Your media is your biggest problem. All the garbage spouted before the Eng/ Ireland game? Eng would only win if Ire down to 13! Rubbish.

Looking back now, your pundits and media were terrible. With everything said about our ABs I honestly was so drunk on the win I didn't know whether to cry or physically abuse the air so I did both 😅😅 But watching it again now without the emotions or expectations, Ireland really gave us a good run to the end. It's a good side no doubt and Ireland need to be given credit for the team they are and what they have achieved leading up to this point, even now with the 6N win.

After watching the game for a third time I still can’t see how the Irish media and fans can say they were the best team on the field that day. Winning the World Cup makes you world champions not just thinking you are the best and expecting to win.😢😢

One could say it was all in your head? ;)

In South Africa we say you underestimate the All Blacks at your peril. They get the job done. Defenitly the most clinical team in rugby history.

It was always close.

@@keevee09 Ireland never had the lead and never looked like taking it New Zealand had it from start to finish

@@EatDeze They were literally the width of Jordie Barrett's knee from taking the lead with 9 minutes to go.

@@genericusername370 Should’ve Could’ve Would’ve doesn’t matter

@@EatDeze But you agree that Ireland looked like taking the lead then?

.........with the exception of Jonny Sexton

@@fallschirmjager0000 that is what I just said yes

and yet whenever an All Black scores you never hear them say - that was scored by a Tongan / Fijian / Samoan

@@user-mangeremountainmagpie so your statement is wrong. All your points were scored by non-NZ players however.

@@naas699makes no sense since they were all born in nz 😂

💯 Irish told the Boks "see you in the final!" To be fair, they did. On TV.

@@SoCalDreaming87 think its just ezebeth talking bs because james lowe schooled him

Roigard just got a season ending injury. I'm so mad

Worst World Cup games ever in my opinion, just nail biter after nail biter! Oh, I'm typing this with the stubs that remained after all my nails were gone...

Probably the france South africa game.that game was played at a higher pace & intensity compared to this one.

Ir was hard, but SH won

SA-France game faaaar better

Yes. Us too..

POM comes to mind aswell.😂

The blacks have been great, but the boks have been a scandal in this cup. They won every match because of corruption. Ireland would have crush them. edit: I mean in final

@@user-zc2kw3fo1d Ah here we are, the French being a disgrace to this sport like they always have been.

I agree Ireland isn't the best (albeit it was very tight) but the boks should not have won the world cup this year. Just their luck to get a useless ref in the quarter final and Sam Cane forgot how to tackle in the final.

@@user-zc2kw3fo1d Talking about corruption when France’s hosting rights were secured because of bribery and your head of rugby was convicted of corruption mere weeks before the opening ceremony. Absolutely laughable.

@@user-zc2kw3fo1d what are you drinking there all on your own?

Rugby is a completely exciting sport, very effective for treating insomnia.

True

Well, let's face it, the Irish had every reason to be toxic, unruly and so on. They were having a grand ole time! 😂😂 Nek minit. 😂😂

"It's coming home!" 😭

Don't tar us all with the same brush! We're fed up with Irish triumphalism. But England stuffed it up them.

Yeah total clowns 🤡🚮

They tried hard.They failed .They won a tonne of respect from NZ

@@gregorychurches5468 they won NZ respect when they beat them at home and won the series in 2022...

what disrespect? nonsense.

wonderful player IE

💯

Likewise, love New Zealand people and their history but they thought they had won the world cup after they beat Ireland😂😂😂, they needed to be humbled and South Africa delivered in the final to put New Zealand in their place, well done South Africa.

@@fmully1429 Just like the many humble Irish fans before the QF, there were many humble kiwis that were just proud and happy we had won. I remember most kiwis were excited for a potential NZvSA final. We were aware that WC's aren't won after a QF from previous WC's, just like many Irish fans know WC's aren't won in the pool stages

@@fmully1429 that's far from the truth. NZ weren't over confident going into the finals. We always knew that the battle would be tough. We couldn't even take it easy on Argentina as they showed in the test matches that they shouldn't be taken lightly too.

@@Jafana09 I of course realise that about New Zealand . But a stupid comment deserves a stupid reply and you did agree with it.

