Ireland player ratings vs New Zealand | 2nd Test July 2022
History was made in Dunedin as Ireland beat the All Blacks in New Zealand for the first time. The visitors made hard work of their historic triumph at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, failing to take advantage of numerical advantages in the first half despite Andrew Porter’s early try.
The Leinster prop crashed over for his second early in the second half, and Johnny Sexton kicked Andy Farrell’s team to their win to level the series.
There were some outstanding performances in the 23-12 win with Beirne and O’Mahony magnificent up front.
Here’s how the Ireland players rated.
15. Hugo Keenan – 7
Solid under the high ball but unable to shake the shackles of the hosts’ wide defence.
14. Mack Hansen – 7
Would have started last week but for Covid, the Connacht man offered more of a threat than Earls on the right wing.
13. Garry Ringrose – 6.5
He would’ve scored after Sexton’s break that saw Tu’ungafasi binned. Nice touches in the opening half hour before he was flattened by Ta’avao and forced off.
Terrible moment for Ringrose as both players suffer from a head clash, red card for New Zealand who are now down to 13 players #NZLvIRE pic.twitter.com/fOniyP42ba
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12. Robbie Henshaw – 9
Strong with ball in hand into heavy New Zealand traffic. Shifted to 13 when Ringrose went off; offered a second direct runner in midfield and cut down the hosts’ space out wide.
11. James Lowe – 6
Used his boot well to relieve pressure, and a willing runner off 9. However, some really costly errors.
10. Johnny Sexton – 8
So much made of his inclusion, but remains such an important cog for Ireland. Should he have taken the points with the All Blacks down to 14, then 13? Backed his side, but they were unable to make numerical advantage pay on those occasions.
9. Jamison Gibson-Park – 7.5
Helped build momentum in the run-up to Porter’s score, and offers good variety. Kept the All Blacks guessing. A vital penalty won at the breakdown off Bower’s break shortly before he made way.
1. Andrew Porter – 8.5
Showed his power to finish both of his tries. Strong at the scrum too, sorting out issues of a week ago. A huge shift.
2. Dan Sheehan – 7.5
Quieter than last week as his team-mates stepped up, but ensured the lineout functioned and put himself about. A real workhorse.
3. Tadhg Furlong – 8
Clearly sorted out set-piece problems and put Bower under pressure. His hands are so good, but used to punch holes in the hosts’ defence more often than usual.
4. Tadhg Beirne – 9
A great break in the run-up to Porter’s first try, and a huge carry in the run-up to his second. Some powerful work in the tight and held up the All Blacks late on.
5. James Ryan – 7.5
Won an important early lineout as part of an impressive opening quarter, but found himself in the sin-bin after conceding a couple of soft penalties.
6. Peter O’Mahony – 8.5
The set-piece is his area of expertise. Won some important lineouts and imperious at the restart. Outstanding in the second half – including a lovely 50:22 kick and stops Taukei’aho with superb defence.
7. Josh van der Flier – 9
He was everywhere. A magnificent performance. A constant threat at the breakdown and gets through so much work on either side of the ball. Carried well in the run-up to Porter’s first try.
8. Caelan Doris – 8.5
After a quiet game last weekend, back to his best. Carried strongly and another big threat at the breakdown. A vital tap tackle as Jordie Barrett broke through.
Replacements
16. Rob Herring – 6
Missed his first lineout but threw himself about thereafter looking to make amends.
17. Cian Healy – 6.5
Looked like his tour was over against the Maori All Blacks, but on for the last 15 minutes. Added his weight to a huge late scrum.
18. Finlay Bealham – 6.5
Another of Ireland’s front row reserves who missed last week. Continued where Furlong left off with a huge scrum after entering on 63 minutes.
19. Kieran Treadwell – 6
On for the final 10 minutes, replacing James Ryan.
20. Jack Conan – 6.5
On for the final quarter of an hour. replacing Doris and got stuck in on defence with the All Blacks chasing the game.
21. Conor Murray – 6.5
Tasked with seeing the game out for the final 12 minutes.
22. Joey Carberry – 6
Beaten by Jordie Barrett as Jordan gave the All Blacks late hope, but did make an important intervention on Fakatava moments after coming on.
23. Bundee Aki – 7.5
On for Ringrose on the half-hour. Should have been used 5m out to carry with the All Blacks three men off the field. Showed his pace and power in the build-up to Porter’s second try. Late turnover sealed the win.
Comments on RugbyPass
🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
27 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusades , you can keep going.
1 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
27 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
27 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
27 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
27 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
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