Don’t think Irish choked. AB just switched up gears on the day. Well done All Blacks 🎉 Credit where it’s due.

Very impressed with the chair Lady , should be on the TV , knowledgable and smart

How do you loose a QF when the opposition has 14 in a crucial period of the game! How, when you’re dealing with a champion side who knows how to win, period!

All Blacks didn't let the Irish play their game who thought they would. Took more than 100 years to win the first time it might take another 100 years to win again. All Blacks have the best winning stats of any sports team in the world. Those stats have only got better in the last 20 years. Expectation in NZ based on history is to win every game. We're surprised and disappointed when we don't. Historically South Africa are the only team with parity.

Im an AB fan with a different opinion, but you can't look at missed opportunities or refs calls and think that was the game, you have to understand the All Blacks also had missed opportunities and some rough calls also. For example, all blacks hot on attack and theres no way that ball was out when porter picked it out of the ruck. The All Blacks earned the right to dictate the game by getting the early lead, and it always felt like Ireland were playing catchup.

Tough for Ireland but the sense of entitlement or we deserved this - can always trip you up. NZ missed winning many RWCs after being the dominant team in between them. They too felt hard done by after beating the Boks in 2019 but the Boks eventually winning due to an easier side of the draw. I get the impression that the ABs were willing to sacrifice both the French and Springbok game and instead aim for peaking at the QFs and beyond and of course the red card in Twickers didn't help. I always thought Ireland saying their preference was to meet the ABs in the QFs was a HUGE mistake...

“Higher percentage call to go for the corner”??? Are you kidding me, it’s a knock out game in a RWC you go for the points on offer. This moment to me sums up why Ireland lost, you can not take anything for granted and expect it just going to be easy to get a try, you take the 3, specially at the beginning of the game.

It takes years to get over. The ABs choked in RWC1999, RWC2003, & RWC2007, went 24 years before winning RWC2011 & RWC2015. During our choking history, we were number #1 between RWCs & went in hot favourites. And the rugby world loved calling us chokers. And we were. So, did Ireland choke? You bet you did. Bigtime. You're basically the ABs pre RWC2007. Accept it, embrace the choke, use the pain to win the RWC. You can do it. Maybe get choker tee shirts done lol. So, keep analysing, overanalysing, megaoveranalysing, the game. It's all part of the process. But the sooner you get to the realisation that you CHOKED, then the healing can start. And thankfully, World Rugby has sorted out the RWC draw process. This one was ridiculous. All the best.

It just seems like Ireland feels entitled despite an overall 'not great' win record over south and new Zealand over a long period of time. What's the overall long term win record. The last 2 years have been a flash in the pan. Need to be far more consistent in the long run to have the mental strength to see it through.

Gummon….Ireland played a NZ team with 14 players for 20 minutes! They had huge crowd support and even the ref was with them giving two yellow cards. The game was there for the taking!

Ireland very cohesive, well orchestrated team, very solid defence, predictable attack (Ian Foster called it Cut and Paste " we knew what was coming"). They played the same game they have in all other recent games. But they lack pace across the whole backline. Sexton far too slow. Also lack imagination in the moment, just playing patterns. NZ out muscled Ireland in the forwards, better scrum, better lineout and faster, quicker and more imagination and skill in the NZ backs. The chip over the top of ireland defence was obvious way to break their defence, if you have the skill to execute it. NZ did. So although the scores were close I dont think Ireland were ontop in any aspect.

Ireland are a class act, from the players, on & off the field, to the coaching staff and fans alike.They have set the bar so high, that we have been privileged to watch some of the best rugby ever, over these last few weeks. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, and massive respect from a grateful South African.

When Doris dropped the ball from an ABs in-goal dropkick, it was obvious, the Irish were tired and mentally spent. Farrell didn't rotate players so against the ABs, it showed.

