Ireland 13-26 New Zealand: rugby union Test – as it happened

10.36pm GMT Match report The report has landed and that’s my cue to leave. Thanks for joining me. Well done to New Zealand who got their revenge across a scrappy game. Still, a win is a win. See you all next week. Related: Sititi and Roigard tries seal New Zealand’s victory against Ireland 10.31pm GMT We’ve had some correspondence from John Davis: “Evening Daniel. I am thoroughly against the 20 min red card; we have to protect player health and allowing a team to bring a player on after 20 min makes a travesty of that. However, after THAT decision I’m starting to see some upside.” Quite right. On reflection I think that’s the worst red card I’ve seen given in a Test match. 10.27pm GMT While we wait for the report, let’s take a gander at what Sam Warburton – for my money the best talker on rugby in the world – had to say: “New Zealand’s handling ability off linebreaks is what separates them from most of the rugby world.” 10.15pm GMT Ireland didn’t get a single line break all game. That is staggering. They were relying on broken play throughout. A lack of heft in the tight five and midfield remains a major issue for this team. 10.14pm GMT Dan Sheehan is up next: It’s a bitter pill to swallow. We never got going. We saw patches but we couldn’t paint the full picture. We were operating at 80% going into halftime. We needed a bit of extra and at times we did. But there was a lot of inaccuracies. Hopefully we can turn it around. We said going in that we weren’t going to use [the lack of time together] as an excuse. it just didn’t click for us. We’ve got three big games back at the Aviva. 10.12pm GMT Now let’s hear from Ardie Savea: It’s cool to be here in Chicago and it’s always a good feeling to have the win. [Losing here] was nine years ago but it was good to rectify that. We’ll celebrate this win. There was frustration at the break. We couldn’t get things going. But we managed to get our flow. 10.09pm GMT Here’s the man of the match, Fabian Holland: It was a massive game for us. Credit to Ireland, they’re a great side. Stoked to get the win. We wanted to make a statement at the start of this tour. We just talked about backing each other up and that’s what we did. With Scott and Jordie going off we had to adjust. Credit to the boys. It was an excellent team effort. The message at the break was to just keep playing All Black rugby, throw the ball around, have a crack and just be there for each other. 10.06pm GMT Full-time: Ireland 13-26 New Zealand New Zealand think they’ve scored a blockbuster try at the death, but there are two forward passes so we’ll end on an anticlimactic note. The scoreline reflects the dominance of the All Blacks in the second half. They simply had too much in the tank and the Irish had no answer. Updated at 10.22pm GMT 10.00pm GMT TRY! Ireland 13-26 New Zealand (Roigard, 78) Wriggled over! Off the back of the scrum, Roigard picks up and dummies. He drops a shoulder and squirms under the challenges of three defenders to get over and end this game with an emphatic score. Barrett misses his first kick at goal. No matter. The game is well and truly over. 9.58pm GMT 76 min: That should be that. Ireland try and play from very deep but it’s inaccurate. Aki’s long pass to Osborne is off the mark and the ball trickles forward. New Zealand will have the scrum feed five out from Ireland’s line. 9.57pm GMT 74 min: That’s a let off for Ireland as New Zealand give away possession. Was it skew? Was it because they ilelgally prevented Ireland from competing? Not sure. Things move fast in these late stages. The important thing is Ireland have the scrum inside their own 22. They need to go across the park, score a try and then do it agin. 9.55pm GMT 73 min: Wave after wave of New Zealand carriers have brought it to Ireland’s 22. Three penalties in a row. NZ playing with the advantage. Sititi heavily involved. Savea too. The pass wide to Jordan is forward so we come back for the advantage. It’s kickable on the 22. If it goes over that’ll be game over you think. Nope, Barrett hoofs it out for a five metre line-out. One more try will certainly end this contest. 