Where did it go wrong for Ireland? | Alan Quinlan 

Two yellow cards and 20 min with 14 players, Ireland should have been able to win. Credit to ABs, incredible. Massive defensively and clinical on attack.

I'm very impressed by this guy. The sportsmanship and respect he showed to NZ during this interview (despite his obvious disappointment) is very impressive. Top bloke.

14 men for 20 minutes and still managed to stay infront, absolutely ruthless.

All Black's won a scrum penalty with 7 forwards. They played a quarter of the match with 14 men, not 15. It was not a lucky win. That was pure heart and very very smart rugby played by NZ. Ireland were dismantled by a team who couldnt keep their full compliment of players on the field. How about we acknowledge that incredible achievement. Not many teams, if any at all could've done what the All Black's did. I'm glad many of us knew they could.

Knock out rugby is a different beast. The pressure was always on Ireland being number one in the world they were expected to win. But what everyone forgot was the all blacks have been under pressure every World Cup played. Congratulations New Zealand much deserved win and with only 14 players for 20 minutes wow that’s amazing boys❤

Lol thats why we Springbok fans are never over confident playing NZ, even if theyre inconsistent, they can still turn up when it matters

“We prefer to play NZ in the quarters” 😮

Death, taxes and Quarter final defeats.

FORM IS TEMPORARY, CLASS IS PERMANENT #ALLBLACKS

All these boys were hearing is they’re the worst team to wear the black jersey! Big mistake

Don't forget to tell all the people on the plane back to Dublin that you use to be number 1.😂😂

#ABs... never write them off... #ABs for life... 💪💪💪

under the radar and now over the moon, these AB legends are a class apart.

Welcome to kbockout rugby. It took the AB's 24 years to wrap their heads around being #1 for 3 years leading up to WC and then getting dumped out in the knockout stage. We empathise with your pain Ireland.

Its an interesting comment ive heard from Sexton and now Quinlan that the All Blacks didnt have to work as hard for their tries. Thats the point though isnt it, if you get a "free" 7-14 points a game because youve got players with individual brilliance it makes things easier. Theres only one team in the world that can score tries like that. No one else besides the All Blacks can truly break a team apart through individual brilliance. No matter whether its the great 2015 All Blacks or a slightly lesser version like this NZ team. Ireland played great, what a great game. Theyre a wonderful team and I know no NZ fan would've been confident the entire game. But I think that kind of comment shows Ireland just dont quite get it. The All Blacks can hang around with anyone and may or may not win, but no one can rip a team apart like the All Blacks in moments like those two tries. In a game that is now so structured there is still a place for the park footy the kiwis can play at times.

Ireland. See you in the Quarterfinals in four years again!

I’m Scottish with Irish roots but due to how arrogant and cocky Ireland was after Irelands win over Scotland and enjoying rubbing salt into the wounds & gloating I’m pleased Ireland were dished out their own karma medicine! Well done All Blacks

Firstly, immense credit to both teams for what was an epic encounter. That was a game for the ages. I’m an England supporter but was deeply absorbed in that game: heart pounding. That was the ABs we all remember of old. Welcome back! Ireland were absolutely brilliant and whilst it’s ultimately a painful defeat they did everything they could and left it all out there. What a run they’ve had the last few years. That’s the greatest Ireland team of all time and they deserve that title. I’m not sure how Ireland break the QF hoodoo; just keep chipping away and it’ll happen as the side is quality.

Ireland played great. NZ managed the game well. Yes 2 yellow cards but remember, NZ won the 2011 World Cup with at least a yellow card in every playoff game. NZs defense was the difference. Was a great game for 2 great teams. Came down to little moments.

Like I posted yesterday, O’Mahonys disrespect would be met with AB response… they couldnt say it but they sure used it.

Finally Ireland's press and rush defence off the line out was dealt with. Ringrose and others rushed up and Mounga found the gap and skipped through, to unleash Jordan. A try from first phase attack, I think that shocked Ireland and emboldened NZ.

No excuses-congrats to AB’s from Irish fan. They are a great team and go quietly about their business and listening to after game interviews from AB’s they show respect to loosing team. Proud of our Irish team and they will rebound!

Atleast the Irish have Sunday dessert sorted. Some humble pie!!

The bit where we finally had hope. That’s where we went wrong.

Hold your heads high Ireland. We've been wanting this game since you beat us over here last year, you have a very good team that achieved a lot over the last few years, deserved NO#1 rank team. Your future looks bright. Super proud of our boys in Black. Well done, if we manage to get past Argentina next week we're in with a chance.

