Ireland 29 New Zealand 20: All Blacks player ratings

Johnny Watterson runs the rule over the New Zealand that succumbed at the Aviva


15 Jordie Barrett

Error-free game and good under the high ball. Not much room for anything else. Sound but no fireworks. Rating: 6

14 Will Jordan

Involved in one of the few first half breaks. Dropped a second half pass but scored following up from his own kick. Rating: 7

13 Rieko Ioane

Forward pass late denied them a try but decent defensive game and follow up on Jordan kick for second half try. Rating: 6

12 Anton Lienert-Brown

For the time he was on had no space to attack as Ireland dominated play. A tackling game and not much more. Rating: 5

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11 Sevu Reece

Didn't see any clean ball in the first half. Missed a pass to Barrett and threw another into touch late in the game. Rating: 5

10 Beauden Barrett

Didn't get the time or space to pull the strings before going off with a head injury. One attempted kick through blocked. Rating: 5

9 TJ Perenara

Busy as always but not allowed any space by Ireland and as a result was didn't really impact the match. Rating: 5

1 Joe Moody

Had scrum issues early on and was stepped by Ringrose in the first half. Tackle count high for the defensive first half. Rating: 5

2 Codie Taylor

Yellow card for first half tackle on Sexton and missed Doris for Irish try but ran a good line off Papalli his try. Rating: 5

3 Nepo Laulala

Handling error lead to Irish lineout five metres out and ultimately to the Doris try. Scrum issue early on. Rating: 5

4 Brodie Retallick

Low wattage from a high-watt player. Great first half work but second string to the Irish pack. Rating: 5

5 Saml Whitelock

Typical all-action tackling and high work rate. Henderson was more forceful and a few lineouts astray. Rating: 6

6 Ethan Blackadder

Turned over Sexton well in the first half but went off and came back and could not outplay Doris. Rating: 5

7 Dalton Papali’i

Great break from a first half lineout to put Taylor through to score. Busy tackling game and stopped Conan in the second half. Rating: 8

8 Ardie Savea

Not as impactful as Conan was for Ireland. Heavily involved in All Black defence but a pass or two went astray. Rating: 6

Coach: Ian Foster

New Zealand were vastly outplayed for Ireland and rarely got into the game. Their scores came from individual efforts but no sustained pressure. Rating: 4

Replacements

The bench made little difference to an Irish side that struggled to score in the first half despite huge possession and territory - 160 tackles to 37 from Ireland. Overall, little impact. Rating: 4