Brief video. Date! Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time in New Zealand

2022 hasn’t been easy for the Irish, but by beating New Zealand for the first time in history on home soil, the XV of Clover really put a performance on. Of course, we must remember that the All black Reduced to 14 after Ta’avao Red. Not to mention the two yellow cards for Tu’ungafasi and Fainga’anuku. But if the New Zealanders were undisciplined, it was because the Irish put a lot of effort into this meeting. After a first attempt that clocked in quickly like last week, they were unimpressed with 77% occupancy within the first 40 minutes! In the end, each team scored two goals Trials Thanks to Andrew Porter to me’Ireland and Barrett and Jordan for the blacks.

But it was Sexton’s feet in particular, with 13 points, that made the difference with three penalties in particular. Ireland have so far won four of their last seven encounters against the three-time world champions. And who will have to respond in the way next week, on pain of losing this series. Some will be highly critical of the staff choices to launch Savea after Red or even Barrett and Smith in Chapter Two. Without their leaders, New Zealand could not find the solution against the Irish defence.