Category: New Zealand

467 : Ireland v New Zealand preview

ALSO AVAILABLE AS A PODCAST

Our guest : JAY LONG

IRELAND : 15. Jamie Osborne 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Stuart McCloskey 11. James Lowe 10. Jack Crowley 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan (c) 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. James Ryan 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan

16. Ronan Kelleher 17. Paddy McCarthy 18. Finlay Bealham 19. Iain Henderson

20. Caelan Doris 21. Craig Casey 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Bundee Aki

NEW ZEALAND : 15.  Will Jordan 14.  Leroy Carter 13. Quinn Tupaea 12. Jordie Barrett 11. Caleb Clarke 10. Beauden Barrett 9. Cam Roigard

1. Ethan de Groot 2. Codie Taylor 3. Fletcher Newell 4. Scott Barrett (c) 5. Fabian Holland 6. Simon Parker 7. Ardie Savea 8. Peter Lakai

16.  Samisoni Taukei’aho 17. Tamaiti Williams 18. Pasilio Tosi 19. Josh Lord 20.  Wallace Sititi 21. Cortez Ratima 22. Leicester Fainga’anuku 23.  Damian McKenzie

Gallagher Cup Test Match

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Soldier Field

KO 8:10pm Irish time  

Live on : Virgin Media One, TNT Sports 2

Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)

Assistant Referee 1: Karl Dickson (RFU)

Assistant Referee 2: Luc Ramos (FFR) 

TMO: Ian Tempest (RFU)

FRPO: Dan Jones (RFU)

382 : Ireland v New Zealand wrap

Autumn Nations Series, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 8/11/2024 Ireland vs New Zealand New Zealand’s Will Jordan celebrates scoring their first try as Josh van der Flier of Ireland looks on dejected Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

🏉 Decent defence

🏉 Errors & Penalties

🏉 There for the taking

🏉 No bench impact

🏉 Adapt or else

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

TOM COLEMAN

RICHARD MIFSUD

FULL TIME TAKES

John Hyland

Undercooked. A few performances to forget but they have credit in the bank. A lot of fair weather fans throwing out demands and ultimatums. This was our first loss in 19 games at the Aviva, and it was to an All Blacks team with a lot more recent game time than us.

Sean MacDonnchadha

Worrying lack of aggression first and then lack of leadership. They’ve gone on and on about unfinished business from the World Cup and getting revenge. Didn’t see that tonight.

Kevin Kelehan

The best team Ireland has ever produced were more error prone than I’ve seen them in many years. 3 more games to keep the direction of travel in the right direction

James Murphy

Our front men standing back??

Letting them bully use in lineouts and scrums,

Crowley very poor, frawley not much better

But frawley deserves start next week

Poorest Irish performance in a long time

Brian Corr

Too many errors and then too many players losing it or dropping the heads.

Decision making was terrible and lineout was very poor.

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AUTUMN NATIONS SERIES WRAP

WEEK 1

IRELAND 13-23 NEW ZEALAND

ENGLAND 37-42 AUSTRALIA

ITALY 18-50 ARGENTINA

FRANCE 52-12 JAPAN

WA;ES 19-24 FIJI

SCOTLAND 15-32 SOUTH AFRICA

WEEK 2

FRI NOV 15

IRELAND V ARGENTINA

SAT NOV 16

SCOTLAND V PORTUGAL

ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA

FRANCE V NEW ZEALAND

SUN NOV 17

ITALY V GEORGIA

WALES V AUSTRALIA

381 : Ireland v New Zealand preview

also available as a podcast

Our guest :

NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

www.keegolaughs.com

Apologies Up Front on Apple Podcasts

IRELAND : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Mack Hansen 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Jack Crowley 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Finlay Bealham 4. Joe McCarthy 5. James Ryan 6. Tadhg Beirne 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris (c)

16. Rob Herring 17. Cian Healy 18. Tom O’Toole 19. Iain Henderson 20. Peter O’Mahony 21. Conor Murray 22. Ciaran Frawley 23. Jamie Osborne

New Zealand : 15.  Will Jordan 14.  Mark Tele’a 13.  Rieko Ioane 12.  Jordie Barrett 11.  Caleb Clarke (vc) 10.  Damian McKenzie 9.    Cortez Ratima

1.    Tamaiti Williams 2.    Asafo Aumua 3.    Tyrel Lomax 4.    Scott Barrett (c)  5.    Tupou Vaa’i 6.    Wallace Sititi 7.    Sam Cane 8.    Ardie Savea (vc) 

16.  George Bell 17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi 18. Pasilio Tosi 19. Patrick Tuipulotu 20. Samipeni Finau 21. Cam Roigard 22. Anton Lienert-Brown 23. Stephen Perofeta

Autumn Nations Series 2024 Week 1

Friday, November 8, 2024

KO 8:10pm  Aviva Stadium

Live on: Virgin Media 1, TNT Sports 1

Referee: Nic Berry (RA)

AR1: Karl Dickson (RFU)

AR2: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

TMO: Brett Cronan (RA)

FPRO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

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2023 Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final, Stade de France, Paris, France 14/10/2023 Ireland vs New Zealand Ireland fans celebrate after Bundee Aki scores a tryMandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

🏉 WXV kicks off

🏉 Other QFs review

🏉 Where we were short

🏉 Where they were strong

🏉 Thanks to all esp JS & KE

OUR GUESTS

MARK JACKSON & CONOR CRONIN

with special reports from…Cian O’Muilleoir & “Future Jeff”

FRONT FIVE LINKS

1  Rugby World Cup 2023: Eddie Jones quits as Wallabies coach, Japan, contract, payout, next Wallabies coach, reaction (foxsports.com.au) 

2  WXV 3 Round One: Ireland V Kazakhstan – The Irish Times – October 14 2023 | Dáire Walsh (dairewalsh.com) [Daire Walsh]

3 Dupont produces his best on biggest stage but South Africa deliver the pain | Rugby World Cup 2023 | The Guardian [Jonathan Liew]

4   Wales’ Rugby World Cup over as problems emerge at worst possible time – Wales Online [Ben James]

5   England 30-24 Fiji: Owen Farrell’s boot seals Rugby World Cup semi-final spot – BBC Sport

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267 : RWC2023 all-provincial panel

bonus clip available on our YouTube channel

OUR GUESTS : IAN FRIZZELL, STEPHEN MURPHY & CAOLÁN SCULLY

🏉 Thoughts on Ireland v Italy

🏉 Expectations for remaining warmups

🏉 Quick look at other RWC2023 nations

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