They played the All Blacks in the quarter finals,thats what went wrong 💪💯

The AB’s are the mighty AB’s once again

Winning a QF is not for everyone !

The All Black style that they played against Ireland evolved in Auckland. It was said in the late seventies and early eighties "All Blacks? Just send Auckland. . ." The style was fifteen man rugby. I played it at school. The emphasis was total support in offense and defense. The current team has struggled but they showed they can whip out the long passes at the right time, overcoming the vaunted precision of Ireland's short passing game. It didn't matter that Ireland's fan sang to shout out the haka. Tonight a team who had struggled to hold the mantle of past successes added another success to the history books.

Not being from a rugby county, I am a big fan of All Blacks Team, Ireland fans, Dupont and most of all Rugby Culture (respect opponents and referee, get along with opposing fans, and don't make excuses), basically the opposite of soccer/football

Amazing game, brilliant performance by NZ, I think Aki was the stand-out player for Ireland once again. Hat's off to Sam Kane, probably his best performance at 7. Thank you, Johnny Sexton, for an amazing career. 👏

As a bok fan lm not surprise coz these southern hemispheres nations are traditionally rugby players

Alan Quinlan has been one of the few Irish pundits not to get too carried away by this Ireland team. He’s always balanced and is a credit to himself. More than can be said of some of the Irish supporters at the stadium who were whistling and shouting during the “silence”. Disgraceful behaviour

Game management from NZ was outstanding. The best team won no doubt.

Over confidence bred by media and needling of ABs meant they were on back foot from first whistle and turning down penalty kick was either misplaced confidence or plain arrogance. Whenever an ABs side is written off by media, it stirs the psyche of over 100 years of a winning attitude

Really interesting listening to the NH/Irish perspective on this. They make it sound like Ireland were poor. Thought Both teams played well and nullified their threats at some points in the match. But the ABs made one extra match winning play

From a Kiwi - Ireland Fans and Team can hold their heads high. Also Kudos to the guy being interviewed - Very Classy and Respectful response as I'm sure he like many Irish fans will be hurting

Awesome breakdown of the game.good man👍

It went wrong after you beat South Africa and Ireland suddenly thought they were untouchable. Completely discounted the ABs

Sometimes you get this feeling that you can't breathe like you are choking 😢

As a kiwi, there were several factors of why I thought NZ had the upper hand: 1) NZ have played ‘under pressure’ rugby more than any other team. They know the mental fight that is needed. 2) NZ were underdogs, so the pressure was already off them 3) Irish are world no1 and therefore the pressure for them to win was heavy. Not only that, the had thrice the pressure because of also the consecutive win record, and, the quarter final curse 4) NZ are most dangerous when they are written off. Not that anyone didnt think NZ was capable, but it was against them, and because of this - NZ were out to make a statement. Thank you Ireland, for such a superb game of rugby. Till the next encounter!

As a South African, I can hear a Vuvuzela in the background. Well done AB

Two moments of brilliance. Barret chip n chase & Muonga show n go were purely sublime and very much the difference between the two teams.

Ireland did not play their game plan perfectly as in their previous games. Their backline was not doing well and Sexton did not attack and just passed the ball standing still, not creating opportunities for his backline.

Northern Hemisphere Rugby has been humbled by the Rugby CHAMPIONS(hip) teams.

it went wrong by Ireland Media thinking they already won the RWC and it was a right of passage.

Rip Jerry collins who passed away in france bring the cup home brothers

Savea and Cane were outstanding, Doris and JDF werent , big difference in the backrow

So well said mate, I thought Ireland played out of their skins, & just a few penalties went our way what a game from both teams,, that was the world cup final I thought

Ireland hold your head up, pick yourself up and carry on.

Great game. Ireland thank you for the training run.

Ireland had 20 minutes playing a team with a man down and still couldn't put New Zealand away.😊

It went wrong when Ireland, the press, supporters and commentators started celebrating Ireland's world cup win months before the tournament started. You can never write off the southern hemisphere sides.

Can't wait to see France vs All Blacks finale 🎉

I was telling everyone that the All Blacks were just going to win because they’ve been under the pressures of finals footy before. Ireland have experienced that now and they were close. They’ll learn from this and come back stronger now.

It was a great battle.

