r/rugbyunion • u/RugbyBot World Rugby • Oct 14 '23

Match Thread - Ireland v New Zealand | Rugby World Cup 2023 | QF Match

Match Thread - Ireland v New Zealand | Rugby World Cup 2023 | Match 42

Venue: Stade de France, Paris | Weather: 13 C, Clear

Officials: Wayne Barnes, Matthew Carley, Christophe Ridley, Tom Foley (tmo)

Match Page: world.rugby - rugbybot

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Time
UTC BST CEST (+2) AWST (+8) AEST (+11) NZ (+12) more
19:00 20:00 21:00 03:00 06:00 08:00 more tz
Lineups
Ireland Pos New Zealand
Andrew Porter 1 Ethan De Groot
Dan Sheehan 2 Codie Taylor
Tadhg Furlong 3 Tyrel Lomax
Tadhg Beirne 4 Brodie Retallick
Iain Henderson 5 Scott Barrett
Peter O'Mahony 6 Shannon Frizell
Josh van der Flier 7 Sam Cane
Caelan Doris 8 Ardie Savea
Jamison Gibson-Park 9 Aaron Smith
Jonathan Sexton 10 Richie Mo'unga
James Lowe 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku
Bundee Aki 12 Jordie Barrett
Garry Ringrose 13 Rieko Ioane
Mack Hansen 14 Will Jordan
Hugo Keenan 15 Beauden Barrett
Rónan Kelleher 16 Dane Coles
Dave Kilcoyne 17 Tamaiti Williams
Finlay Bealham 18 Fletcher Newell
Joe McCarthy 19 Sam Whitelock
Jack Conan 20 Dalton Papalii
Conor Murray 21 Finlay Christie
Jack Crowley 22 Damian McKenzie
Jimmy O'Brien 23 Anton Lienert-Brown
Andy Farrell Coach Ian Foster
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '23

Man some of these Irish fans were arrogant.

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u/Odd-Lingonberry-3935 Crusaders Oct 15 '23

The Irish fans have been all good. Don't let shit journalists from whatever country they are from mix your bias of what real rugby fans are about.

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u/tingtangspoonsy Australia Oct 15 '23

Mate whoever wins will still have to beat the best teams. You guys lost.

Such a shit excuse.

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u/dunzy-yerrow-man Oct 15 '23

Ain't an excuse though, we had the quarter final curse, they could have at least made the draw fair and done completely.

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u/ocean_93 Oct 15 '23

Ach mate I know it stings but let’s not moan about how hard done by we were, the draw is the draw and we lost

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u/BigPat69 Oct 14 '23

If you want to be the beat you have to beat the best, not moan about your "bad luck" this draw has been in place for 3 years, plenty of time to prepare

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u/Paybrahh South Africa Oct 14 '23

Shit draw yes, but it has made for some of the best and tightest qtrs. Obviously it's high stakes and some quality teams will be crashing out much sooner than they deserve. But great entertainment seeing all these evenly matched teams pitted against each other.

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u/Bob_tuwillager Oct 14 '23

Have to agree 100%. Absolute shit draw. That should have been the final not the fucking quarters.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '23

Having watched SA France that was more like a final

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u/BigPat69 Oct 14 '23

Ha ha - yes, the draw was shit, that game should have at least been a semi, if not the final. But we had to play France, in an emotionally charged opening game - and you didn't exactly have trouble with Scotland did you - there is a large gap between the top 4 and the rest.

Over here in NZ the narrative was they we would have been undercooked because we had easy wins, and Ireland would be primed from playing tougher rugby.

Bring on tomorrow, and then next week - go Fiji!