"I started a joke, that started the whole world ......" | Ireland v New Zealand.

They no more choked than France choked.

50/50 games at this level.

We have rarely if ever seen an Irish team at this level in a sport. Just like NZ, SA Fra etc we can on our day beat any of these teams and it's been like that for some time.

Important now that we stay there.

I'd say it is somewhat of a fluke because of the draw that we were in a 50/50 scenario so early in the tournament. I'd say France are saying the same thing this AM, while England and Argentina would not be.

The 'bottlers' shouting on the sidelines say the SA game didn't matter, but they ignore what SA put into that game and what we did. Had we lost that we turned the Scotland game into a 50/50 one. It counted and we won a fierce game against a team that may win it now.

Fine fine margins at this level and I think some are not used to this level of a sport.

I doubt that will happen but they do deserve some kind of recognition in my opinion. They are an outstanding group. Very unlucky on Friday

I know that but if we were in the other group are you saying we 100% be into a semi final?

History doesn't lie and we have an abysmal record against Argentina in RWCs losing to them 3 times. I'm not saying we would lose this time but the 2007 or 2015 teams weren't meant to lose to them either and see what happened. There were other circumstances that came into play but we tend to use all these excuses as reasons to justify why we didn't get the job done. Argentina played good enough on Saturday to beat Wales and Wales have always a good standing in RWCs. I am not 100% convinced we would to be honest and until we actually go away and do it.

Had NZ lost, they'd(the negative ninny's in NZ) be talking about the nervy start that NZ had, the wayward kicks and untypical badly thrown passes. They'd be lamenting not going for the corner when penalties were awarded etc.

The easy criticisms would be tirelessly made. Eaten bread is soon forgotten when you win.

Joke's on you man, I don't even have a girlfriend to perform badly in the sack with.

And in addition what a load of nonsense.

So we're not allowed to criticise the performances of highly paid international sports people any more?

All this "couldn't be prouder" bullshit you saw on the internet are just eeijits trying to get a clap on the back from other people on the internet saying "oh Aren't the irish great fans".

Mod: Warning.

Yes, it's almost a self fulfilling thing at this stage - we got eliminated at the quarter final stage again, therefore we must have "choked"....ignoring the fact that we might have been knocked out by the eventual 2023 winners and pushed them to within four points.

I agree. Doesn't particularly matter to me when it came, QF, SF or final. The fact is we were beaten on the day.

Richie Mo'unga was quite funny in one of the pressers before the match. He was asked about them being underdogs with the bookies, and he said it makes no difference to him, he's not betting on Paddy Power or any of those websites.

It would also have been a pity for the competition if NZ or SA went home in the quarter finals. I've a feeling both the semi-finals will be over after 20 minutes as contests.

Going for the line instead of kicking points, when our line out is questionable at best, someone, anyone should have told JS hold his horses. This is one of the issues as to why he should never have been captain.

I don't know how anyone can dis a win of what is probably the best international competition outside of the RWC.

Rightly, every country that wins it celebrates it and every country that participates in it want to win it

Ireland are never, ever going to not target it and anyone that doesn't understand that know very little about professional sport.

In 2015 we played the Pumas missing POM; POC, SOB, J10 and lost Bowe inside 20 minutes. We'd have beaten them with a fully stacked side. Our depth wasn't very good.

Kinda glossing over how they overcame that poor start, fought their way back into the game and were one Barret thigh away from winning. It's the very opposite of choke and if Kelleher grounds that ball, arguably one of the greatest wins in the history of the tournament. If Barnes didn't swallow his whistle at the death, good chance we maul them over the line again.

We lost to a great performance from NZ, who were fairly nervy themselves. Choking is what happened in 2003, 2011, 2019. Not this time around. This was **** **** luck.

There are people using the word 'choke' who haven't a clue what it means.

Admit it, you are just here to troll...

Because you obviously have no actual knowledge to fall back on or you would no there are no players on the path to residency who will be around in 2027