While the loss was extremely disappointing it hurt less because their performance was excellent. To me that is not a choke, we just got beaten by a team that raised their game so much.

ireland was chasing the abs the whole game - at no point did ireland look like they were in front nor were they going to be - the game ireland did not want to have with the abs but forgot it was the abs they were facing not some ordinary nz side that ireland were saying they were - abs never give up and they showed why they are the "all blacks"

ABs did make final interchanges near the end of the game and Whitelock got the turn over. Fresh legs helped the ABs

When Ireland won the series in NZ last year, the All Blacks were having their worst year in decades - Ian Foster is lucky to have survived and replaced his whole coaching team. Joe Schmidt is in charge of the backs - Jason Ryan, who will stay on with Scott Robertson, is the Crusaders forwards coach, has made the biggest difference.

The chip kicks shouldn't have been a suprise, that's how NZ beat the Boks in Auckland this year. If the Irish weren't prepared for an AB team with 3 quality kickers in the backline with Beaudy and Jordie Barrett and Ritchie Mo'unga, then I suggest that the Irish weren't prepared well enough.

Anyone would think listening to this, that Ireland got 2 yellow cards and the All Black's got a penalty try. The ABs faced 20 minutes with a man down. What more did Ireland want, a red card I guess. Ireland played as well as the ABs let them

ABs we’re just better on the day ,Ireland played to the best of there ability, none of this panel has played high end rugby where’s this narrative coming from ??? 2 sin bins to ABs ?you had a chance your making excuses Irish media 🤫

Honestly cant read too much into pool stage performances, while IRE did beat the Boks it wasn't a knock out match, & that makes all the difference! The knock outs call for a huge lift beyond the mere measureables, & it must be managed all the way to the finish line. Tournament rugby is the most brutal of all team sports & cant be approached like a collection of several individual games. The tournament becomes the game.

High expectations can lead to big disappointments.

Calling Sam Cane a second rate Richie McCaw, really motivated him. Best game I've seen him play. No.1 tag means nothing.

What is with all those Irish analysts saying Ireland didn’t even play at 90 percent . The all blacks defense didn’t allow them to dictate the pace of the game and the battle at the breakdown slowed down their ball. When the all blacks were smashing everyone in the pool stages their excuses was Irelands defense won’t let the All blacks do that in the quarters . Keep the same energy you guys had prior to the game

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but here’s the problem. Johnny cannot play a game every week at his age and should have sat out the first half of the Scotland game, at least and all of the game if we were winning well. Instead we played our full strength team in a physical game against a neighbour with a grudge. This hurt our players badly going into the quarter finals.

Nearly every Irish Rugby Sideline Commentators "Pre Game" assesement was based on Old data or information. Ireland was so unconcerned with the facts to actually stop, think & observe the All Blacks at all. Ireland played with emotion which can only help so much, they couldnt get the All Blacks to buy into their Style of play, they couldnt capitalise in key moments AB's 2 yellow cards, in the end it was ireland who had to conform to the All Blacks state of play not the other way around.❤

The ABs traditionally have been amazing at the breakdown and being accurate - over 100 years. So maybe Schmidt but it’s an AB trait when playing well

They choked. You may not want to call it that because its a self fulfilling prophecy. But when it happens at the next world cup then youll have to call it choking and youll reflect back to this world cup and realise that it was also choking. 18 victories on the trot, then the one game that really counts .. choked. Its definitely choking Seriously Choking

Ireland can attack and score tries, but on knockout tournaments, Ireland needs to understand that beating the best teams in the world, you have to win every aspects of the game. Ireland is not far off. You guys are on the right track.

The game was so amazing for the simple fact they didn’t choke. They were beaten by a team who just played better and won those crucial moments.

I said it on another platform. When I rewatched I saw a reason Ireland lost. You'd just had Aaron Smith one of their best players yellow carded. But instead of stretching your advantage like NZ would've done Sexton kicks it out. Thereby negating the advantage of taking them down to 14 men because they get a 10 min breather in between. Maybe Ireland showed their best hand against South Africa, Tonga, Scotland.. Didn't rotate enough. And just didn't have enough energy/intensity to play the way they are used to.

