Ireland 13-26 New Zealand result - All Blacks secure Gallagher Cup victory after second-half surge in Chicago

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Soldier Field / 01.11.2025

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22:33

ALL BLACKS TRIUMPH AFTER STRONG FINISH TO DOWN IRELAND

New Zealand scored three unanswered tries in the last 20 minutes to overcome Ireland 26-13 in their Gallagher Cup re-match.

Ireland were looking to repeat their famous victory over the All Blacks from nine years earlier.

Despite Tadhg Beirne being controversially sent off after two minutes, the new 20-minute rule allowed Ireland to stay in the match with 15 men and Iain Henderson came on after the time allocation.

Jack Crowley’s early penalty was all that separated the sides at half-time following an error-strewn 40 minutes, in which Tadhg Furlong opening try was cancelled out by Ardie Savea.

Crowley then added a second penalty as Ireland led by six points on the hour mark.

That was before New Zealand showed their depth of talent as Tamaiti Williams, Wallace Sititi and Cam Roigard all ran over scores to seal the win.

New Zealand head to Murrayfield to face Scotland next Saturday (15:10 GMT) in their Quilter Nations Series opener, while Ireland host Japan earlier the same day (12:40) - with both matches live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

Highlights: New Zealand battle back to overcome 14-player Ireland in Chicago

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22:21

SHEEHAN: ‘BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW’

Ireland hooker Dan Sheehan said that their defeat was a "bitter pill to swallow" following a 13-point loss to New Zealand.

"That was a bitter pill to swallow," he said. "To be honest, I don't think we ever really got going.

"We saw very small patches of what we were looking for, but couldn't really put the whole picture together.

"I thought we were operating at about 80%, maybe going into that sort of half-time period and we looked to get a bit extra going into that second half.

"At times we did, but a lot of inaccuracies, breakdown, line-out and discipline. We have a lot to work on, and hopefully we can bounce back into the Aviva next week and turn it around."

22:18

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22:15

HOLLAND: WE WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT

New Zealand player of the match Fabian Holland said that his side wanted to "make a statement" ahead of the Quilter Nations Series.

He said: "We’re just stoked to get the win.

"We just wanted to make a statement at the start of his tour, hopefully we were able to do that.

"We talked all week about backing each other up and being there for each other, that's what we did.

"It was an absolute team effort. We just had to keep playing All Black rugby, throwing the ball around, being relentless on defence."

Holland says previous Chicago encounter was 'massive' for New Zealand against Ireland

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22:08

NEW ZEALAND SEND MESSAGE AHEAD OF AUTUMN NATIONS

Despite both sides being full of errors in the opening hour the All Blacks had the replacements to secure victory.

They head to Scotland next weekend for their opening Quilter Nations Series after picking off a tiring Ireland defence.

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PEEP

A second half masterclass by New Zealand sees them fight back to take a comfortable 13-point win.

New Zealand think that they have scored a further try at the death through Prendergast only to be denied by a forward pass.

76'

TRY! IRELAND 13 NEW ZELAND 26 (ROIGARD)

Ireland try and play the ball along their own try-line. However, an inaccurate pass puts them in trouble. Lowe is unable to gather the ball before Osbourne does smoother it.

From the resulting scrum Roigard steps inside the defence and runs over the try-line. Barrett sends his conversion wide.

74'

ALL BLACKS PUSH FOR FOURTH TRY

New Zealand almost had a further try but Jordan’s pass to the wing is forward. Ireland are punished for an infringement.

Instead of kicking for the post New Zealand are intent on a further try and kick for touch.

70'

IRELAND CHANGES

Sheehan is replaced by Kelleher; Furlong off for Bealham; Crowley off for Prendergast; McCarthy on for Porter; Casey on for Gibson-Park.

67'

TRY! IRELAND 13 NEW ZELAND 21 (SITITI)

New Zealand are pulling away in this match it’s a lovely run by Barrett who releases Sititi at the perfect moment to run through his first Test try.

Barrett adds the conversion to stretch their advantage.

'They have the capacity to rip teams apart' - Sititi extends New Zealand's lead against Ireland

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65'

LOWE COPES WELL UNDER PRESSURE

From their own try-line New Zealand break with Clarke charging down the wing. However, his kick is collected by Lowe who relives the pressure.

62'

TRY! IRELAND 13 NEW ZELAND 14 (WILLIAMS)

The referee asks for TMO to check Ringrose’s tackle on Barrett which left the New Zealander stunned.

From the resulting quick penalty the ball is driven low to the try-line and Williams scores. The conversion puts New Zealand ahead for the first time.

Williams 'impossible to stop' as New Zealand take the lead against Ireland

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60'

OSBORNE MISSES CHANCE

It’s a big moment for Ireland as Crowley played Osbourne through a gap. However, he fails to hold the pass and the chance was gone.

58'

CHANGES

Williams has replaced De Groot for New Zealand.

Meanwhile, for Ireland in this half Doris is on for Conan and Aki is on for Stuart McCloskey

54'

LOWE HELPS PIN ALL BLACKS BACK

James Lowe chases down his opponent who can only find touch inside the New Zealand half. The All Blacks are on the back foot again and risk seeing this game getting away from them.

51'

PENALTY! IRELAND 13 (CROWLEY) NEW ZELAND 7

New Zealand are punished for two penalties as they frantically tried to stop their opponents.

Taylor is then penalised for dissent and this time Crowley does slot the simple penalty

48'

CROWLEY KICKS WIDE

A missed opportunity for Ireland as Crowley’s kick for the posts gets caught in the wind and flies wide.

45'

IRELAND PRESS EARLY IN HALF

Gibson-Park keeps the ball alive twice at the breakdown as Ireland make ground. Lowe kicks forward to Roigard who concedes a penalty.

The All Blacks are forced into a poor clearance on the edge of their 22 before Barrett does relieve pressure with a much longer kick.

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PEEP

We are back underway. The game is finely balanced at the break. Ryan is back on after his HIA for Ireland.

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QUESTIONS OVER RED CARD

Discussions over 20-minute red card of Beirne will go late into the night. Ireland will feel aggrieved, but the new 20-minute rule meant that they could bring on a replacement later in the first half.

What do you think?

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