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The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Gallan

Ireland 13-26 New Zealand: rugby union Test – as it happened

Scott Barrett of New Zealand lifts the Gallagher Cup.
Scott Barrett of New Zealand lifts the Gallagher Cup. Photograph: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile/Getty Images

Match report

The report has landed and that’s my cue to leave.

Thanks for joining me. Well done to New Zealand who got their revenge across a scrappy game. Still, a win is a win.

See you all next week.

We’ve had some correspondence from John Davis:

“Evening Daniel. I am thoroughly against the 20 min red card; we have to protect player health and allowing a team to bring a player on after 20 min makes a travesty of that. However, after THAT decision I’m starting to see some upside.”

Quite right. On reflection I think that’s the worst red card I’ve seen given in a Test match.

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