9.52pm GMT 69 min: Casey and Prendergast are both on to inject some zip in the backline. They do that with a neat. move but van der Flier spills in contact. Then New Zealand win a penalty from the subsequent scrum. Momentum has well and truly shifted and it’s all with the Black Caps. 9.50pm GMT TRY! Ireland 13-21 New Zealand (Sititi, 67) Classic All Blacks! You can’t take your eyes off them. After a big territory win, Barrett gets the ball on the. front foot and delays his pass for McKenzie. The nippy pivot bursts through a half gap and has a simple pass back inside for Sititi. The young flanker is equally quick and he slides over under the poles. The extras from the tee means that Ireland have to get going if they want to win this from here. 9.48pm GMT 66 min: Most teams would simply clear their lines if they won a scrum inside their own 22. New Zealand are not most teams. A wonder pass from Rpigard finds Clarke on the left wing and he tears down field before kicking. Lowe fields and hoofs it out which means New Zealand have the line-out inside Ireland’s patch. They go over the top and keep momentum going… 9.46pm GMT 65 min: Ten phases from Ireland hammer the line. Lowe runs hard at Barrett near the left win. Osborne has a few neat contributions. Then Crowley dinks over the top for O’Brien and the winger almost gets there, leaping skyward but he can’t quite catch it clean. This is a New Zealand scrum five out from their own line. 9.44pm GMT TRY! Ireland 13-14 New Zealand (Williams, 62) The big fella is over! Rather than kick this penalty out, New Zealand tap and go. Taylor carries and shifts it to Sititi at the last second. The flanker almost goes through himself from five metres out but is hauled down. There’s no stopping Williams though. The big lock burrows over from close range before Barrett. slots the extras to hand NZ the lead for the first time. 9.41pm GMT 61 min: This is such a messy game. Crowley almost put an onrushing Osborne through with a slick little pass, but the fullback spilled it. Jordan scuffed his return kick but it bobbled into space. Holland was the chaser and managed to hold onto Crowley’s shirt, prolonging him long enough before the cavalry arrived. NZ won a penalty and kicked it out for a line-out deep in Ireland’s patch. 9.39pm GMT 59 min: Now Ireland get a scrum penalty. Pre-engagement this time. The Kiwis have been their own worst enemies today. 9.38pm GMT 58 min: Ireland pinch the line-out as New Zealand throw to the middle. It was as if Ireland’s callers were reading the All Blacks playbook. But after a kick New Zealand are back on the ball. At least they are until Jordan spills in contact. It’s just not happening for New Zealand. 9.36pm GMT 56 min: Ireland’s scrum creaks again and New Zealand get a penalty. Barrett hoofs it out for a line-out in Ireland’s half as Aki makes his way onto the pitch, replacing McCloskey in midfield. 9.33pm GMT 54 min: That’s a big territory win for Ireland. Thanks to James Lowe who gathered a tough kick in his own half and returned it with interest. Then he chased with real intent and forced Barrett to rush his own kick. Ireland have the line-out throw on the All Blacks’ 22. 9.32pm GMT 53 min: New Zealand respond and stitch a few phases together with some slick passing, but Porter, of all people, stoops in to steal the ball. Ireland hoof upfield and here come New Zealand again. They recognise they need to get a move on. 9.31pm GMT Penalty! Ireland 13-7 New Zealand (Crowley, 51) No bother from right in front. New Zealand have conceded eight of the last 10 penalties. Ireland are grinding this out and have opened up a lead. Updated at 9.38pm GMT 9.30pm GMT 49 min: Barret wins a kick battle with Crowley and gains territory for New Zealand. Ireland win the penalty and have it back after Lowe regainst the ball from a Gibson-Park hoist. Ringrose and then Porter carry well. Another penalty for Ireland and they gain another 10 metres after Taylor moans to the referee. Now the penalty is on New Zealand’s 22 bang in front of the poles. Crowley should nudge this over without any fuss. 9.27pm GMT 48 min: Crowley gets a shot at goal after another penalty goes Ireland’s way. But he drags his kick from the right of the sticks and sees the ball go across the face of them. 9.25pm GMT 46 min: It’s frenetic, but not very tidy from both teams. First Ireland lose a line-out throw – that’s five line-outs lost already by the Irish – and then New Zealand make a mess on the left wing as Jordan can’t find Clarke, passing just behind him. The ball is knocked on so we have an Irish scrum. 