2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP JAPAN NEWS FLASH!!! News just come in as England march on into the final four, breaking Wallaby hearts in Oita (It was revenge for England since losing to them in 2015) then the All Blacks are in the semifinals, dismantling Ireland in the quarterfinals at Tokyo Stadium in Tokyo so here is the match commentary provided by Newshub:
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Rugby World Cup quarter-final between the All Blacks and Ireland.
All Blacks: 1-Joe Moody, 2-Codie Taylor, 3-Nepo Laulala, 4-Brodie Retallick, 5-Samuel Whitelock, 6-Ardie Savea, 7-Sam Cane, 8-Kieran Read, 9-Aaron Smith, 10-Richie Mo'unga, 11-George Bridge, 12-Anton Lienert-Brown, 13-Jack Goodhue, 14-Sevu Reece, 15-Beauden Barrett
Reserves: 16-Dane Coles, 17-Ofa Tuungafasi, 18-Angus Ta'avao, 19-Scott Barrett, 20-Matt Todd, 21-TJ Perenara, 22-Sonny Bill Williams, 23-Jordie Barrett.
Ireland: 1-Cian Healy, 2-Rory Best, 3-Tadhg Furlong, 4-Iain Henderson. 5-James Ryan, 6-Peter O'Mahony, 7-Josh van der Flier, 8-CJ Stander, 9-Conor Murray, 10-Johnny Sexton, 11-Jacob Stockdale, 12-Robbie Henshaw, 13-Garry Ringrose, 14-Keith Earls, 15-Rob Kearney
Reserves: 16-Niall Scannell, 17-Dave Kilcoyne, 18-Andrew Porter, 19-Tadhg Beirne, 20-Rhys Ruddock, 21-Luke McGrath, 22-Joey Carbery, 23-Jordan Larmour.
11:05PM: Not far away now! 10 minutes until kick off
11:11PM: Anthems are up now, a couple of bangers to get us started this evening.
11:15PM: Haka time! You can hardly hear them! The croud is so loud.
1ST MINUTE: Kick off! We are underway in Tokyo.
SCRUM: Early knock on from the All Blacks, first scrum of the game, here we go.
2ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Trick play early from Ireland, Sexton tries a cross field kick, NZ gathers and Goodhue puts a kick in behind. Ireland lineout.
3RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Maul called and the All Blacks win a scrum feed.
5TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: The All Blacks have their first attacking attempt, Stockdale is called for the deliberate knock down, All Blacks penalty.
SUBSTITUTION & PENALTY GOAL: Ringrose is off for a blood bin, the All Blacks will kick for goal. It's good. All Blacks 3 - 0 Ireland.
7TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): A conservative start from both sides here, like a boxing fight. Ireland gather their own kick off.
8TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Bridge pounces on a loose ball and kick down field, Ireland get back and will clear through Murray.
9TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Ardie Savea is pinged for the infringement at the lineout - Ireland will kick for touch.
10TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Good defence from Cane, forces a knock on. NZ scrum.
12TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Really good attack from the All Blacks, they almost create on overlap to the left but Kearney clears, All Blacks lineout.
14TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: the forwards got to work to put the Irish on the back foot and Aaron Smith pounces and scores the opener. Kick is good. All Blacks 10 - 0 Ireland.
16TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Ireland have the advantage and will win a penalty - they will kick for touch.
18TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Mo'unga does well to keep the ball in play and Barrett clears! Lovely from the two playmakers.
19TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Dusty work at the lineout from Ireland! They knock it on and the All Blacks win a scrum feed.
20TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Reece and Bridge combine well down the left hand side after a great pass from Goodhue and on the recycle, it's Aaron Smith who scores again! Kick is good - great kick! All Blacks 17 - 0 Ireland.
22ND MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Ringrose is called for a head high tackle/high shot (Dangerous tackle) on Savea, the All Blacks will kick for touch.
23RD MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Stolen at the lineout from Ireland and they clear through Murray.
24TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Great work at the breakdown from Peter O'Mahony and he wins a penalty for Ireland - they need to score some points here.
25TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), SCRUM: Knock on at contact from Ireland - big defence from the Kiwis.
26TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: Penalty called against Healy - the All Blacks will kick for touch.
28TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knock on from Savea, a tough call, but he lost it.
30TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Reece makes a mini break but a pass from ALB goes forward and Ireland are able to clear.
31ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY: ALB is called for coming in from the side, Ireland are hanging in this one but the All Blacks are knocking on the door for the killer blow.
32ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: Mo'unga pounces on a loose pass and kicks the ball, Barrett gets to it and kicks it forward and his pace gets him over the line and scores. That could be all she wrote now, the All Blacks are all over it! Kick is wide. All Blacks 22 - 0 Ireland.
35TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Murray knocks the ball on and they look rattled, out of their depth at the moment.
37TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Another knock on then Murray tackles Smith around the neck, the All Blacks will kick for touch.
38TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Horrible kick from Mo'unga - it doesn't find touch.
41ST MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Ireland win a penalty and will kick for touch - a last chance here in the 1st half.
43RD MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Another penalty called against the All Blacks and Ireland will kick for touch again.
PENALTY: TMO is called and the penalty have been reversed, Peter O'Mahony is called, All Blacks win the penalty and that will be half time.
HALF TIME: The All Blacks have been a cut above this half, their forwards have been more physical and the back line has been too slick, I don't see much of a way back for Ireland.
41ST MINUTE: Back underway for the 2nd half!
42ND MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Scott Barrett is on for Brodie Retallick, scratch that! He's on for Sam Cane, a wrist injury.
44TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Mistake from Beauden, goes for a droppy from half way, it goes dead.
45TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER): Moody makes another good run, he's had a superb game.
48TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Clinical from the Kiwis, Read makes a break and pops up a pass to Taylor who scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 29 - 0 Ireland.
52ND MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER): Ireland are on attack here, Sexton puts up a bomb and the All Blacks clear.
54TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Lovely from Aaron Smith, box kick puts Ireland deep in their own half and they clear through Murray.
56TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: Good work at the breakdown from Ireland, they win a penalty at the breakdown.
58TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), SCRUM: Knock on off black is the call and Ireland have the scrum feed.
60TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Incredible work from Beauden Barrett with a kick, the chase and the gather.
61ST MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: Saucy little cross field kick to Reece, he beats two before being tackles and the pass goes to Matt Todd who scores! Kick is wide. All Blacks 34 - 0 Ireland.
65TH MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER): Ireland have the pill now and work it forward.
67TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), PENALTY: A kick in behind falls to Carbery and he knocks the ball on, they come back for the penalty.
69TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER), TRY IRELAND & CONVERSION: Finally the men in green have something to cheer about, off the scrum they go to the right and it's Robbie Henshaw who scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 34 - 7 Ireland
73RD MINUTE (4 MINUTES LATER), TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION: Superb from Savea who makes the gap, finds Coles who offloads it to Bridge who scores. Kick is good. All Blacks 41 - 7 Ireland.
76TH MINUTE (3 MINUTES LATER): Ireland have a lineout and are now just 5 metres out.
77TH MINUTE (1 MINUTE LATER), PENALTY TRY IRELAND & YELLOW CARD: Matt Todd sees yellow too, he is called for being offside and diving in front of the post to prevent a try against the post. All Blacks 41 - 14 Ireland
79TH MINUTE (2 MINUTES LATER): Beauden Barrett has been named man of the match, great game from the fullback.
TRY ALL BLACKS & CONVERSION MISS: Simple execution as they shift right, Beauden finds Jordie and he scores. Kick is wide. All Blacks 46 - 14 Ireland
FULL TIME! Absolute clinic from the men in black, it's see ya later Ireland as the All Blacks march on to the next round.
ALL BLACKS 46 - 14 IRELAND
And Wales have beaten 14 man France (Although the French had Sebastien Vahaamahina sent off for leading into an elbow on a Welsh player to the head then Wales had scored the match winning try in style during the injury time period) in Oita to advance through to the semis along with South Africa who ended Japan's hopes of reaching the semifinal in Tokyo (It was pay back for the Springboks after losing to them in 2015).
And here is the confirmed list for the semifinal matches being played:
England Vs New Zealand (Their most recent meeting at a Rugby World Cup was 20 years ago when the All Blacks ran out as winners as the late Jonah Lomu able to repeat his heroics against England in 1995, scoring just the single try in the game during the pool stages as well as Jeff Wilson who scored the opening try of the match)
And Wales Vs South Africa (The last time both of these sides had met at a Rugby World Cup was during the quarterfinals in 2015 in which the Springboks knocked Wales out of the Rugby World Cup to go through to the semis to face the AB's who had just beaten France)
So that is my 324th blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 64th of this year.
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