Ref Jaco Peyper followed the letter of the law, but even he saw the unfortunate side of dismissing a player bloodied from an accidental head clash.
A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. The All Blacks had fewer reasons to grumble about the other yellow cards. On attack, the tactic of going three wide from the ruck yielded fewer rewards than last week, with Ireland adjusting accordingly. And that is rugby in a nutshell in 2022. By the half-hour mark they had resorted to going deep to midfielder Quinn Tupaea. Ta’avao, clearly without malice but with undeniable clumsiness, clattered into Ireland No 13 Garry Ringrose in the 29th minute and the head contact was brutal, knocking both men to the ground.
They have brought in former Brumby Mack Hansen on the right-wing, while Johnny Sexton was deemed fit despite his first-half concussion.
“We know the Irish will throw everything at us this week to keep the series alive. A week’s a long time in sport and after the All Blacks destroyed Ireland in the first Test at Eden Park, the pressure is firmly on Andy Farrell’s men in green. Welcome to live coverage of the second Test between the All Blacks and Ireland from Dunedin. Follow all the action in our blog below!
Ireland will be looking to bounce back on their summer tour of New Zealand after losing 42-19 to the All Blacks in Auckland on July 2.
Sat, July 9 Sat, July 9 Sat, July 9 New Zealand are losing their discipline. 2 mins to KO: New Zealand perform the haka. Sat, July 9 New Zealand are reduced to 13 men! Can Ireland produce a less error-strewn performance against this side? "There's all sorts of different ramifications that go into selection, sometimes players probably have not performed to the standards they judge themselves on," Farrell said. Ireland. The tourists are seeking a response in Dunedin after a disappointing start to their tour. 5 mins to KO: The teams are out! We're almost ready to go!
Ireland seized their treasured first win in New Zealand, squaring this captivating series.
Frequent mistakes muddled the All Blacks attack to gift Ireland field position to extend their lead. Late in the first half the All Blacks turned down three shots at goal to go on the attack. The All Blacks did their best to desperately scramble for 50 minutes while one man short after replacement prop Angus Ta'avao copped a red card for an accidental head clash. A 10-7 halftime deficit seemed rosy for the All Blacks in the circumstances but they allowed Ireland to steal the march in the second half. On the pitch Ireland's celebrations were somewhat muted, though, knowing this triumph is only half the job. After a scrappy start that again allowed Ireland to strike first in the third minute and gain supreme dominance, the All Blacks galvanised in the face of adversity.
Inspired Ireland claim historic win over undisciplined All Blacks in Dunedin.
They put us in a really good place this week, and all we had to do was go and deliver what they put together for us and we did that... At times it was like a movie, where you watch a poor soul hang on to the cliff edge by his fingertips, as the All Blacks stayed in the game. Now, a piece of advice. Somehow, despite Ireland having around 70 per cent of possession and buoyed by the sight of three All Blacks being told to take a hike by Peyper, the hosts managed to hang on. Porter scored in each half but it was his second, in the 48th minute, that had alarm bells of all shapes and sizes going off in the All Blacks camp. This was Ireland's first win in New Zealand in 117 years of trying, and they will deserve all the praise they are sure to receive in the days ahead after punishing the ill-disciplined All Blacks at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
The All Blacks take on Ireland in the second test of a three game series and for the first time in Dunedin since 2002.
All Blacks defence hanging on as Ireland break through but Andrew Porter is too strong and crosses the line. NZL TRY! The All Blacks keep going after the halftime hooter goes. Ireland are attacking at speed on the left side. The All Blacks are in trouble again. There are some more disruptions to the game. They have a penalty advantage and it's quickly taken by Codie Taylor. Scott Barrett collects the ball and leaps towards the line but the ball has been held up. IRE TRY! Bundee Aki breaks through as Ireland close in on the try-line. Ireland continue to put pressure on the All Blacks but they turn the ball over. The All Blacks are now challenging Ireland on their goal line. We go to an All Blacks scrum. NZL TRY! The All Blacks found momentum. Ireland get their first victory over the All Blacks in New Zealand.
Andrew Porter twice powered over to help the impressive Irish to a deserved 23-12 victory over the indisciplined All Blacks. Captain Johnny Sexton - passed fit ...
A pull-back by Lowe leaves the referee with no choice but to give New Zealand a penalty, albeit a soft one. Ireland didn't do enough with the man advantage and it's essential that they do more in this next spell with a numerical advantage. New Zealand breathing a sigh of relief and the pressure drops. Now New Zealand are down to 13 with Tuungafasi still in the sin-bin. Aki gets Ireland into the New Zealand 22 and now they're gaining ground and getting ever closer to the try line with every off-load. The All Blacks get the ball back and instantly the momentum flips with New Zealand moving confidently up the field. The pressure doesn't look to be over but New Zealand don't roll away and Ireland have a penalty. Ardie Savea had to be sacrificed, which seemed to be a huge setback until the All Blacks rallied on the stroke of half-time. It was at this stage in the series-opener that New Zealand rallied and buried their opponents with a flurry of counter-punches. A 10-7 deficit at the end of a wild first half would have felt like a mighty fillip for New Zealand. Then the game was disrupted a bit and we missed some moments but to win in New Zealand, which no Irish team has done before, puts it all on the line for next week.” New Zealand should have been reduced to 12 as Italy had been in Dublin during the Six Nations – a huge blunder from the officials.
