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Watch - All Blacks prop Angus Ta'avao sent off

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Angus Ta’avao is sent from the field.

New Zealand lost to Ireland in Dunedin after being reduced to 14-man after prop Angus Ta’avao was sent off for a head clash with Ireland centre Garry Ringrose.

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Ireland led 10-0 at the midway point of the first half following an early try from prop Andrew Porter.

Porter powered over inside three minutes to round off a period of sustained Irish pressure, with Sexton adding the extras and later landing a long-range penalty.

The All Blacks were then temporarily reduced to 14 men after winger Leicester Fainga’anuku was sin-binned for a late challenge on Hansen.

New Zealand were temporarily reduced to 13 men after prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi was yellow carded for tackling Garry Ringrose off the ball.

Angus Ta’avao was brought on as cover for Tu’ungafasi and then promptly sent off following head-on-head contact with Ringrose.

Ta’avao was left bloodied by his challenge, while the stricken Ringrose also departed the field, with Bundee Aki replacing him.

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The red card also lead to Ardie Savea being removed from the action at next scrum reset, a decision that came back to haunt them minutes later when the decision became permanent.

Australian journalist Christy Doran wrote: Nothing but red card. All Blacks replacement prop Angus Ta’avao has to be sent off. No drop, little mitigation. Red.”

Irish Daily Mail reporter Rory Keane noted: “Angus Ta’avao becomes the sixth All Black to be sent off in Test history. The fourth in 50 years…”

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Despite their numerical disadvantage, New Zealand only trailed 10-7 at the break.

Beauden Barrett dived over after the ball squirted out of a ruck to reduce the deficit following relentless All Blacks pressure just before the interval, with Jordie Barrett adding the conversion.

Ireland vice-captain James Ryan had moments earlier been shown a yellow card for cynically stopping an All Blacks quick-tap penalty.

Ireland would go on to claim a famous win, their first on New Zealand soil.

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rod 849 days ago

Ireland we’re good tonight deserved the win! I think the red was harsh, just a collision but I’ll have to look at the replay again

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GrahamVF 849 days ago

To put this into perspective. This team (14 out of 23 of the Irish team are Leinster players) was beaten by the Bulls in Ireland with only 1 Springbok in their lineup.

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Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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CO 2 hours ago
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Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


To get the unforced errors under control he's going to be needing to handover the number eight role to Sititi and reset expectations of what loose forwards do. Establish a clear distinction with a large, swarthy lineout jumper at six that is a feared runner and dominant tackler and a turnover specialist at seven that is abrasive in contact. He'll then need to build depth behind the three starters and ruthlessly select for that group to be peaking in 2027 in hit Australian conditions on firm, dry grounds.


It's going to help him that Savea is shifting to the worst super rugby franchise where he's going to struggle behind a beaten pack every week.


The under performing loose forward trio is the key driver of the high error rates and unacceptable turn overs due to awol link work. Sititi is looking like he's superman compared to his openside and eight.


At this late stage in the season they shouldn't be operating with just the one outstanding loose forward out of four selected for the English test. That's an abject failure but I think Robertson's sacrificing link quality on purpose to build passion amongst the junior Allblacks as they see the reverential treatment the old warhorses are receiving for their long term hard graft.


It's unfortunately losing test matches and making what should be comfortable wins into nail biters but it's early in the world cup cycle so perhaps it's a sacrifice worth making.


However if this was F1 then Sam Cane would be Riccardo and Ardie would be heading into Perez territory so the loose forwards desperately need revitalisation through a rebuild over the next season to complement the formidable tight five.

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