NZ V Ireland

Half time score Ireland 25- NZ 8.

 Hi MO(NH), tough game for the ABs, a day when things seem to be going wrong, e.g. 3 lost line outs. Ireland playing very well. I can only get the radio coverage so hard to know what is really happening.

 Well as you can imagin me being Irish very happy, have to say Ireland playing very well in the first half all Ireland really. No doubt NZ will come back in the 2nd half.

 Another try to Ireland, it's a long way back to win this one. Perhaps they are really missing Retallick and Whitelock.

 Another try for Ireland 30-8 still time for NZ.

 Sorry my posts always come up with the edit not sure what I am doing wrong.

 Very good try by T J!

 Try to Ben Smith but the conversion will be hard.

 All Blacks coming back strong which was expected 30-22.

 Barrett managed to get the conversion, a low & ugly kick but good enough

 Penalty against the ABs & Ireland will try and slow the game now.

 Kick is good so it's 33 to 22

 They will be happy with the ugly one! Just get it over the posts. 

 Try by Scott Barrett on his first start! ABs fighting back as time ticks on.

Yes was expected good game.  

 Ireland scores against the run of play, well done.

Oh yes come on Ireland brilliant play.  

 Congrats to Ireland, well done boys! ABs almost pulled off another great come back but it was not to be. Chicago the town of sports upsets and sports history.
ABs will learn from this, one thing is clear you have to have good locks and Retallick and Whitelock were really missed.

 So pleased for Ireland they were the best team on the field tonight! I am as you all know a great fan of the All Blacks but this gives me great pride for Ireland to break the winning streak. It was a great game I thought the All Blacks would come back and win the game if I am honest but hey Ireland won so pleased.

 Well done Ireland. Victory well deserved.

Well done Ireland!  The match was not showing on Sky- so I missed it.
It is good that the All Blacks got beat- just because their total dominance has made things very predictable. 
It does create some more interest for the rest of the N hemisphere tour,  and their teams are going to be looking for more Southern Hemisphere scalps (not just the Boks).

 Irish pack key to historic victory; by Patrick McKendry, NZ Herald

As the post mortems begin on his All Blacks defeat, their first ever against Ireland, the first issue under the spotlight should be how crucial were the absences of their three top locks - Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock and Luke Romano.

The All Blacks were badly beaten up front, for the first time in a long while. It wasn't just the lineout, though they lost three in the first half, including a crucial one after a penalty.

It was at the contact point, too. Without Retallick and Whitelock, both injured, and Romano, who went home due to a family bereavement, the big Irish men such as the giant Devin Toner and Donnacha Ryan were able to stop the All Blacks in their tracks.

They got quicker ball in the second half, but the All Blacks were in a real hole at halftime. In the end it was too deep, and how the Irish deserved to celebrate at the final whistle. Robbie Henshaw's try which sealed it in the final five minutes would have set off some special feelings in Cork and Dublin and Kilkenny.

They paid tribute to the late international and Munster coach Anthony Foley when facing the haka in a figure of eight - Foley's number as a player, and at the end of a week in which the Chicago Cubs broke their 108-year losing streak, clearly the men in green were imbued with a special type of self belief in this city.

Three years after the All Blacks survived their scare in Dublin with an extraordinary second-half comeback, there was no way back from this one; their test winning streak halted at 18. It took an incredible effort to do so from Ireland, particularly on defence, to get their first win over the All Blacks in 111 years.

The All Blacks got within four points but in the end lost their composure. Their handling and ball skills, normally so self assured, went south along with their hopes.

Patrick Tuipulotu wasn't his usual powerful self at lock, with Jerome Kaino clearly trying, but it was a big call shifting him to the second row from blindside flanker. With his three top locks out, though, coach Steve Hansen had little choice.

There is no doubt Aaron Smith picked a bad time to have a below-par game, his first after his suspension. He and a lot of his teammates looked flat; their opponents in green were men possessed but played intelligently. Clearly their Kiwi coach Joe Schmidt has made a huge difference.

There will be a re-match in Dublin in a fortnight, and on this evidence the Irish will be difficult to beat. How quickly things change in this game.

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Yup, you can't win such games with stand- in locks. It was good to see Scott Barrett play well off the bench and score in his first game as and AB.

 Congrats to Ireland on the win well deserved at that .The rematch at Dublin will have the ABs after blood and hopefully at something like full strength.