James Lowe: 'We struggled to wrangle back momentum'

The Leinster veteran had been an impressive performer as Ireland handled the early loss of Tadhg Beirne quite well. He lamented that when the green wobble began, they had built up just a six-point cushion.

Ireland's James Lowe dejected after the match. Pic: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

With precious little of the infrastructure at Soldier Field working as it was supposed to, the stadium clocks read 22 minutes. 

There were in fact 62 minutes gone — the timers had reset at half-time — and Ireland were leading New Zealand by six points. Then, All Black hell broke loose.