Good game Ireland. They had all the penalties, sin bins (their way) possesion and territory which is what you need to avoid a thrashing from the All Blacks and at the same time, give your team a real oppertunity. While the Irish having all that and not scoring a try or a scoreboard lead might be seen as dissapointing or poor, it wouldve been a thrashing from the All Blacks had they not had the penalties etc. So I guess thats a silver-lining for the Irish in that despite their win in Chicago, the All Blacks was always the real beast here and to restrict them of the ball is a step in the right direction.
The Irish attack is just no where near as flairy and cohesive as the All Blacks and thats where they lost. In hindsight where everythings easy - they probably shouldve went with multiple droppies cos they just werent getting through.