A historic day for Irish rugby. Ireland deserved winners as Ta'avao's red card proved costly for the All Blacks. Big heroes across the pitch from Peter O'Mahony ...
18 mins: YELLOW CARD FOR NEW ZEALAND. Knock on by New Zealand and Ireland scrum. A chance had opened but Henshaw drops the ball, scrum to New Zealand for a knock-on. New Zealand finally near the Ireland try line. Terrible discipline by New Zealand so far. 20 mins: Clean line-out but New Zealand turn over after good defence. FULL TIME: Ireland 23 New Zealand 12. 30 mins: RED CARD FOR NEW ZEALAND! Long line-out by New Zealand over the back is knocked on by New Zealand. Ireland scrum is solid. Sexton clears into New Zealand half and Ireland can breathe a sigh of relief again. Bower bursts through and New Zealand play tap and go as they try to get it over the line. New Zealand turn over the line-out, but a penalty for Ireland after an illegal clean-out. New Zealand have it all to do to catch Ireland. Irish fans in Dunedin can dream of a historic victory. 76 mins: New Zealand appear to put it down at the post, video referee checks but Peter O’Mahony gets an arm under to prevent the try.
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“I’m not going to back down,” the All Blacks captain is warned by Jaco Peyper, who suggests that another penalisable act in this territory will send a third New Zealand player from the field. New Zealand survive again! This is extraordinary profligacy from Ireland, who play out the back, slightly curiously, on first phase, and good outside blitz defence from New Zealand forces a hurried James Lowe to drop the ball. Dalton Papalii puts some footwork on to make three metres as New Zealand edge ever closer and the hooter blares. And there is the try! They withstood an early Ireland storm before crushing them in the 20 minutes before half-time to notch a comprehensive 42-19 victory.
Andrew Porter was the unlikely hero with two tries as Ireland beat the All Blacks in New Zealand for the first time in their history.
But, and bear with me here, in between New Zealand running riot Ireland looked decent, and a proportion of said riotousness was facilitated by some poor execution or simple mistakes on the part of the tourists. Ireland arrived in New Zealand with a some hope of winning the opening game of the series in Eden Park. Why? Because Andy Farrell’s men had managed to win three of the last five meeting between the sides, that’s why. Ireland gather it without fuss and Gibson-Park boots it long and into touch. New Zealand decide it’s their turn to play a bit as they catch and drive a lineout on their own 10m line before releasing the backs. All Blacks are ominously building phases in the Ireland half and a befuddled James Lowe pulls back Quinn Tupaea to give a away a penalty. New Zealand boot it clear off the resulting scrum. New Zealand have a lineout in the Ireland half which they claim and walk forward in a maul while the ref plays a penalty advantage. Ireland run a nice pattern off the back off it to find James Lowe arcing into midfield from his wing, but the big fella knocks it on! Unfortunately, in accessing this buffet they have frequently dropped their plates, forgotten their cutlery or allowed the New Zealand lads to get to the good vol-au-vents. The ball works back inside but NZ don’t roll away and Ireland have a relieving penalty. Tadhg Beirne, who has had a towering game, does some more of the same by claiming a lineout under pressure and Ireland are back on the attack. A snappy lineout from the All Blacks puts them on the front foot in the Ireland 22.
OPINION: Two yellow cards and one red cost New Zealand, along with some sloppy handling in the perfect conditions under the roof.
Folau Fakatava: Got final 18 minutes on debut and tried to speed things up in desperate situation. On in 43rd minute with Retallick doing HIA, then back for final seven minutes. Off after a couple of minutes, then back in 64th. One memorable run for half of the All Blacks’ clean breaks in the match. Made presence felt with and without ball, in between passing HIA after nasty head knock. Brodie Retallick: Had to front big time with no Sam Whitelock, and did, but lacked a bit of quality assistance. Scott Barrett: Back in the second row and picked off a couple of fine lineout steals, but also knocked on on the ground on more than one occasion. Dalton Papalii: All eyes on him in the No 6 and didn’t have the sort of impact Scott Barrett did last week, but did do some nice tight work in forcing players upright. Led the team’s tackle count with 13 and dug in at the breakdown without getting much reward. Aaron Smith: Crisp showing from the base, with all his speed to the ruck and dealing with all sorts of Irish big bodies. Bad early pass to ground, unfortunate yellow card for elbow to head of Mack Hansen when leaping for charge down, had ball stripped in a tackle. Great ruck defence to get early second half turnover, and super jump and catch back in play of penalty kick.