All Blacks v Ireland part III - July 16 8.05am Ireland time

It will happen , like beating NZ took over a 100 years , I expect a good upcoming WC , just rap Johny in cotton wool for a year

That was incredible. Well done Andy Farrell and all the players and coaches. Every player today was just outstanding.

Savea is some player - kept them in the game.

Ha. My 7 month old is in a similar boat. 2-1 in her lifetime.

Reminds me of when I was young and Ulster teams were always in an AIF and Kerry were gash. I just thought that was normal. Explains my love for Ulster football and hatred for Kerry I guess. :)

ridiculous to compare based on results. aybe Sexton is part og a better squad now.I would think Sexton is a better captain but as a player BOD was untouchable.

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I agree that it is shocking, and I would never have predicted it.

That said, hopefully this is the thing that finally releases us from the plague of underperformance in World Cup quarter finals. We will face a tough test in the Quarter Final next year but it’s one we should not fear.

Hopefully this allows Farrell the good will and space to use the remaining games as World Cup prep. The Six Nations only matters next year in so far as it gets us prepped for France.

It’s time to dream big lads. If we can do this we can do it all.

They are going to move away from test series. Summer internationals will likely be one off tests with a trophy for the overall most successful side. Like the world test championship in cricket.

Ah lads, comparing two different players in two different positions with two vastly different careers (Irelands start and end points through the span of their careers especially) is a complete waste of time. Who cares who was “better”. Let’s all just enjoy the day.

Folks, if you want to have a BOD Vs JS discussion, please start a new thread. This is not the place.

Historic win for the boys, lets all just revel in it!

Brilliant win. It doesn't get any better than that unless you win a World Cup.

Great style of play from Ireland. VDF, Sheehan, Bundee, Henshaw, Keenan were very good but Tadhg Beirne is such a classy player and produced those big moments when they were most needed.

As for NZ Foster will take the flak but they don't have the players they once had. Even with players up North they are lacking depth and top players in key positions especially at outhalf and the backrow, areas that NZ were always so strong in. Barrett nor Mo'ounga offer the control and kicking game that they really need. Mo'ounga should have started at 10, as Barrett seems to have gone backwards a bit.

Without Savea (who was excellent) they have nothing in the backrow. Cane was anonymous and Ioane is not top level. Worrying for them is that there doesn't seem to be young talent coming through. One time you had classy 7s continually coming through but it has been poor for a long time and McCaw and Read held those positions for a long time and papered over the lack of depth coming through.

Looking at NZ they also look physically small. In the past they had Nonu and SBW in the 12 channel and they gave them go forward ball and players were coming onto the ball at speed.

I thought Ire should have kicked more to touch in the 2nd half as the NZ lineout was struggling and we didn't need to be kicking back loosely to Barrett and Jordan who again should have started. Not sure if he was injured coming into the series.

Delighted for POM and Sexton. You can see what it meant to them. Over a year out we will need to continue to tweak our game and be not afraid to bring in young lads if they are good enough as so much analysis is done these days you need to be changing your approach to stay ahead.