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All Blacks face off against Ireland in Internationals on Sat 9th July 2022 at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 08:05. In South Africa it’s at 09:05 SAST, 19:05 NZST in New Zealand, 17:05 AEST in Australia and 00:05 EST in the US.
All Blacks won the last encounter but All Blacks are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the rankings with All Blacks in position 2 and Ireland in position 4, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for All Blacks vs Ireland will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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A wonderful passing move by New Zealand is finished off by Will Jordan
The Ireland supporters go wild as Johnny Sexton successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Johnny Sexton adds the points for Ireland.
Johnny Sexton adds the two points for Ireland.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Andrew Porter dots the ball down from close range.
Jordie Barrett adds the two points for New Zealand.
A clever kick there by New Zealand allows Beauden Barrett to collect the ball and touch down for the try.
James Ryan (Ireland) is shown a yellow card
Angus Ta'avao (New Zealand) is shown the red card
Ofa Tu'ungafasi (New Zealand) is shown a yellow card
Leicester Fainga'anuku (New Zealand) is shown a yellow card
Johnny Sexton makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Johnny Sexton has kicked a conversion.
Ireland are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Andrew Porter touching down.