New Zealand end Ireland run to set up Rugby World Cup semi-final with Argentina

The All Blacks crushed Irish hearts in Paris to reach the semi-finals

Reading fans saved their club from extinction once. Now they're ready to do it againin the Stade de France, the world’s No 1 side having been the favourites coming into the match off imperious group stage form and 17 straight victories.

Jordie Barrett shanked the kick to touch for an all-too close All Black line out, the ball then pumped high into the Parisien heavens and promptly knocked on when returning to the turf, back among the very mortal-looking teams. Smith’s pacey distribution also told of New Zealand’s plan to get around head coach Andy Farrell and defence coach Simon Easterby’s meticulous structure – he distributed at a tenacious pace to receivers at varying width from the breakdown. He hit pods and he hit third and fourth receivers in equal measure – the aim of the game was to avoid being predictable and to force the Irish defence out of structure.

He crossed the line with two men hanging off him but it could have been twelve – there was no way the Connacht centre was not getting over the whitewash.That he is a point of difference even when two sides are playing at an astonishing level, give you some sense of the gleam of his current form.

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