Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown & Dublin Duel

[Crash]

@Nepia
Well at least it makes a change from people talkiing about the US election..

[MN5]

Scotland, your turn next...

Argentina can get fucked though.

[akan004]

Smith's confidence was shot as well thanks to the muppet couple from Christchurch. Fuck it, I blame those two pricks for this loss.

[Kirwan]

Missed Dagg out there for the high kicks, can't play both Naholo and Julian. Felt like 2009 at times.

Well done to Ireland, targeted the missing locks and back three selection perfectly and tackled really well.

[chimoaus]

@nzzp said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:

Wow, well done Ireland.

Well coached, well executed, you brought your A game and deserved the win. Congratulations.

All Blacks almost did enough - lacked cohesion and accuracy, partly due to the quality defence that Ireland brought to the table. Joe Schmidt should take a bow, that is one quality coaching performance. and the attacking mindset got them over the line.

I don't feel that upset to be honest. A little sad to lose the unbeaten record against the Irish, but it had to happen. So well played.

That said, it felt like a bit of a perfect storm. Bad discipline, poor handling, key injuries, not responding to the ref - all leads to a loss. Lucky it wasn't by more to be fair.

Well done Ireland, well played and well deserved.

Well said and my thoughts exactly

[mariner4life]

@taniwharugby no jokes, this is serious stuff!

[Donsteppa]

111 years of history on the CV for the squad today. I'm alternating between sour bitterness and understanding Marshall's sympathy about being on the wrong end of history.

[Tim]

That first half was an all time low for the AB forwards. Play two locks, be awake by kick-off next time.

[Kirwan]

Adds a bit of spice for the Lions next year, doesn't it.

[No Quarter]

That must feel like winning a WC for Ireland, that win was more then a century in the making. What a result. You can't take anything away from them, they held off an awesome onslaught from the men in black in the 2nd 40.

The ABs will get shit piled on them by all and sundry. There will be talk of arrogance, complancy, you name it, but at the end of the day all that happened is that they were outplayed on the day. The loss hurts but that 2nd 40 was the most exciting stuff I've watched in a while.

I'm immensly proud of our achievements this year after losing the core of our team to retirement. The 18 wins on the trot was a great ride and unlikely to be beaten any time soon. So go easy lads, one loss doesn't change any of that.

[Billy Tell]

It is only right and proper to congratulate Pot Hale.

Well done mate, Ireland were magnificent.

[Donsteppa]

@MN5 said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:

Scotland, your turn next...

Argentina can get fucked though.

So can Scotland.

[dejo]

Congratulations Ireland, what an amazing game, the Americans certainly got their exhibition match. Going to be a killer trivia question in about 100 years: "what ground did the Irish notch their first ever win against NZ at?"

[mariner4life]

@Kirwan it was a shitload more effective than Gats getting on the troll

[SynicBast]

Congrats Pot Hale, your guys played us out of the game by 70minutes of pressure, only this time you jkept the pressure up at the end as well

[mariner4life]

Oh and well done Ireland

[Nepia]

@No-Quarter Yeah man, it's annoying to lose but the team have done us proud all year (bar 80 minutes in Chicago). Clearly Chicago was our bridge too far.

[Donsteppa]

@mariner4life said in Ireland v NZ - Chicago Showdown:

@Kirwan it was a shitload more effective than Gats getting on the troll

Gatland hardly covers himself in glory in his day job either.

[mariner4life]

@No-Quarter did you not read the thread? Bitterness and recriminations started by about minute 20

[chimoaus]

I have to say Sexton put on a masterclass in that first half, his kicking was sublime.