What is the score ?
@zleap 28:24 to NZ.
Woah that is pretty close,
@zleap it was, but NZ led all the way. They were better at lineouts, scrum, kicking, and tactics. Plus, Ireland were pretty wasteful and made lots mistakes at absolutely crucial times.
Sheer bastard effort kept pulling Ireland back into it, but that is rarely enough.
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Yeah IIRC New Zealand were ruthless on the counter when teams make errors.
@zleap yup, NZ finishing is always clinical.
Ireland were particularly bad at the start. They only really got going at the 20-minute mark, and they were 0:13 down then.
Ireland, amazingly, still came close. In the last 10 minutes, there was an Irish maul-based try attempt held-up and the NZ defense survived a 30+ phase attack. But NZ had done enough by then to deserve it.