9.24pm GMT 44 min: Ireland are camped inside New Zealand’s 22 until Crowley grubbers ahead as he tries to break the rush defence. Jordan sweeps round and cleans up and hoofs long. Lowe returns it with interest and Ireland are back on the attack. They’re in the 22 again but New Zealand pinch the ball on the floor. Savea with. the steal. He made the tackle too. Fantastic from one of the greats of the modern game. 9.21pm GMT 42 min: New Zealand keep the ball until Fainga’anuku inexplicably drops the ball in midfield. Inaccurate and loose. Two words you don’t normally associate with New Zealand but they apply here. Scrum to Ireland. 9.19pm GMT The players are back and so are we! Big 40 minutes coming up. No changes for either side. Ryan returns after his HIA. 9.05pm GMT Half-time: Ireland 10-7 New Zealand That’s that for the first 40. It’s been an odd one. Beirne’s red card dominates the discourse, but two slick tries serve as a reminder that these are two outstanding sides. Ireland deserve their lead. Will they hold it? I’m off for a quick cuppa. 9.03pm GMT 39 min: Ireland’s stoic defence forces New Zealand to kick when they don’t want to. Osborne fields a high ball under pressure and the Irish counter through Lowe and Conan who both make metres. McCloskey has it on the left wing and almost gets a slick off-load away. We’re taking a look at a dangerous tackle on O’Brien. Yup, that was high on the winger so Ireland get a penalty and a chance to set up a line-out inside New Zealand’s half. 9.00pm GMT 37 min: A bit of kick tennis. Jordan takes a mark from an overcooked high kick. Then Barrett does the same as he fields a raking hoof to the corner from Osborne. New Zealand then keep ball in hand as they go searching for a line break from inside their own half. 8.57pm GMT 34 min: Doris makes his return as Ryan needs to take a head injury assessment. Doris makes ground with his first carry before McCloskey runs hard and straight and almost connects a beautiful offload as Ireland pour forward. No matter, there’s a New Zealand knock-on so Ireland get the scrum feed on halfway. They’re starting to assert some control on this contest. Ireland are finishing this half the stronger of the two teams. 8.54pm GMT 32 min: A couple of ropey moments for Gibson-Park. – spilling a pass backwards and then having a box kick partially charged down – Ireland get a penalty after a a Kiwi strayed offside inside Ireland’s 22. Crowley finds touch for a line-out 10 short of halfway. 8.51pm GMT 30 min: Ireland connect 11 phases together as they inch upfield. They reach New Zealand’s 22 where Crowley grubbers ahead. He slightly overcooks it so Barrett can mop up and dot down for a 22 metre drop. Not a bad call from Crowley. It almost worked. 8.47pm GMT 27 min: Five metres from his own try line, Baird is lifted at the line-out and pinches New Zealand’s ball. Then Gibson-Park crunches a long clearing kick, Great stuff from the Irish. 8.47pm GMT 26 min: Osborne is having a great game contesting high balls. Though Ireland give away a penalty after a bit of a scrappy period that started with Barrett dummying Ringrose but with New Zealand failing to find an edge. So they went to the air and it works after Ireland lose their feet on the floor. 8.44pm GMT 22 min: All of a sudden we have a proper ding-dong on our hands. A mnstrously high kick is hoisted by Crowley and Ireland get it back after Barrett spilled it. But Gibson-Park’s attempted cross field raker is charged down and hacked upfield. New Zealand storm forward but Lakai is adjudged to have fallen onto O’Brien while losing his feet. Brian O’Driscoll on comms doesn’t agree. Ireland get the penalty, kick it out for a line-out but Sheehan is adjudged to have thrown skew. NZ’s scrum. 8.41pm GMT TRY! Ireland 10-7 New Zealand (Savea, 19) You didn’t think this was over, did you? That is so typical from New Zealand. Wonderful movement and interplay between the forwards and backs. Fainga’anuku – on for Jordie Barrett - links with Jordan back on the inside and the fullback was away. Van der Flier hauled him down but Roigard from the front foot had options. He spiralled it right and it was through the hands before Savea pinned his earns back and slid over in the corner. The remaining Barrett on the field slotted a tough conversion. 