You couldn't have put it better 😅😂

Sjoe dis diep 🤣

Wow 😳😮.🫡well said is @jacquescoetzee😅

@@clibo1 omtrent😂

Ek dog Ek lees Shakespear😂

Have you got there yet its heartbreaking I know BUT not for me 😂😂 sorry

I'm from New Zealand and that last effort by Ireland was one of the most stressful moments I've ever had in my life.

And if the sky was to turn green😂

NZ beat Ireland in Ireland after the 80mins try and with a sideline conversion to win the match by Aaron Cruden.

@@roalddahl1623 a repeated sideline conversion too, broke my heart.

Also I notice most of the comments are poking fun at the Irish for being one of the best rugby teams in the world. Really? You don't see us Irish people making fun of NZ do ya? Respect is part of the game!

@@liamholton8937 Yes most definitely. I’m native NZ Maori a 60 year old nephew of Waka Nathan from The Far North of New Zealand. Rugby is respect. One name comes to mind when I think of Ireland and deserves massive respect. I have loved this man’s speed his knowledge and never say die attitude and showed no shortage of courage class like so many great player as Brian O’Drisscol please excuse my spelling. He was just so master class.

💚🤍🧡

the first ever AB captain was an Irish man.

@@SMacCuUladh Who might that have been?

@@nepiahemopo1702 google oit, it's on the wiki page

actually it was the other way around ! France vs South Africa was far more intense for the whole 80minutes. faster, more exciting, big collisions, great Defense by both Teams, exciting Runs ! definitely the Game of the World Cup and one of the best ever !

Captain Cane was nowhere to be seen on World Cup final day, though. Some spotted him with his hands on his head in the dugout, apparently .

Ah gway with that rubbish, Ireland is one of the best in Europe. NZ lost the RWC final, Ireland bounced back and retained the 6 Nations title in 2024. So, NZ are the best eh?

@@celtic1916 come back when you reach the semifinal😅😅😅

@@liamholton8937 according to the rest of the rugby world All Blacks are still the best the Rugby World.....World Rugby Dominance No1 for 10plus years and 3 World Cup under its belt🤫🤫🤫on the other hand Ireland World No1 for 1 year and best 6Nation winners among 6 Countries😅😅😅,please come back to the table when you make out of the worldcup knock out stages😅😅😅

Captain Cane was ridiculed by his own for his mistake. According to the rest of the world, South Africa is kings . 4 World Cups out of 8 . Never never lost a final, too. No one comes close

Every World Cup game is available for free on Rugby Pass TV.

Let us not call them the top ranked team in the world. The all blacks and south africa are the top ranked teams irrespective of what world rugby wants to say. Nobody can match those two giants of the game.

Me too!

What are you wittering on about? Ireland went into that match ranked No 1 in the world, ffs! And we're on a 17 match winning streak!! Nonsense comment.

@@stephendoherty981 EAT THE HUMBLE PIE BRO.. 🥧 😋

@@JonatiKitekitoga-jb2so Who's the best team in the world right now, bro?

@@stephendoherty981 surely not Ireland 🤣

The top 4 teams (Ireland, Boks, All Blacks and France) could all beat each other. It just depends what team is more up for it that day. Absolutely love watching these matches when they happen. Can’t wait for the ireland games this year we are treated to be able to watch Ireland vs the boks in a month and then Ireland vs new zeland later.

​@@vertz1984Are you still excited after the Leinster game this weekend? You are going to get violated at Loftus.

@@SoCalDreaming87 Yes I’m still very excited. Just because Leinster didn’t perform well doesn’t mean Ireland won’t. Both are under completely diffrent management👍

@vertz1984 Awesome. Come back here after Loftus and we'll chat. Sure the different management is going to help you loads.

@@SoCalDreaming87 looking forward to it👍

Ireland was overrated leading in to the world cup.

@@wouterroos2359 Hindsight is wonderful, isn’t it?

Ireland played the worst edition of the all blacks with the worst possible coach in all blacks history ,,, wake up. the reason the all blacks PLAYERS won was to exonerate themselves of the 2nd and third home test loss to Ireland , simple as that.

@@ricgee1990 Wow, if we were all as wise as you. Humbled.

​@ricgee1990 Throw in the test in Joberg aswell. Talk was Foster was road kill, had they lost! 😂😂😂.

FACT ..simply the FACT

The today's society. Forever feeling disrespected and offended by everything.

Can you repeat the question?

