and lately they have been consistent enough to beat all comers. A big ask but fingers crossed for the ABs

Doos wake up you mampara. This way two NH sides not in the top five make the semis! 

They would have banked on at least Ireland making the semis and thus have 3 NH sides in the semis to make NH rugby look good. 

Go kiwis time to upset the potato men. Had enough of Ireland best team in the world. Time to set the record straight. 

The weakest on the other side of the draw Beanbag! Had France and/or Ireland been in the side of the draw, it'd be a bloody big difference! Practically a guaranteed final! The Z Files continues with Agent Moldy Bean. The truth is out there, and certainly isn't inside Beanbag's cranium! 

My beer is cold Mooo...I'll cheer on you lot toninght.

I'll cheer for the Irish, poor bastards need a break for once in their miserable history.

For some odd reason I can't bring myself to cheer for the Paddies ATM...my love for the underdog...who would have thought NZ would ever be the underdog???

Don't worry Ireland 2027 will be better

eina!!!

Quarters 2027 and then 2031 again.

The Irish had a game given to them with the Ref and Libbok at the begining of the WC.

Even with Barnes favouring the Irish in this game the AB's hung in and as I said earlier never write off the AB's.

Talk about giving your all...well the AB's did.

Great win AB's.

Thanks.

When Irish eyes are crying. 

Congrats to all the AB fans, great game and happy you have quietened the football crowd even if you had to do it with 14 for 25% of the game????

Thank You BokBF.

Kane played better than I thought he would. 

Congratulations All Blacks. Best way to shut cocky players up is to beat them on the field. Porter and and Sexton being my host players right now. 

I can’t say I felt so confident like with the old All Blacks teams. Never have I ever wanted the All Blacks to win so badly. It is normally any team playing the All Blacks. 

Also, pressure is a massive thing. They were about to become the most successful team on the same night that they were trying to become the first Irish team to qualify for the Semis. 

It would have been a straight March to the the finals for them. 

Go bokke 

We all needed a  defibrillator during and after that game Moolaa, what a great game! Congrats to the ABs they really delivered. We hadn't seen much of the pop kicks over the heads of the opposition defense lately but it was a great success tonight. And what about that defense. Still, we have quit giving away yellow cards.

JW Wow What a Test Match. Yep those pop kicks against the Irish kept their defensive line backtracking. Praying for NO Cards against the All Blacks in the Semis.