New Zealand reaction: 'The most disciplined, committed defensive rearguard of the modern age'
TRYSCORER: New Zealand's Leicester Fainga'anuku celebrates
The New Zealand media were gushing in their praise of the All Blacks, and of the game in general. Said the Herald's Liam Napier: "Revenge is sweet for the All Blacks as they stride one step closer to their pursuit of cathartic World Cup redemption.
The 78,000 at Stade de France – a sea of green and pockets of black - were treated to a class contest, one of the best in World Cup history, as Ireland and the All Blacks traded punch and counter punch amid a fever-pitch atmosphere that stretched well into added time.
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