It was anyone's game right to the end. Thank you both teams for giving me a near heart attack 🤪🤣😂

classy speaker. heard him on the n.z radio, nothing changes, only thing is porter was old by barnes 6 times get off , he never penalized porter, so swings and roundabouts, barnes didnt do a bad job overall. dorris also , but Irelands good at slowing ball down. the score was a fair reflection of the game n.z were slightly better.

There needs to be a detailed historical analysis done of Wayne Barnes' refereeing of Matches involving Ireland.

Where it really went wrong was when ya put ireland & world cup quarter final in the same sentence!

Once again, the Irish were overconfident coming into this game. Everyone wrote off the All Blacks. But this is knockout rugby and you need to be smart. Why did Sexton choose to kick 3 penalties to the corner instead of at the posts? He was clearly emotional throughout and ultimately cracked under pressure. And in my opinion, any captain who swears at referees and other players doesn't deserve to lift the Webb Ellis trophy! All the Irish and Welsh supporters might call that "passion", but we in the Southern Hemisphere just call that disgusting behavior. Sexton ultimately got what he deserved. Same thing goes for O'Mahoney! Remember what he told Sam Cane last year? So it was only fitting tonight to watch Sam Cane absolutely outplay O'Mahoney! Let's go Southern Hemisphere!!!!🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

No skin for me🇿🇦but a great battle. Would never have expected NZ to take it based on recent issues but they did, Well done Kiwis.

5 games in row for there main starting 15. Not rotating players during the pool phase enough has come back to bite Ireland. They did bloody well but just didn’t look as fresh or as intense as New Zealand.

the scoreboard never lies

when it really really really really mattered they had not got it , the difference between great teams and good teams .

If the ABs wanted revenge for losing the series last year , imagine what they will do to SA for the beating they got six weeks ago.

Defensively NZ were that bit better, sharper and more tenacious at rucks, winning a lot of collisions, turnovers and penalties. The ref didn't like the Irish scrum which was a big problem too. The Irish lineout, while improved, still malfunctioned at some crucial moments and attacking areas resulting in a NZ attack which ended in a try. Johnny turned down two kickable penalties for an attacking lineout that they didn't score from. That was 6 points, we lost by 4 and hindsight is an ugly thing. One of those NZ scores was really soft too, basically ran straight through off first phase attack and a canter into the corner for a try which is not what we've come to expect from this defensive beast of an Irish side. NZ made plenty of mistakes too though but we're reflecting on areas where Ireland weren't at their typically high standards. NZ spend 20 minutes with 14 men, that needs to be factored too. It's a tough one to take because I feel this Irish side are worth more than a quarter finals exit and didn't do much wrong. We knew the world cup draw was bs and extremely tough not just for Ireland but for the 4 top sides in the world Ireland, SA, NZ and France(which another gets to leave at quarters stage sadly). Scotland can feel pretty hard done by too with that draw.

Simply better team wins and no shame losing to the All Blacks... period

You should congrats the officials too trying their best today but they also lost

Why was the skew scrummaging not called out before this match? They could’ve fixed that.

Same old same, unlucky just not good enough. Roll on next week - turning out to be some tournament, safe travels to the lads.

I thought Sam cane couldn't ruck properly 3 turnovers by himself 22 tackles 3 being dominating tackles

It was fairly obvious that NZ did there homework on the ireland rap around. Ideally the Irish should have realised this sooner and maybe varied their tactics a bit more, they were a bit predictable which made defence easier. What a great game of rugby , hats off to both teams from a proud South African AB supporter

There's always room to improve, but I thought the Irish played very, very well. My chest was thumping like crazy in that last few minutes because I was dreading the Irish earning a penalty, going for a line-out drive situation - and very likely could've scored a try there to leave us with the heartbreak. I can't see the English or Welsh defeat the Irish with how they played today.

Two good teams were out there today.

is nice too see arrogance get humbled..very nice...ABS well done..nemind Ireland..life goes on

Amazing content!!! Like being there yesterday … still buzzing. Perhaps most teams are trying to emulate Ireland’s attack but definitely not NZ. Look at their tries… very un-Irish. First phase strike move off front of the lineout looked easy but beautifully constructed. Not sure why Sexton thinks they gifted scores to ABs. Perhaps a bit of the hurt talking rather than cool headed analysis.

and here's the start of the weeklong wake hosted by off the ball.....

