All Blacks v Ireland: World rugby media reacts to historic Irish win over New Zealand at Dunedin

World media are lauding Ireland's historic win over the All Blacks at Dunedin - their first ever on New Zealand soil.

UK and Irish press have praised the visitors for capitalising on an ill-disciplined New Zealand outfit, and were unlucky not to be a further player up.

Sam Cane.
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Social media were even more critical of the All Blacks, with fans and pundits here and abroad slamming coach Ian Foster and his team.

Here's how the world media reacted to Ireland's win over the All Blacks.

What the press said: 

BBC
Irish claim historic win over 14-man All Blacks

Ireland emerged victorious from a chaotic game to claim their first win over the All Blacks in New Zealand and level their three-match series.

Having never beaten New Zealand before 2016, Ireland have now won four of the last seven meetings between the sides - with their latest victory arguably the most emphatic example of the strides taken under Andy Farrell.

Their cause was aided by a violently off-colour New Zealand, whose disciplinary problems saw them twice temporarily reduced to 13 men in the first half, while they only posed an attacking threat in the final stages of each half.

The Irish Times
Ireland make history in New Zealand

The postscript may focus on the red card, and two yellow cards, which the All Blacks incurred inside a wild and wacky first half-hour in an opening period which lasted almost an hour. But by any yardstick, this was a totally deserved, as well as historic, first win on New Zealand soil.

In many respects, Ireland played better when the sides had the same number of players, be it 15 v 15 or 14 v 14, than when they had a one- or two-man advantage.

The Independant
Porter double sends Ireland on way to historic win over All Blacks

Andy Farrell's Ireland have made history, beating the All Blacks on their own patch for the first time.

In an action-packed Test match that featured four cards - one of them red for New Zealand's replacement prop Angus Ta'avao - Andrew Porter scored twice, while Johnny Sexton added three penalties, as the visitors set up a series decider in Wellington next week.

Well beaten seven days before, they were decidedly the better team here against ill-disciplined opponents.

Irish Examiner
History made: Ireland secure first win over All Blacks on NZ soil

Just as they had in the first Test seven days earlier at Eden Park, Ireland engineered the perfect start, their high-tempo and lightning-quick ruck ball once again providing momentum the All Blacks could not deal with. 

Ireland have now beaten the All Blacks in Chicago, Dublin and New Zealand. Why not in France? And why should they fear hosts France? Certainly the aura of the All Blacks has been well and truly smashed now by Ireland. Four Irish wins in the last seven games against them can’t be ignored.

But winning at the bottom of the world in a Dunedin venue where the All Blacks had never lost a test game carries incalculable value.

The Daily Telegraph
Ireland claim historic first victory in New Zealand

Out of chaos, immortality. Ireland kept their composure to land a first away victory over the All Blacks, capitalising on a sloppy and ill-disciplined performance from the hosts under the roof in Dunedin. Thrashed last weekend, they have a chance for a momentous series triumph.

New Zealand spent most of a wild encounter depleted thanks to three first-half cards, two of them yellow prior to a red for Angus Ta’avao. In truth, they could have been punished more severely. At one stage, the All Blacks should have been reduced to 12 men rather than 13. It was bedlam.

Daily Mail
Visitors secure their first-ever away win against the All Blacks

South African official Peyper was at the centre of the gripping action.

He should have briefly reduced New Zealand to 12 men due to their foul play temporarily leading to uncontested scrums.

Amid the chaos, Ireland struggled to manage the game and squandered numerous chances to stretch the scoreboard before being pegged back just before the break.

How social media reacted:

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