What's Irish for "revenge?" All Blacks vs Ireland at Eden Park

[cashead]

All Blacks
1. George Bower (Crusaders)
2. Codie Taylor (Crusaders)
3. Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Blues)
4. Brodie Retallick (Chiefs)
5. Sam Whitelock (Crusaders)
6. Scott Barrett (Crusaders)
7. Sam Cane (Captain, Chiefs)
8. Ardie Savea (Hurricanes)
9. Aaron Smith (Highlanders)
10. Beauden Barrett (Blues)
11. Leicester Fainga'anuku (Crusaders)
12. Quinn Tupaea (Chiefs)
13. Rieko Ioane (Blues)
14. Sevu Reece (Crusaders)
15. Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes)

16. Samisoni Taukei'aho (Chiefs)
17. Karl Tu'unukuafe (Blues)
18. Angus Ta'avao (Chiefs)
19. Pita Gus Sowakula (Chiefs)
20. Dalton Papali'i (Blues)
21. Finlay Christie (Blues)
22. Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders)
23. Braydon Ennor (Crusaders)

Pretty much form selection, with firepower in the midfield. Scott Barrett at 6 is an interesting call, with a clear aim of bolstering the setpiece. It would be interesting to see what influence Joe Schmidt will have. It's clear the Blues massively benefited from having him around, after all.

Ofa ahead of Gus Ta'avao is a call I'm not 100% on, but I can live with it.

[J Dory]

I would have preferred Jordan at 15, with Jordie on the bench or at 12.

[Puja]

Ireland team is up:

Ireland: Keenan; Earls, Ringrose, Henshaw, Lowe; Sexton (capt), Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong, Beirne, Ryan; O'Mahony, Van der Flier, Doris.

Replacements: Heffernan, Bealham, Healy, Treadwell, Conan, Murray, Carbery, Aki.


Injury worries allayed by both Porter and Healy in the XXIII, although you wonder how fit they are.

Puja

[morepork]

I would have preferred Papali'i at 7. BB is going to bust out this series and do the damage.

[cashead]

I would have preferred Jordan at 15, with Jordie on the bench or at 12.

Will Jordan's got the 'rona.

[J Dory]

ahh, well fair enuff then

[paddy no 11]

Dioltas is the answer - a dish we won't be serving cold tomorrow

[Cameo]

I would have preferred Papali'i at 7. BB is going to bust out this series and do the damage.

I suspect if he had been fully fit, he would be starting six. He's some player either way.

[Mr Mwenda]

Some quality kiwi haircuts on both sides. Great start by Ireland. Well constructed opening score that. Felt inevitable.

[Puja]

New Zealand just utterly brutalising Ireland in defence and at the breakdown. Some of the latter of dubious legality, but excellent quality. Ireland are going to need a rethink now they're 16 points down.

ETA. Correction, 23 points down. Ireland collapsing here.

Puja

[Mr Mwenda]

Called away with NZ 9 ahead. Return and the game has got awfully one sided. Classic new Zealand!

[Mr Mwenda]

Had been looking like Ireland were panicking after failing to make the most of their early superiority.

[Banquo]

good reffing

[Banquo]

Then got the try well ….or. Not

[Banquo]

Irish reserve hooker Ko’d there. Dickson is not a good ref as an aside veers between good decisions and poor ones- doesn’t pay attention enough

[Banquo]

Irish reserve hooker Ko’d there. Dickson is not a good ref as an aside veers between good decisions and poor ones- doesn’t pay attention enough

Finally took him off- daft it took so long. He wobbled around for a couple of minutes- poor

[cashead]

More like Direland, lol

[zer0]

More like Direland, lol

Cringe and jannie pilled.

[zer0]

Would prefer Taukei'aho and Papalii to start. Of those, Taukei'aho is the most likely unless Cane gets injured. Hope Sotutu is given a go next week.

The props did what they were selected to do - dominate the scrums - but their selection was very much a conservative 'save my arse' selection imo. I doubt they'll be able to achieve that level of dominance against the Boks or whichever other 6N teams have a strong scrum (England and France?) and will get shown up during phase play. Would've preferred instead just getting stuck in with the younger more dynamic, props such as de Groot, Newell, Norris, and Williams, but that's beyond the scope of this thread.

EDIT: Fainga'anuku was good on debut. Ardie's prominence in the second half speaks to his best position imo.

[Banquo]

More like Direland, lol

The ABs will also get better.

[paddy no 11]

Ireland were better than expected, ab's got an awful lot of decisions, Barrett could have got ared etc

Hopefully we drop jgp

[Cameo]

Ireland were better than expected, ab's got an awful lot of decisions, Barrett could have got ared etc

Hopefully we drop jgp

Funny game - great start from Ireland but then ABsfoumd points a lot easier to come by once they were on top.

What could Barrett have got a red for?

[J Dory]

Yellow for Karl Tu'inukuafe, I only saw the highlights but really? If anyone has dodgy links to full replays, I would love to see the full game.

[cashead]

Ireland were better than expected, ab's got an awful lot of decisions, Barrett could have got ared etc

Hopefully we drop jgp

Funny game - great start from Ireland but then ABsfoumd points a lot easier to come by once they were on top.

What could Barrett have got a red for?

Scott Barrett thumped O'Mahony around the head late in the game. Big Pete'd been chasing the ref around whinging at him as soon as he became captain, but yeah, no need to bash him around the head. It was definitely in the red card territory, and it wouldn't have affected the outcome (unless Ireland could produce around 40+ points in 5 minutes or so) but still.

[paddy no 11]

Were never going to win but could have kept it to 10

Disallowing carberrys try but judging Aaron smith's touch to have gone backwards were both equally marginal give them both or neither

Anyway hopefully 2nd test is a good contest if Irish pack can front up