Seems when Ireland get beaten it is other teams forcing us out of our comfort zone knowing we will likely not think on our feet. For all the amazing things over the last few years I feel our biggest problem is when things start to go wrong we find it hard to adapt. Nothing is like a RWC. 6 nations you get a do-over the next year, whereas RWC is a 4 year wait. I'm finding it hard to remember if we ever properly got into great attacking shape in that game at all. And for all the negatives we still had a chance to win it in the end. Still a top 4 team regardless of what the RWC shows. France getting knocked out too shows that for all the success the northern hemisphere has had the southern hemisphere just have such a long history of getting it done when it matters. So proud our our lads and let's not rip up too much in the review.

Of course Ireland choked , No 1 in the world , had a 20 minute 1 man advantage and still couldn't win and we're always behind on the scoreboard. New Zealand were worthy winners and the best team on the day . The Quarter Final hoodoo is real , LoL .😂

They didnt choke - they just lost. NZ fan.

Hi from Nz, thank you for a great moment in history, Respect to Johnny Sexton and his great team, we still talk about how the green team came to nz and showed us the best running game we've seen in so long. Johnny and his Green warriors will always be respected in Nz, see you in the finals in 4years

You mean NZ played when it mattered.

Quarter of game ABs played with 14 against a full IRE team! Suggest accepting ABs better team on the day. Ref calls went against us. Difference is ABs were never arrogant. ABs know how to play under pressure

Certainly not a choke, top 4 teams are very much on par with each other. Maybe they believed the hype a little too much.

I tell you where Ireland's 2 problems are. Their bench is weak and always lose the last 20 minutes. Also, Ireland only has 2 players with flair, and both are from New Zealand. No one else brings the X-factor, and certainly not Sexton. At the end of the game, when Aki and Lowe were tired, Ireland became lethargic, robotic, cut-and-paste... They could have had 10 more minutes they were not gonna score a point if their lives depended on.

Hold your heads high Ireland it was small margins and certainly no choke. Yaall be baaack.

Irish dreams shattered by little old nz, when it matters nz take no prisoners

From an Irish fan? New Zealand stepped it up when they had to,they played really well. The one thing I would say about Ireland is? The management didn't make changes quick enough,Mac Hanson was injured and shouldn't have started,Furlong was injured also and shouldn't have started,at least four players should have been off at the 50th minute because they were having a poor game

I had a terrible nightmare last night. Ireland went out at the quarter final stage AGAIN and England somehow made it to the semi finals 😢

All I hear is a lot of excuses. The Irish team couldn’t win even against 14 men for 20minutes of the match. Look at where they went wrong, not giving away two penalties.

Sexton did nothing but just pass ABZ just targeted the runners around him to old to slow

Pride before a fall! Andy Farrell said last week live "Ireland's team was a better team now without Joe Schmidt! The All Blacks have been in the same spot many times and have choked. Ireland didn't choke, they were beaten fair and square. Ireland are a great side, the best for many years! Here in NZ, 55% of people bet Ireland to win. We see the game and teams as they are. The teams of today are not the teams of the past and are not the teams of the future. Ireland will have its day! We are two great Rugby countries and should be proud. May we fight another battle in the not-too-distant future!

ireland had a great run. important to back up that form with 6nations atleast to show this run wasn't just a run. Sexton was a passenger last 20mins, should have been subbed. hope the new cap learns to kick kickable penalties. this is knockout rugby. scoreboard pressure is a killer

Ireland didnt choke, but relied too much on an easily read backline cutout move. Sexton was ignored because the All Blacks knew he wasnt going to run.

ireland have got so used to dictating games and having a lead they seemed totally unprepared for the onslaught the ABs put on defensively from the 1st whistle. The bossing of the breakdown that Ireland have had was suddenly gone and they had no answer. Sexton looked like he was playing walking rugby in the last 15 minutes and Farrell couldnt have him replaced. choked again? I dont think so, they simply werent the best team on the night.

You all guys have forgotten that the All Blacks are perhaps the Greatest Team in Rugby History. YES, Ireland may have been a better team in the past 4 years due to Covid19 restrictons and SA leaving the SR but we are still the All Blacks. The Springboks are iur equal in many ways except we have better records head to head against them.

