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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Robert Hynes

Social media reaction to the first half of New Zealand v Ireland in Rugby World Cup quarter-final

New Zealand have absolutely dominated Ireland in the first-half of their Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Tokyo.

Joe Schmidt's men trail New Zealand 22-0 at half-time, having struggled to get into any sort of rhythm against the All Blacks. 

New Zealand came out of the blocks right from the start and cruised into a 17-0 victory with just 21 minutes played.

That was increased to 22-0 just after the half-hour mark when Beauden Barrett added another try for the defending world champions.

A battle began before the game even got underway as Irish fans drowned out the Haka by singing The Fields of Athenry, but only one team has been winning the war on the pitch.

The Kiwis have dominated possession and at the break look to be well on their way to facing England in next weekend's semi-finals.

Here's what the good people of social media have made of the game so far:

If you haven't already, be sure to like our Irish Mirror Sport and Irish Mirror GAA pages on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.                         

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