Rugby World Cup 2015: No haters please, I've heard it all already

That's horrible sorry to hear.

As for me I couldn't catch it but enjoyed the highlights.

Biggest disappointment was France. I very enjoyed watching them play over the years, haven't kept watching it so don't know why they've declined.

otoh it probably wouldn't have mattered if France were at their best or Wales had a fully fit squad as the All Blacks always seem to have had the answers to anything their opponents threw at them.

i have the height of respect for how rugby officiates vs other team sports generally but wayne barnes is a corrupt prick

Ireland are playing well despite being 6-0 down.

No excuses.

NZ are playing better now. Terrific try.

What a solo effort. Come on

Just toe to toe trading punches this half

nz being very very efficient with their effort

too easy

if we aren't going to perform in the breakdown or the lineout they will pick us apart

Losing it at the lineout xxp

Lineouts have been poor, but they struggled with that against SA for a good chunk of the match too

as SA did themselves that night i thonk i remember?

we turned them over a lot too which is being reversed tonight

10 minutes to exert some pressure now

barnes is an honourable man ans an excellent official always said it

lol

in fact hes also really handsome ive just noticed

but srsly i do think all blacks have been getting away with interference all game so hes just calling it straight now

great half but if we play like this in the second i think we'll be left well behind by the whistle

xp I get the feeling Sexton doesn't have the greatest faith in him either from earlier interactions, none of this "yes sir" shite

ireland has a rich and tragic history and wayne barnes is about 1% of it all by himself

been a fantastic battle and starting the same way this half

oh dear from a fuckin lineout

ball never looked straight mind

Brilliant kick too

yep nerveless

Ireland going too far too fast and losing nerve I think...

And Sexton misses it..

couple of poor decisions, trying to force the game far too early i thought

that was close to a turnover, which nz have done brilliantly all night

Good time to win a lineout

Ooh shit and a yellow for NZ

definitely Ireland need to put the squeeze on now rather than looking for those Hollywood passes

wéan na bearnaí

xp keenan and lowe not *quite* penetrating with their runs like in other games and i think it is showing that we dont quite have the backup plan we thought

Come on ffs

fuck tho another great game

two mins of that yellow killed already

sake the scrum again

Been doing that all night

NZ managing this so far

Fucking hell give him two bites

Ireland just cannot be ahead

Now this

Wow

doris having a very poor game

no need at all to rush for the line there eithere

right winner

we should have played that running pressure aftwr the second yellow

Just breaking

great match

agree NZ earned it but so close

What a start

Jesus this is incredible by both of them

This is shaping up to be even better than yesterdays game. I don't think I've ever seen a player block a conversion before.

No not have I