The Haka not very scary without sound. Mute pantomime.
The Haka not very scary without sound. Mute pantomime.
Didn't know the hooker can stand inside the field of play and throw it into a lineout?
Is that Fluff kicking for NZ!? 
Two penalties already against the Irish.
Very one way reffing. I was anticipating this for the NH sides.
Ooh there was a chance for NZ wide if the pass could have gone.
All the play to NZ so far. Second breakdown penalty against Ireland. Kickable.
3-0 NZ. Sure Ireland wouldn't mind getting out of that 6 minute assault with just 3.
They've been given free possession. So no surprise. But they don't look great. A few gimmicks to get wide. Easily seen.
Yeah very blunt force.
AB 8 sealing off the ruck. Penalized. No posts for Ireland, lineout 5.
All kaks look laboured on defence.
No reward, pass to Lowe shitty. Into touch near side
GO ALL BLACKS
Third breakdown penalty against Ireland. Ardie winning one back. Kickable.
Savea quality. He showed us up in the last few RC games.
6-0 NZ.
Never thought I would be shouting for NZ, but I am today. Purely because Irish are such horrible winners and I hate Jonny Sexton, such a mouth on him. I want them to get knocked in the quarters
Not the way I want it. NZ must lose!
Ireland rumbling now, slick stuff.
That was a lame turnover, scrumhalf asleep.
Very lucky there. Of course. Retallick, who outplayed us is the RC, is going to need to come up big. Good play.
Great stuff NZ!!!
Ireland isolating themselves, Cane with the turnover penalty.
Not great, but enough.
Ireland look far better on the ball.
Very bad.
Good kick into space Beauden and NZ score.
Beauden still has it.
looks like the have the balls for this.
Nearly 100% of the calls too. It helps a lot. As we've seen for the mediocre Boks.
Richie nails the conversion, 13-0 after 20. Dayum.
It's one of those nights. We see how the IRB politics swings.
Together stand before, Oiiiiirland, Oiiiiirland...
Ireland deciding to take the points. Maybe should have done that from the start. 13-3.
Lowe boots it upfield again, Ireland filling the gap behind on the NZ counter a little better this time. Penalty to them, prolly be a lineout. Wayne Barnes struggling with his electronics.
Good call. Glad it's no card.
Lost lineout, bit of basketball.
Ireland maybe just forcing it a bit, be patient lads.
Aki!
The better team has their try.
Erasputin, wearer of the clown pants, this is a world class 12. Ende.
Ireland looking really good with ball in hand. 13-10 NZ.
Ireland strike back with Al Bundi Aki
Take note, DDA. That is a proper 12.
Ireland's ball retention at the ruck is very good, they clear the ball so quickly
All Blacks need the kick to compete.
Oh dear. Handling booboos behind the advantage line for NZ.
Breakdown penalty Ireland, that will clear them out of their area.
Excelant game so far
Good touchfinder for NZ, lineout 7 out from the Irish line.
Worst possible outcome. All Kaks need to lose.
Irish Lineout struggling
Try NZ, Savea in the corner. Easy peasy.
No conversion, 18-10
33:85 NZ breakdown shananigans. Unpunished
Is Mack Hansen the best Ireland has at 14? He doesn't look like much of anything.
Kickable penalty Ireland. Touchy getting involved, something getting checked.
Aaron Smith in line for a deliberate slapdown. Yellow!
Ireland going lineout 5 again, but can they win their damn lineout? Yes they can.
Wow. All Kaks not shy playing the ball offside...again.
YES!!!
Another penalty against Ardie it seems.
What a stupid card!
A game for the ages. Great stuff
Ireland score off the lineout. Sexbomb to bring them within 1. He does. 18-17
Halfies. What a game. Still feel like Ireland has the edge despite two good NZ scores.
A bit extreme to get a yellow card for that. Penalty sure, but yellow seems a bit harsh
Indeed.
NZ has breakdown shenanigans and the chip. Nothing else. We need a result that finally does the game of Rugby Union justice.
Cynical, stopped an attacking move.