8.38pm GMT TRY! Ireland 10-0 New Zealand (Furlong, 17) Brilliant from Ireland! The big fella is over from short range after. some fantastic ball movement and speed from Gibson-Park. The line-out was scrappy but they kept possession. The scrum-half has it on a string, finding Conan and then Ringrose who both carried well. Then, going back from right to left, Furlong caught the ball and bulldozed against the grain to dot down. Crowley adds the extras and the Irish are flying. Updated at 8.43pm GMT 8.36pm GMT 15 min: A bit of spice! Ireland’s continuity sees them storm upfield. A great offload from Sheehan finds Conan and Ireland flood forward. Taylor strays offside at the breakdown and gets a shove from Gibson-Park that sparks a bit of argy-bargy. Strong carries from the Irish. Lowe involved as well. Crowley hoofs it out five out for a line-out. 8.34pm GMT 14 min: A pattern is emerging. New Zealand go coast to coast with some slick hands and find Carter on the right wing. But Ireland’s scramble defence, though it looks frantic, is secure and they bundle the winger out of touch just beyond their own 22. 8.33pm GMT 13 min: Jordie is carrying on. What a soldier. Anyway, we restart with a scrum to New Zealand on their own 22 and they win a penalty off the back of it. Furlong was spun round in the. set piece. Beauden gives the ball an almighty thump to set up a line-out in Ireland’s patch. 8.31pm GMT 12 min: Meanwhile, a bit of kick tennis later, Ireland have a line-out on halfway. They set up a pod in midfield before hoisting a high contestable off Gibson-Park. O’Brien chases after it and makes life tough for Beauden Barrett. The Irishman spills it forward. Jordie Barrett cleaned up but his boot got stuck in the ground as his body swivelled around. The centre goes down in agony, clutching his knee. That looks like an ACL to me. At this rate there’ll be no players left. 8.27pm GMT RED CARD! Ireland (Beirne, 10) I can’t believe it! Beirne’s yellow has been upgraded to a red card. I wasn’t convinced it was even a yellow but he’s out of the match. Ireland have to play with a man down for 15 more minutes. 8.26pm GMT 10 min: New Zealand move the ball so well. Clarke again has it as he tears down the left tram. But Ireland scramble yet again and pinch the ball on the ground. They’re hustling, no question. But can they keep it up? Gibson-Park also needs a word of praise as his kicking and control off the base is an early feature so far. Not exactly a classic 10 minutes, but it’s been busy. Updated at 8.29pm GMT 8.24pm GMT Penalty! Ireland 3-0 New Zealand (Crowley, 8) Ireland open their account! Crowley’s lovely swing of the boot sees the ball sail between the sticks. 8.23pm GMT 6 min: Gibson-Park finds some distance with a box but NZ launch a counter. Clarke is put into space and he explodes through a line-break. Ireland are scrambling but it’s black shirts flooding forward. The pass inside to Roigard doesn’t stitch and the move breaks down. But there was an obstruction call against Tupaea, which is why the space opened, so Ireland get a kickable penalty. 8.21pm GMT 4 min: NZ spill the ball at the line-out. Both sides lacking for accuracy early doors. 8.20pm GMT Yellow card! Ireland (Beirne, 3) Five minutes later and we have a yellow card shown. Harsh I reckon. He was going backwards but it was shoulder to head. Beauden nudges it out for a line-out deep in the red zone. 8.19pm GMT This is taking an age! And because there is no big screen for the referee to have a look, Pierre Brousset has to go to the halfway line VAR style. Is this a red card? Would be incredibly harsh. I’m not sure it’s even a yellow. He’s made a decision… 8.16pm GMT 3rd min: Scott Barrett got clocked on the head so we have a break in play after New Zealand tried an intricate move off the line-out but Roigard couldn’t quite stitch the inside ball back inside. NZ got through eight phases that went nowehere. But they’re having another look at a potential high shot on Beauden Barrett from Beirne. It’s shoulder to head. It doesn’t look good but the big Irish flanker held his ground without dropping his height. He was also going backwards. 50/50 for a yellow I reckon. 8.13pm GMT 2 min: Roigard crunches a box kick over halfway and NZ are back on the ball after Sheehan overthrows at the line-out. Jordan runs hard and Ireland hold on too long, giving away an early penalty. Beauden drills it out for a line-out inside Ireland’s 22. 