To be fair to Alan Quinlan his opening remarks were that NZ were the better team and were superb, and he's right imo. This constant 'what went wrong' line does my head in though. You get it in every sport now. Whatever happened to 'we lost because the other team played better than us' ? That's what happened to us lasr night.

Can someone explain to me why they’re saying Ireland had to work harder for there tries than the AB’s? It’s not the AB’s fault Ireland left those holes open?

The AB's had the players to win it, and it took a lot of failures for this All Black team to wake up and play to their potential. It was interesting to see the ABs celebrating this win as if it was the world cup final. That showed that they were in a lot of pressure of not to lose to Ireland again. However, I am not convinced that this AB will win the world cup. What is next for Ireland? Learn to win knock out games in the next four years, and get really conditioned (too many Ireland players looked tired), rest key players for quarter stages, have a 33 strong team who can cover all positions, and have lots of individual brilliance. I feel for Ireland for losing but I commend Fozzy and the boyz for a gutzzy win and proved many of us wrong that they can beat Ireland in this stage of the tournament. Well done to the ABs and to all of the coaching staff and staff in general.

Banter aside Ireland are a great side with great team spirit and coaches. Unlucky fellas, until next time. ✌️🇳🇿🇮🇪

Little things can make a big difference at this level however a lot of fans and pundits don't seem to take into account that players aren't robots and can sometimes underperform as well as exceed expectations. I had a gut feeling that NZ would win not because i think they are currently better but because Ireland were under a weight of expectation that they haven't experienced in a world cup before while NZ have lived with it at every world cup. A similar thing happened in the first Quarter final in that Argentina played without a weight of expectation which they have had in the pool stages while Wales became nervous and tight in the second half. Having said all that both results could have still been different and that's why we watch top level sport.

Line out really. Sam Cane was outstanding today. So was savea and frezelle. Also Ireland pack couldn’t win a scrum with 8 men vs 7😂😂

Giving them a 1 man advantage for 20 minutes !!!! 20 minutes!!! And then not sending Lowe off for 10 mins when he high tackled Savea in the mouth, WHEN EVERY OTHER REF has given a Yellow Card for attacking the Head is complete snd utter BS !!!!! Ireland aren't World Champions because they've never faced 15 Men against an All Blacks Team for 80 minutes. Sorry Ireland but you NEVER had the goods, EVER !!!

It looked like new Zealand would eventually buckle at the relentless IRISH PRESSURE. HOW NEW ZEALAND MANAGE TO HOLD OUT IS A MIRACLE. ONE VERY SMALL ERROR FROM THEM AND IRELAND WIN.

Looks like an AB v Springbok final. England are always capable of a big performance on their day but can't see that happening this time.

I don't think there's anything that Ireland could have done.They played an All black team at a different level.Ireland played well at the end of the day the Blacks ended up being the better team.Congrats to both for playing one of the best WC QF game.

That's why they are the All Blacks. Congrats to New Zealand, best of luck in the Semi Final.

Was surprised before the game that 80 % of fans pundits, where convinced Ireland would beat New Zealand, I felt it would be alot closer, also surprised at the arrogance from some Irish Supporters and players and the disrespect towards the ABs and Same Cane in particular,the Irish came across as really arrogant, really happy to see them lose

Could have been a different outcome if Irish Captain take every penalty shots at goal early on the game. Every points is important when playing knock off games. The Irish were very dangerous on attack, solid defense. Awesome game.

playing with 14 players for 20 mins against no 1 side is unbelievable . AB's never allowed the Ireland to pass the score. managing players during that 20 mins , Fozzy played a good role.

One individuals sense of entitlement-‘we had to work harder for our tries’ ? There’s a lot in that statement. Ireland actually treated leniently for perpetually lying on the rucks. Commentator statement about Hansen in a race to be fit for the semi final was mind blowing..play by play one game at a time my friends. Quiting on superstition ‘don’t jinx it’ and meant to be thinking..no such thing exist - you simply need more points on the board at the end - only three columns points per team and result- there is no comments column.

Is that a vuvuzela i hear in the background?😂

The way the media was going on, Ireland was already in the final...you can never write off the AB's from a Bok fan. That game could have been a final! Brilliant game off rugby.

It's clear that Ireland "prepared" for the Haka and was still coming down from that in that first 12/15 minutes. 😢

They had too much pressure on them by there own media 🤣🤣

The old mantra pressure passing and possession

Debout amis Irlandais ! Vous avez encore de beaux matchs à jouer dans l'avenir ! 🤗🇫🇷

take the 3 points when on offer