Quit yout whinging. The ABS turned up and pummelled them at the breakdown. Ireland play well but lost the upfront bottle. 6 tries - 5 to kiwis and 1 to the english ref

Lol ! Porter was angling in so much he looked almost 90 degrees

Nah, Porter was getting absolutely buckled in the scrum by Lomax. Lomax was square and under him, so Porter had 1 legal option and that was to get pushed back...but he didnt want to do that so he angled in everytime pushing the scrum sideways. Porter was at 45 degree angle while Lomax was square. Porter did this every penalised scrum and Barnes even said it at the time. Go rewatch it.

What on earth are you moaning about the scrum? How many scrums did Ireland have in the game? If you don’t push straight, you aren’t playing within the rules and get penalised.

Against 14 men, for 20 mins Ireland did get 7 points … they should have done better

Ireland coulda/shoulda won this game ! Knock out rugby is different - Kick the penalties on offer, Forget the past ! Hearing Andy Farrell say after the last pool game they were preparing for this game as " normal" suggested that the requirements of finals knockout rugby has not yet been appreciated- the result reinforces this.

I think we have to take a leaf out of South Africa’s book. Get bigger up front and crucially have two A teams. At least 2 top players in every position. That’s why South Africa have poor mid World Cup cycles and never win the rugby championship!! They are always building and experimenting.

Great commentary.... NZ fan... enormously happy that the All Blacks won but really feel for Ireland and the fans.... this is not the end for Ireland but a continuation of something special... Kia kaha. Mark

Simple, the best team on the day won, no way did Ireland choke, they would probably have beaten any other team on the day. The ABs are looking very strong

"Winners criticize themselves to improve, losers criticize others to justify." ~Orrin Woodward.

One loss doesn’t define a team. Ireland is still one of the best teams in the world. We had 24 years of waiting for another win, meanwhile being ranked at the top or near the top all the way. Small margins won the game, Ireland was right there.

Irelnd and France were absolutely amazing to watch in the pool stages, when the knock out games came up its where the wheels came off. England is worrying me as Bok supporter as they tend to have a big game in them, we need to focus on them next and then worry about the final. I dont care if we win the final even though we lost against Ireland in all honesty, I'm sure many teams wouldn't mind a loss and still take the trophy home.

England has joined the rugby championship 😂🇿🇦

🇳🇿The All Blacks were gassed,2 Yellow Cards zapped their energy sources immensely and to never be headed under such adversity just shows how great this All Black machine is.The recent matches the ABs lost is through soft Yellow & Red cards..the most carded team in history❌🏉🇳🇿🇳🇿

Feel your pain. 2007 in Cardiff. Same for us. You have clearly being the best going around for a while and tripped up.

The Irish fans are awesome. Irish pundits are thoughtful, knowledgeable and create conversations rather than diatribes and their national team is so hard to beat ... now my Second Fan Team .... behind the Boks, of course. Thank you, Maire.

I knew when Irland & France Gave Us A Hiding A Couple Yrs Ago That To Keep That Form All The Way To The World Cup Is More Than Just Impossible It’s Never Been Done So There Was Hope But The Mind Definitely Said Irland Was Winning This Game & My Mighty AllBlacks As Always Blew Me Away Again 😢😂❤🎉

As a Saffa, Sextant lost it for Ireland. The team did not choke, but he did. Going for the corners not the posts clearly showed he had a point to prove. A young team without historically blocked minds will take the Cup. Best way forward is to assert yourselves during the 6 Nations and at Club Level.

Talking about the double penalty as the turning point... nah, both games had clear turning points, each including one of brilliance and one of reffing. Jordie Barrett holding Ireland up over the line and then Doris dropping the resulting restart was THE moment in this game. The reffing one is Hansen's pass is VERY close to forward and the result was an Aaron Smith yellow, and Ireland then scored down his channel. In the RSA v FRA game, THE moment was Jalibert shanking his penalty backwards, which resulted in a messy French exit and almost a Kolbe linebreak, eventually resulting in the Etzebeth try. The reffing one was the VERY close knockdown by Etzebeth that prevented the French going up 2 tries, and him likely being in the bin for 10 and (possibly) getting a red for his later head clash.

