Ireland vs NZ Predictions

buck65

Is this the day we finally beat a weakened All Blacks team?
Predictions please!

Marshy

Don't think we'll have a better chance to win down there for a long time.

Zzippy

Where's the option for Ireland hammer the ABs by 10 points or more? :D

Blisterman

I hate these sorts of polls, because I never want to vote against Ireland.

Size=everything

I think we can do it

I really do

Podge_irl

Narrow loss I imagine, but I wouldn't be that shocked with a victory.

barnesd

NZ by several points.

buck65

Zzippy wrote: »

Where's the option for Ireland hammer the ABs by 10 points or more? :D

I thought about that but decided nah

tughfc

id say we will give them a good go for about 60mins then new zealand will score a few trys nd run away with it ,but not by a massive margin

Helpmemaths

New zealand to win by a lot,i honestly think ma'a nonu is just going to break luke fitzgerald. Fair enough if they started him against anyone, besides from him! the man is a monster. Id be expecting a few gaving henson against matthew tait type tackles.Not to mention the boshes! Hopefully BOD can give him a bit of a hand but that means there might be space outside for sivivatu/rocokoko/some other ridiculously fast player to exploit. And i dont like the look of bowe against any of them!

Crash

Meh, Luke fairly flattened Larkham in the baba's match, think he's capable of giving smith very little room to attack.

Size=everything

I think Luke will do o.k in defence hes certainly not the pushover people make him out to be.

I am really excited about the prospect of this backline and think its great Luke is getting the chance to show his worth against the best (arguably) in the world. hopefully he steps up to the challenge I have high hopes for him.

FFS leaving cert starts today and all I can think about is this match!

Killme00

Luke is a beast in the weights room. I cant see nonu throwing him around like a rag doll.

Diamondmaker

The press ovr here are giving us a fair crack at the win, which surprised me.

Seems positive back home too from reading here. I cant see it though, not enoug experience to beat any good team so far from home without a good run up to it.

I can see us taking the Ozzies though.

[Jackass]

I dunno, it's a good chance we have. It depends on how the game is managed I suppose, particularly in the last 20 minutes, as someone said, this could be where NZ will win the game. If our bench was stronger I'd be more confident, but with the first 15 we certainly have a chance and I think Ireland might sneak it by 3 or less.

MikeHoncho

If we are ever going to beat NZ in their backyard this is the time. Dont put too much weight in the Luke Fitz will be masacred by Nonu theories. I think he will surprise everyone. He is certainly an unknown quantity to the All Blacks and if they dont respect him they could be punished.

Hope BOD has been watching the tape of the Lions incident over and over this week to put a bit of fire in his belly. Have a sneaking suspicion we will see a more up for it performance from our captain than we have got from him in a while.

The Munster boys should be brimming with confidence upfront having displayed in the Heineken cup that they are the best pack in the world at grinding out a win. Heaslip has been one of the big finds of the season at 8. His support running is superb.

Hopefully O'Gara has an on day.

It will be tight but il give it to Ireland by less than 10. Should be heart attack inducing rugby which is never a good thing so early in the morning.

Beanmachine

I actually can't wait for the match think its going to be brilliant.

Predicition:Ireland to put up a brave fight New zealand to just edge it.

pd101

I predict that NZ will win by more than 10, but for the game to be much closer than what the final score shows.

grenache

it will be won in the pack, our pack is basically Munster's plus Heaslip. Theirs is short on experience, something critical in international test match rugby. I'd be slightly worried for Paddy Wallace, being his first appearance at centre for Ireland.

but im going to go for a historic Irish victory, by 5-7 points.