Ireland vs New Zealand LIVE!
The All Blacks are through to another Rugby World Cup semi-final after an epic showdown between two heavyweights of the international arena in Paris on Saturday night. Ian Foster’s side will march on to face Argentina in Friday’s first last-four contest at the Stade de France after the Pumas sprung a surprise by seeing off Wales in Marseille earlier on.
For Ireland, their World Cup quarter-final hoodoo continues - it is the fourth consecutive tournament in which they’ve been ousted at the last-eight stage and the eighth overall. Many felt that this could finally be their year to lift the Webb Ellis Cup after a Six Nations Grand Slam and dominant pool stage, but they fell to an agonising loss in what we now know was retiring captain Johnny Sexton’s final Test of his illustrious career.
Bundee Aki, Jamison Gibson-Park and a penalty try kept the Men in Green alive in a pulsating showdown, but they eventually fell by just four points as the All Blacks got scores from Leicester Fainga’anuku, Ardie Savea and Will Jordan, plus some crucial penalties from the boots of Richie Mo’unga and Jordie Barrett. Follow Ireland vs New Zealand reaction live below!