8.12pm GMT Righto, here we go! 8.10pm GMT Codie Taylor leads the Haka. He looks immense in a very tight fitting jumper! 8.04pm GMT Here come the players. Emerald green and pitch black. Two iconic kits, two iconic teams, two iconic anthems to follow before an iconic Haka. How good is this? 8.02pm GMT In the last five meetings, the team leading at halftime has gone on to win every time. Does this mean something? Maybe. Maybe not. Guess we’ll find out soon. 7.53pm GMT Unless I’m mistaken – and there’s every chance – we have eight survivors from 2016. Tadhg Furlong, Garry Ringrose, Josh van der Flier, Finlay Bealham for Ireland. Beauden Barrett, Codie Taylor, Scott Barrett, Ardie Savea for New Zealand. Nothing can separate them! 7.47pm GMT Another close game has just finished. Jokes! Scotland have just hammered USA 85-0. C’mon Ireland and New Zealand. Give us something please! 7.38pm GMT It’s interesting to note that New Zealand have played nine times since Ireland last got together. They’ve lost two of those (to Argentina and South Africa), but won seven, including three against an understrength France. Does this mean they’re overcooked? Are Ireland underbaked? 7.37pm GMT Less than half an hour to go. Plenty of time to read Michael’s preview: Related: Ireland and All Blacks back in Chicago with memories of 2016 on the mind 7.33pm GMT Let’s hope this is tighter than the two previous matches today: Related: Pollock proves the key before England cavalry seal victory over Australia Related: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu lights up South Africa’s nine-try rout of Japan 7.23pm GMT New Zealand team news Beauden Barrett starts at 10. Not that you’re asking, but I’ve never thought that’s his best position. But what do I know? Ardie Savea is at 7 . I think that’s his best position rather than 8. So maybe I do know a thing or two. Cam Roigard, one of the best 9s in the world, continues to make that jersey his own. Look out for the impact of Damian McKenzie and Wallace Sititi off the wood. It’s a stacked team. It’s the All Blacks. They’re primed and ready to exact revenge. Superstars aplenty. New Zealand: Jordan; Carter, Tupaea, J Barrett, Clarke; B Barrett, Roigard; de Groot, Taylor, Newell, S Barrett, Holland, Parker, Savea, Lakai Replacements: Taukei’aho, Williams, Tosi, Lord, Sititi, Ratima, Fainga’anuku, McKenzie. 7.18pm GMT Ireland team news It’s Munster over Leinster at 10. Or rather, Jack Crowley Sam Prendergast. Big Andy Farrell has made a big bold call, but he can’t leave anything to chance and has placed his faith in the more pragmatic fly-half, who, to be fair, has been in brilliant form for his province. He’ll have the reliable hands of Jamison Gibson-Park inside him and some power out wide. Dan Sheehan skippers at hooker with a mobile back row to offer some heft. Bundee Aki starts on the bench. Ireland are here to mix it with the All Blacks heavies. Ireland: Osborne; O’Brien, Ringrose, McCloskey, Lowe; Crowley, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan (c), Furlong, Ryan, Beirne, Baird, van der Flier, Conan. Replacements: Kelleher, McCarthy, Bealham, Henderson, Doris, Casey, Prendergast, Aki. 7.10pm GMT Preamble Back to the scene where everything changed. Before kick-off on 5 November 2016, Ireland had never beaten New Zealand in 28 matches stretched across 111 years. When the final whistle rang out across Soldier Field in Chicago, the King Kong was off Irish rugby’s back thanks to a historic 40-29 victory. That was the spark. In the 10 games they’ve since played against New Zealand, Ireland have won five, including two in enemy territory to claim a Test series in 2022. But no Irish supporter will need reminding that their last encounter against the All Blacks came in the 2023 World Cup quarterfinal where Sam Cane’s men held firm on defence and dumped the Irish out of a tournament they thought was theirs for the taking. Which means there are plenty of scores to settle in Chicago. New histories need writing. New yarns need spinning. Two brilliant yet flawed teams will be desperate to get the job done. There might not be a glittering trophy riding on this, but you can be sure there’s plenty of pride at stake. Kick-off at 8:10 pm GMT, 3:10 pm local time. Teams and other bits to follow shortly.