Unbelievable! It all ends in Irish tears

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By TOM BRADSHAW

Ireland............................ 24pts
Tries: Aki 27, Gibson-Park 39, Penalty 64
Conversions: Sexton 29, 40
Penalties: Sexton 22

New Zealand................ 28pts
Tries: Fainga’anuku 19, Savea 33, Jordan 53
Conversions: Mo’unga 21, J Barrett 54
Penalties: Mo’unga 8, J Barrett 14, 69
Whoever said that the All Black aura had waned, that it was now dust and powder? Whoever said it was going to be all-Northern Hemisphere semi-finals?
New Zealand defied the emerald wall – both on the pitch and in a raucous Stade de France crowd – to send Ireland packing from a World Cup q...

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