Nz just have naturally better players than ireland

Paul o connell needs to go .the lineout was a shambles

IRE have been absolutely brilliant these last 2 years. Well drilled & strong minded with impressive solution-driven maturity. But, rugby is still played with odd shaped balls & players - implying there's still place to outmanoeuvre pragmatic analysis & failproof game plays. Sometimes, an opponent will want a win with even greater desperation, it happens.

Give the Irish credit and respect as a top 3 team . They didn’t choke , they were beaten on the day by a better team with strategy and game plan and dogged spirit and guts . Kudos to both teams . Bok fan

ABs kept Ireland in the game with 2 yellow cards and penalty try but you cannot deny 100 yrs of rugby superiority and dominance. The score honestly flattered Ireland.

The challenge for Ireland is was it a small period in history where Ireland have been strong or do they look to take on the behavior of the All Blacks and keep building better and stronger systems and players? New Zealand has been at the top for 100 years because they are ruthless with their time, energy and thinking.

Kia ora. Excellent World Cup. To see the difference in styles of all the teams and how each has interpreted how this awesome game should be played, is Awesome! Noho ora mai.

Almost 10 minutes before any credit given to the All Blacks. Then the last minute writing them off again? Come on guys, sore losers!

The Irish perspective is an interesting one. 2x sin bins as well as a penalty try yet the theme is calls going against Ireland. The fact of the matter is it was a heavy weight test match between two of the best rugby nations in the world. All Blacks form fluctuated leading into the WC however they have not been consistently bad. They turned up to the quarter final and defeated an outstanding Irish side who performed well. NZ pressured the Irish set piece and matched up physically. NZ were desparate defending broken play when Ireland broke the line. Simply put, NZ were better on the day but that doesn't discredit Ireland.

As an AB fan we have been here before, multiple world cups and it hurts. The best thing the AB's did after 2007 was to actually own how they perform under pressure. The whole "despite all these things going against them" attitude wont get you far next WC. Take a look at the controllables; shanking an easy kick, poor cleans, poor lineouts, shelling high balls, missing tackles off set phase strikes.

Playing against 14 men for a quarter of the game. AB's are on a trajectory and the coach we've been waiting for is coming onboard. This was your shot and fell short. You'll likely do better without Sexton, the guy was a shuffling, unimaginative passenger.

Cant blame the ref mate us kiwis hate Barnes. Our winning record under him is 45%! And he binned two of our players.. Abs dominated the scrum, lineouts and breakdowns. They figured out Irelands attack pattern and therefore were able to defend it well. The pressure also got to Ireland. They dont have world cup winners in their squad like we do. Not to mention the previous Irish lost series wouldve been added motivation. Ireland need to get an easy quarter next time to get over that mental hoodoo. In saying how awesome the Abs were Im genuinely worried about facing Argie. Recovering from such an emotional high is a difficult thing indeed. Just look at us in 2019 in the semifinal and then England ditto in the final.

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Ireland choked like they always do in the World Cup.

Also, can someone correct me if I’m wrong but are the 4 semis teams not auto the ceded teams in the pools at next RWC? If yes, then France and Ireland are possibly once again in a pool very skewed by quality…

21:43 Correction: They wern't "the best team in the last 4 years." Maybe the last 18 or so months, but not the last 4 years 😉 Remember in the beginning of Farrell's stint, they were getting beaten quite handily. I remember some people calling for him to be sacked, in fact. It was only once their systems started to click that they became the force that they were / are. We'll have to wait and see how they kick on without "that mouthy cnt" and a few others. As things stand now, IMO, Ireland will probably lift the trophy in 2027 (that is if Razor's ABs don't ruin the party again!) with the IP Ireland will gain through Leinster in the near future.