Tell us again how good Ireland is. Just one more time, please. NZ > Ire

Waaaaaaa, here is someone else feeling disrespected .

@@celtic1916 waaaaa! Here is another supporter of a team who has never won a WC.

Funny guy, numerous calls against NZ, unlike those against Ireland, red card missed, forward pass for opening try etc etc, we can all point out missed calls or bad calls, bottom line is NZ played the best rugby they have in 8 years and Ireland didn't play as they could and weren't as clinical, so NZ deserved there win, all that said they didn't win it all and that's all that matters

@@CF-lg8jd Hmmmmn... So the AB's beat Ireland in another quarter final and according to you, they played the best game they've played in 8 years... and, you're calling me a comedian?Alllllllrighty then. I guess a another fair statement would be, Ireland in the past 2 years have played the best rugby they've played in the last 100+ years, but are still choking in the quarters at WC's even when they're favourites? Red card? Don't know what that could be for. However if there was an instant where you think a red card was warranted, maybe the officials looked at the incident you're alluding to and Barnes and his mates thought it was a non issue. Similar to that of Porter when he lead with his head and hit Broddie squareo on the chops in the test series in NZ. Only a yellow card for Potty, he's got the right colours on. Forward pass that lead to an AB try? Come on son, you're reaching now. If you're gonna make excuses try and come up with original stuff. That ones pretty well worn. Take a lesson from the Irish bloke who said Kane couldn't ruck, at least that was original. A pity for him and all the other Irish supporters who said the Irish were going to wipe the floor with AB's prior to the game, Sammy actually brought his rucking boots for that game. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. AB's playing with 14 men for 20mins and not using 2 reserves and still winning that game, yeah, that should tell you all you need to know about how good Ireland really are. I'm predicting, once Irish Bundee retires, the Irish are really going to struggle without his presence. You never know, Andy and Co might head down under in the summer to see if they can pick themselves up another Maori All Black, or 2. Help them get over their WC hump in 27'. 😎

@@Fletcher806 How do you know they are Irish ? Mmmmm interesting

More Tongans Fijians Samoans and the mighty All Blacks might just just might win the Rugby Championship

@@celtic1916 🤞🙏 Please Lord Jesus. Listen to this man. He knows what he's talking about. He's a genius...

It was the 2nd time Ireland have been number 1, they held it for over a yr

Because they weren't the Kiwi prop couldn't handle his power, and Barnes went in with a preconceived idea and just picked on him all game. Porter is one of the best looseheads in the world he was naturally irritated by the interpretation.

​@@ciaranbrk That kiwi prop was ethan de groot who has been one of the most powerful props nz has had in a long time. The mans a brick wall that porter couldnt push through so when he went in too hard he bent up or out and gave away penalties

mexico routinely win the copa america?

@@fallschirmjager0000 they win the NorthAmerican Cup. Could it be compared to the Six Nations? It's valuable for sure, we know that around the World even though we may not feel it. But the fact that the Southern monsters are not contenders put it in a different shelf, at least for me, a Southerner. So I personally would rate the World Cup over the Six Nations every day of the week, even if only every four years. Just my opinion, mate. Thanks for replying.

In your heeeeaaaaaaaaaddd

You must lead a sad life!

Nice😊

I'm betting on another quarter finals exit. By far the easiest team to predict.

AB's were famous chokers for about 25 years in World Cups. You have a short memory.

Aussie detected. Can't talk about arrogance

Haka is a complete waste of time.

@@cYYAN88 no

Well, Andy Farrell is a great coach either way. I rate him above Razor.

Why would you talk about the All Blacks as if ye are one ? From the same hemisphere, but as a nation miles apart.

Had worked for Ireland throughout the World Cup and before . New Zealand did the exact same thing not long later in the final against South Africa and it didn't work out for them either. It's a case of a great tactical move when it works out but an error if not . Nothing more nothing less.

