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!
Follow all the action from Dunedin as Ireland continue their summer tour.
“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.
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!
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.
The Irish level the three-Test series at 1-1, after achieving their first win over the All Blacks on New Zealand soil.
Ireland kept its composure as the All Blacks fought back. - The All Blacks lost Angus Ta'avao to a red card in the opening 40 minutes Ireland has prevailed 23-12 in a Test match of high intensity, beating the All Blacks on New Zealand soil for the first time in Dunedin.
A red card to Angus Ta'avao and yellow cards to two other All Blacks paved the way for Ireland's first-ever win in New Zealand.
A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. The patrons were still blowing cool air on their deep-fried snacks when Porter cracked the All Blacks defence to score the first try in the fourth minute. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. He deserves to have a big one. That really hurt the All Blacks. No, let's go with the second try scored by Porter early in the second half. He celebrates his 37th birthday in a few days. And loosehead prop Andrew Porter will forever remember the night he scored two tries against the All Blacks. The red card, or the two yellow cards? Sexton's conversion, which was followed by a penalty, put this beyond doubt. Ireland lock James Ryan was also yellow carded.