ABs giving it their all, shame about the yellow.
On a knife edge….Ireland look more creative, but making some mistakes. The ABs used to always win these games….somebody needs to make it happen, Savea looks the most likely.
The All Black bench is arguably better than the Irish bench.
Retallick and Savea are the totality of the All Blacks. Let's see what Player 16 does. I predict he finishes Ireland off.
D-Mac also on the bench.
Super take by Ireland 9 in the air.
What the fuck was Hansen doing with that kick? Could have been a breakaway for NZ.
It's shifted all the momentum that was with Ireland the other side now. They get some position now, lineout 22.
Cross kick, shambles, scrum 5.
Aaron Smith practicing catching the ball instead of slapping it on the touchline.
Unlucky bounce on the cross kick for Ireland. Probably have been bundled into touch anyway.
Strong Ireland scrum but NZ get the penalty.
The Boks get away with those scrums most of the time. Reffing inconsistency.
Ireland turnover and breakaway.
One of those days... RIP Rugby Union.
And then another isolated runner gets turned over. Fuck they let NZ off the hook there.
I'd kick that guy's ass if I was Ireland, they built and built and then he just runs back into two NZ players with nobody in support close.
That's the game right there. Tuning out. RIP Rugby Union.
Try time Jordan.
Well P16 makes the difference. Let us remember when RU was a sport.
Not a one Irishman thought Mo'unga was worth covering.
25-17. Ireland will need to strike quickly.
lekke lekke!!!
Too much kicking possession away Ireland. Hansen is the weakest link, I'd get him off.
And he's gone, wrote himself off.
And now they throw a terrible intercept pass. Wheels coming off for the Irish?
Rucked off the ball. Wakey wakey Oirland.
Penalty. Sextoy for 3. Shanks it.
Utter shit kick Sexcock. Utter shit. Ireland heads are going, they need to score.
Wow, shocker there.
Laboured attack but Ireland get a penalty. Lineout 5. They need to score here.
Penalty try Ireland! Back in. And yellow for NZ. 25-24
Shit kick Lowe. It's like Ireland want to give NZ a chance to strike back.
Scrum penalty NZ. Jordie shanks it.
Another penalty NZ. Murray doing some stupid shit. 28-24.
Ireland have conceded two kickables while playing against 14. Not a good look.
Penalty and lineout 5 Ireland. Another maul. Over but no try. Might be checked. Looks held up.
And now Doris drops a kick cold. Jeez Ireland, do you want to win this or not?
Such a close game.
Doris the 8th man just make a critical error.
Ireland need possession otherwise NZ can shut down the game out from here.
Yeah that drop from Doris could well have been the game. Ireland hasn't seen the ball since.
Beauden with a droppie, nowhere close.
Ireland has it, last throw of the dice.
NZ have defended exceptionally well.
Ireland haven't made any headway in their last 2 minutes of non stop attack.
ABs get the turnover!!!
Penalty NZ, all over. They tackled Ireland to death.
This is one of the lowest points Rugby Union has ever seen. It's been a horrendous cycle.
2 DOWN TWO TO GO.
Congrats to the wee abs.
Told ya...
Lol
Well done New Zealand.
Absolutely heroic performance from the All Blacks, especially that period between minutes 64 and 74 when they were down to 14 men and outscored the Irish 3-0. Ardie Savea was a warrior.
Great game of rugby.
Must just add, I'm sure there are some posters on here who think I've exaggerated when I call Doos XL the poster on here who knows the least about rugby, but seriously, just read through his ignorant, childish and pathetically biased comments on this thread and decide for yourself.
That's SH 2, NH 0!
Come on Bokke!
Ireland error rate just too high in that second half, and NZ defense up to whatever they threw at it.
Wow, well done boys!! What a game & done with 2 yellow cards!!! Time for the Boks to beat France now!!
WELL DONE ALL BLACKS, one hell of a game
lol...kak snaaks....and tragic!!!, sorry Borat and Stav....what a game....congrats NZ...2 zip for SH!!!!
