"I started a joke, that started the whole world ......" | Ireland v New Zealand.

Just fck, literally just fck nothing else, we win a 6 nations , a summer tour.But just fck just fck we will never have a better chance at wc.just fcking fck.I known we aren't chockers but to rest of world we are..just fck fck fck fck

Guys knocking one out because we lost a close game is very gratifying.

I’m sad but I will get over it, they are just sad. God I’m glad I don’t live in a world like theirs.

Proof if ever was needed that we should stick to the hurling and forget about the foreign games, only ends in tears just as the Tans planned it, the bastards.

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At the end of the day in all sport at the most elite level you have to do it when it matters and we didn't.

With all top teams the nerves are supposed to be balanced with elation after the win. We failed to get there.

There is no excuses. We choked. Not much more to be said.

Now we need to rebuild and go again.

Yes, and come two weeks" time England will not be world champions just like Ireland.

I have just read the whole thread after calming down after the match.

1) any one who claims the Irish team bottled it tonight must never played sport at any sort of decent level. The team gave their all

2) how come when Ireland win we stopped the other team playing to the best of their ability but when we are beaten we didn't play well

3) the amount of posters on here complaining about referee decisions the whole time DURING the match . How can they realistically see half the match if face stuck in phone. Also can't understand the fascination with wanting to get opposition sent off. It's a physical game., again , how many on here have actually played a game of rugby nevermind at this level.

4) that was a great game of ruby, a real classic, with New Zealand coming out on top despite playing 1/4 of the match with 14. Fair play to them....and what a defensive effort.

5) can't understand the fascination with blaming players for silly decisions. The intensity level was immense and errors were always going to occur. Tonight was just one of those nights where we made a couple more than opposition.

6) what next for the Irish rugby team . JS retired and failure to develop a likely replacement may lead for some interesting times.

7) the only criticisms I'd have are the lineout and resting players. The lineout has been an issue for a long time and we were never going to win a world cup unless that was sorted. Resting players is just an opinion but line out problem was obvious.

Point down at half time debunks this.

Thought we missed Ryan's destructive work at the breakdown. There's not an Irish more effective at clearing out. It's an area where New Zealand targeted ruthlessly and won so much ball.

Barnes had zero influence on the outcome, reffed the game well for the most part

Yeah but we all need to remember that this is sport. We're privileged to be able to support this team over the past couple of years and definitely privileged if this is the kind of thing that ruins our day, considering the f***** up state of much of the world right now. Just to put things in a bit of perspective.

We were an hour late to the breakdown for a lot of the game. Can anyone explain that, NZ didn’t cause that.