Easily the best game New Zealand have played in the last 4 years, I agree. As a New Zealander I didn't think we were capable of it. I hoped we would win but expected Ireland to win. I really feel for the side. I would note that New Zealanders know what it's like to go into a world cup as the number 1 ranked side and not win. We know what it's like to go in as the reigning champions and not win. You can't have the glory without the heartbreak. I believe Irish rugby is in its best shape for 40 years. That game should have been the final.

As an AB supporter, Ireland did not choke ,they were magnificent ❤❤❤

Ireland definitely didn't choke, they were choked by the AB tactics and the AB's had to play at a new level to withstand Ireland.

How could you consider Ireland's performance a choke? Both teams threw everything at each other, including the kitchen sink. It was a fantastic game that could've gone either way. I think if Ireland had their time over again, maybe they would kick for goal rather than for touch when they were in range.

You guys have no idea. In every scrum De groot is beating Furlong, Taylor is beating Sheehan. So what happens when porter stays still and the other 2 go backwards? Porter gets left behind so any push from him is sideways. Penalty

The ABs did not drop any balls, so made no unforced errors. Ireland needed to put more pressure on the ABs, as that is how you get the opponent to rush their decisions and make unforced errors. In my opinion, momentum is a word used to easily or even incorrectly in sport. It is not momentum, as it is physics and not a human mind trick. In sport we use muscle and game play memory, that cause you to execute your skills under pressure. Playing and practicing, we hone our 'game instincts'. Andrew Porter have been scrumming illegally for a while now, and at some stage he was going to get penalised. He's bind is incorrect (look a tthe angle of his binding arm) and he was boring in trying to get under the opponent. Trying to talk this up, is not helping. He is a better scrummager if he just bind tighter and scrums straight through the opponent. He has to trust his strength, but then also the scrum has to scrum as a unit and not as individuals. Ireland have been scrumming like a 8 individuals, instead of a unit. Johnny Sexton cost you this game, and should have been subbed much earlier. He as just going through the motions in the 2nd half. He was not playing, how he could be. If you watch the game back, he is just getting the ball, standing still and giving it to the next man, without any momentum (which is the right use of the term). It was Johnny that nullified some of the strongest attacking threats in this world cup, Bundee Aki, Gary Ringrose, James Lowe, Jimmy O'Brien & Hugo Keenan (Hansen as well, but a calf muscle is a difficult problem to get over in a week)

As a kiwi we know how it feels to be the best in the world and not win the World Cup. It’s happened to us about 4 times

Maybe NZ supporters should have sing Zombie to the Irish......

ABs worked out how the Irish attacked, came up with a defensive system to shut it which was built on connections, trust and not over committed with the Irish lead runners. First they had to compete at the breakdown

Welcome to the inner sanctum of the Proteas cricket side. Its a tough one, sorry to say it but it doesnt stop.

All Black fan we have been here, Ireland will learn from this and be stronger teams

Ireland underestimated the All Blacks. They were blinded by their past success. What happened last year is irrelevant. This is a different All Black Team. A new front row etc. Even a change in the coaching staff excluding Foster. I am amazed the Irish never saw this or considered they were playing a different AB team. This is knockout rugby and NZ knows what is required to get to a final. Ditto for South Africa and England. The Irish will learn and yes it has to be the hard way.

I remember when NZ lost to France in the quarter finals I think 2003, when it looked like we were going to win. I was devastated and it took a quite a few days to get over it, but I did. I still supported the AB's. It will hurt but you do get over it and look forward to not the next World Cup but the next game they will play and I will be in the stands still cheering them on.

What a bunch of whininers, 100 of the bounce of the ball went the All Blacks way. All the referee decisions went against us. It wasn't the All Blacks putting so much pressure on the opposition and executing their game plan better under those conditions, ohh nooo. In my opinion, with incredible defence, Ireland didn't get going, because they were't allowed to. Had to laugh, "...one try and we probably run away with it..." . Seriously, give us some credit.

It seems the Irish appear to concede the obvious....says a lot when 14 ABs can hold out 15 Irish....and that's just for starters.....being ranked #1 is not a garrantee of success.....