Dan Carter spezza la resistenza irlandese con un drop all’ultimo secondo: 22 a 19 per gli All Blacks

Bellissima battaglia a Christchurch con una Irlanda completamente diversa rispetto a quella travolta una settimana fa. Partita decisa all’ultimo respiro da un drop di Dan Carter, ma applausi agli uomini in maglia verde.

For New Zealand:
Try: A Smith
Con: Carter
Pens: Carter 4
Drop: Carter

For Ireland:
Try: Murray
Con: Sexton
Pens: Sexton 4

Yellow card: Dagg, 72 mins (New Zealand, foul play)

New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Zac Guildford, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Hika Elliot, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Sam Cane, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Ben Smith.

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (c), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip. 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Dan Tuohy, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Declan Fitzpatrick, 18 Donncha O’Callaghan, 19 Peter O’Mahony, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Simon Zebo.

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)