

Peter O’Mahony is in floods of tears, part celebration, part disbelief. (Getty Images) New Zealand 22-32 Ireland, 80 minutes “We’ve a few weeks off so I’m sure there will be a few pints of Guinness had. To be a part of a history-making group like this is special.

It is what you strive for as a little kid. “To play for the country of Ireland means everything to us. We knew if we could perform as well as we could we would be close. All hte games we have lost in the last year or two are games we felt we didn’t perform as well as we could. “After the first Test it was pretty tough, but we knew we had it in us. Unbelievably proud of the group - we’ve had a great month out here. It’s the type of tour you want to be on, it doesn’t get much harder, and this was the goal coming out. “It’s hard to tell right now but it is an incredible feeling.
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They’ve been class - they deserve their win tonight.” Josh van der Flier reacts to Ireland’s series win “It’s been incredible to play at home after the last couple of years and we are bloody sorry we couldn’t put the performance out there that deserve. They’ve been outstanding the last couple of weeks. “We didn’t put out the performance we so desperately wanted to, but we can’t take anything away from Ireland. “We are extremely disappointed, gutted in fact,” a dejected Sam Cane reflects.

Story continues F/T: New Zealand 22-32 IrelandĮxtraordinary. The series is locked at 1-1 after Ireland recorded their first-ever win over the All Blacks on New Zealand soil last week Ireland face New Zealand in a series decider in Wellington “And we’ve got to make sure we put a bit of doubt in the All Blacks’ minds as the game goes.”įollow live updates from New Zealand vs Ireland in the series decider, below: New Zealand vs IrelandĦ5’ - TRY! Herring stretches out for vital score (NZ 22-32 Ire)Ħ0’ - TRY! Incredible pace from Jordan to blaze over (NZ 22-25 Ire)ĥ2’ - TRY! Powerful, spinning score from Ioane to narrow the gap further (NZ 17-22 Ire)Ĥ4’ - TRY! Savea spins over the line to give All Blacks perfect start to second half (NZ 10-22 Ire)ģ8’ - TRY! Henshaw touches down after gorgeous attacking play (NZ 3-22 Ire)Ģ8’ - TRY! Keenan scores in the corner after brilliant hands (NZ 3-12 Ire)ĥ’ - TRY! Van der Flier crashes over to give Ireland the perfect start (NZ 0-5 Ire) “They’ve got a plan but it’s up to us to bring a bit of chaos to that plan,” Farrell added. Ireland have momentum on their side, and confidence too after a run of four victories in their last seven matches against New Zealand.