Mrs Searle, frame by frame any time. But before you go. Let's talk more about Watson over Schalk, Pretorius over Butch, Schalk playing flyhalf, and Willemse failing at 10 when he didn't play 10.
WAHOOOOOOOOOO! 20 mins of yellows, penalty try and they still couldn’t beat us! Epic match and last 3 mins.
And as many predicted, if NZ get a lively start they're going to do it. Ireland had to play catch up all game long.
LMAO!
Grow up, little boy. Seriously. That's not just a taunt, it's some well-meaning advice.
Well I'm gutted..congratulations New Zealand,well played. Epic game for the neutrals.
Hard luck Stav. An epic game indeed.
Mrs Searle you have the acumen of roadkill. Big mouth, no substance.
Gutted with you Stav, I'm a Southy but I really think Ireland deserved a shot this year and I wanted it for them. They didn't bring it when it mattered though. Again.
What a shame this wasn’t a semi….great heart by Ireland, bad luck Stav.
Yeah semis will be an anticlimax after these quarters.
Oh well...least I can watch the rest of the world cup stress free from now on.
Commiserations Stavanger1 but what a game!
Two kickable penalties against 14 men, that utterly idiotic Sexdrip chip into the 22 with Ireland on attack just handing it on a platter to NZ, and Doris dropping a sitter to rob Ireland of 5 crucial minutes of possession at the crunch of the game. Silly plays at the time, huge turnarounds in the larger scheme of things.
And having an utter dud in Hansen at 14 didn't help.
Congratulations ABs. Well deserved. Ireland didn't get their head in the game and made too many stupid unforced errors. Doris is normally so reliable dropped the ball forward twice at key moments. I don't mean to be disrespectful to the ABs, I think they played a great game but I we bottled it!
Realists who listened to Beeno knew NZ could win.
Face facts we missed 11 points via kicks and the ref made a few crucial blunders. Ireland are clearly not tbe best side in the world
So congrats to the Kiwis and hard luck to the Irish.
The amount of bad juju this loss will bring. Geez!
It's like what do the Irish have to do get past the 1/4s?
I mean, in future they can say "We don't think about the past."
But surely it'll be a long old time before Ireland have a side this good again. And any team until then will take some convincing to believe they can do better than this side did.
Some shyte luck too though.
I mean, England are basically strolling into, and likely past the 1/4s without out having to exert themselves too much. Wales only had to beat the Argies and they'd have gotten into the semis.
Ireland had to play the Boks in the Pool stages and then the ABs in their first knockout game.
The whole pool selection was a load of nonsense. Ireland, Boks, France and NZ should all have been in separate pools. Best team in pools And D was ranked 6 in the Workd.
Poor Doos thinks this is all fine. Talk about clueless. Hahahaha.
Great game, edge of the seat to the final whistle. Game could have gone either way.
Had a Irish supporter in the bar, all friendly and happy go lucky, final whistle he comes up and starts abusing me WTF?
Unfortunately I didn't cover my self in glory and told him to fuck off.
Headed back to my room and the bar is packed with Irish supporters, couldn't meet a nicer bunch of guys, all in party mode and congratulated us on the win. Thank fuck there is just a small bunch of dickheads and most are decent guys.
Go the Boks and Fiji, let's make it 4 zip to the Southern boys
ABs deserved the win .................. tough luck Stav
I lost all me pocketmoney to my raucous kiwi 'relatives'
Hopefully get some back tomorrow.
NZ 230 tackles to shut down probably the slickest attack in world rugby. Ireland 322 passes to try and get through them. Only Aki managed it, and then two tries from 5m set pieces. Phenomenal defensive effort by the All Blacks.
Enjoyed the game and the end result even better.
In rugby you can never ever write the AB's off.
Two yellow cards and a "FREE" try form old Barnes and still the IRISH are toast.
Got to love it.
Well perhaps tonight in France you might be able to find one or two Irishmen in a sober state after this game.
Finally we have seen the last of Sexton....thankfully.
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Go the greens, just for the hell of it.