@@celtic1916 South Africa dont take kicks at posts and back their 7-1 split full-on. The irony was that at the WC against Ireland, they picked a 7-1 split but opted to kick for posts and Libbok missed most of his kicks - 11 points on offer in all. In hindsight is was a blessing in disguise for them - they would have lost against the ABs in the quarters lol

Not alone did New Zealand kick for the corners. Instead of taking their kicks, they also never attempted to set up for a drop goal in good positions in the final parts of the game instead looking for a try when there was only one point in it. So why call others arrogant? Quarter final? You met them in the final . You can't say you would have beaten them in the quarter finals if the game never existed. That's arrogant with no substance to the claim .

it wasnt that they knew they needed to score tries to beat New Zealand and you have to score tries to beat them before they have a purple patch. Ireland tend to almost always go for the jugular now in the past the were guilty of letting teams off the rack with shots at goal.

@@ciaranbrk the Boks beat the ABs in the final without scoring tries😏

The All Blacks are giants of the game…the Irish are the laughing stock of the game.

I'm from New Zealand, Ireland are looking good.They're doing well

Ireland should have learned in their game against south Africa that it's easier to defend a lead than chase one down instead of celebrating like they won the WC.

Except NZ did go a man down twice and they still didn't win.

Arguing with ref's?? To this day isn't New Zealand arguing about Barnes and Foley . So much that they stepped away from the game because of it .

@@celtic1916 NZ isn't the only team to disagree with a refs call. Every team is prone to do it from time to time.

Never said otherwise. I'm just pointing out these two officials got extreme abuse and are still getting it to this day from New Zealand fans. I know Ireland and Barnes had their differences in the past , maybe have a little whinge and move on . But what happened at this World Cup was a different level. Even his wife spoke about the abuse she got on World Cup final day in Paris in a later post and said enough is enough. That's unacceptable, so the original commenter talking about what is disgraceful needs a memory check cause what he is talking about is fairly mild compared to some of what happened with his own folk .

@@celtic1916 the online abuse isn't and should never be acceptable but that's the sad world we live in and unfortunately these idiots will never stop, however, the water boy doing it to the refs face on a world stage allows for more idiots to think it's ok to treat a referee like that, so he was way out of line. Don't act like Ireland didn't do the same to Wayne Barnes after the QF exit, they too sent him threats. So stop blaming just the NZ fans, every nation has the same idiots that take things way too far and forget that it's just a game.

Shame will they ever recover from this?

@@commentwell3870 they will but I feel we’re never going to get the opportunity like that again cause the whole country was behind use and it being on in France meant there were literally thousands of Irish going over like Italian 90

Imported players still couldn't helped Ireland win the RWC

@@marioadams8931 I think it was a very close World Cup like any of the 4 teams could have won

​@@cianmaher945that is precisely the reason why Irish teams are good enough for Quarter Finals only, that expectation that a strong team must win. Pressure, tanking pressure moments is what makes world champs.

Confident, yes, arrogant no

@@fallschirmjager0000they were arrogant AF, that’s why it was so hilarious to see them lose and cry off home.

So did your mum thats why you were born 😂

And Irland choked as per usual

But we made the final still👀👀 still bitter there?😂

I beg to differ. If the Irish agree with you, than it's a cop out. Ireland made fundamental errors in the first 20 and were made to chase the game. And choked.😂

New Zealand will punish you if you blink for one second and they did here.

Just not good enough, they should stick to playing northern hemisphere teams, they look a lot better then.😢😢

Only one team didn't choke at the World Cup. That's South Africa cause they won the World Cup at the end of the day and the rest lost . If you want to pick and choose well, every other team had their moments .

@@dazfromnz01so quick to forget the ireland series win in newzeland

Sorry thought the above comment was about the World Cup .😊

They also forgot that they lost to South Africa. Now, forever in their shadows .

what are you talikng about? There WAS a real final!

@@commentwell3870to me

@@commentwell3870 to me

Ireland weren’t good enough to make the final so they call this game the final… funny 😂

Sorry did you mean the final game for Ireland ?😂😂

His glance, and posture fooled the opposition into thinking he was going to kick it.😂😂

Jeez you've won the World Cup and still salty that ireland beat you. Or maybe it's the fact that the mighty boks haven't beaten ireland in 7 year.

Another thing about SA is that once upon a time black/colored players were banned from playing. So, what's your point? A pure race now?

​@@nepiahemopo1702 Isreal is far worse but they don't face any consequences.

You mean when NZ get a scrum penalty for Porter boring in, and how NZ won every scrum in the game? Tell me you you dont understand scrumming without actually saying it.

What an idiot

Three world cups

WTF are you talking about? A) this is a rugby page & B) let it go FFS and move on.