Ireland's 29-20 test win over the All Blacks on Sunday morning was dominant and well deserved.
New Zealand were second best not only on the scoreboard, but the stat sheet and the eye test as well.
Northern rugby is proclaiming dominance, while the New Zealand fans and critics scratch their collective heads.
Here's how the world's media and social media reacted to the result:
Headlines
Inspired Ireland seal brilliant victory - BBC
Ireland outplayed New Zealand to claim a statement win in a sensational match held in front of a raucous crowd of 51,000 at the Aviva Stadium.
Moments like this are made more special by the vacuums of the atmosphere that sporting fixtures became for 18 months.
I honestly don't think the same result would have happened in front of an empty stadium. That was emotionally charged, and it was brilliant.
Farrell's Irish topple mighty All Blacks - The Irish Times
There were some stunning individual performances, but every player in a green shirt stepped up. You wait 111 years to beat the All Blacks and then three come in the space of five years. Ireland's intensity and attacking plat was brilliant and suggest the faith paid in Farrell has been justified. What a performance, what a noise... simply put - Ireland were outstanding.
Ireland claim deserved win over New Zealand in thriller - The Independent
Just because it’s happened three times in five years, beating New Zealand doesn't get any less special for Ireland. Only a couple of months ago, they and their coach Andy Farrell were under pressure. Questions were asked, but now they’ve been answered. Sure, it’s only November. OK, the All Blacks are at the tail-end of a long, draining tour but this was a restorative win for the Irish players who had been obliterated by the same opposition in Tokyo.
Relentless green wave too much for ABs - Irish Examiner
It was no more than Ireland deserved having dominated possession and territory throughout, matching the All Blacks at the set-piece and playing with clinical accuracy without panicking when New Zealand enjoyed their purple patches. And it also gives further kudos to head coach Farrell and his coaching staff who have given Ireland’s attacking player an added dimension, adding this epic win to last week’s 60-5 demolition of Japan.
Stubborn Irish earned this moment - Irish Examiner
The beauty of this Irish performance was that some big moments continued to go against them. This was by no means perfect but they stuck at it with an indomitable will and a stubborn refusal to let it go the way of the 'Ryan Crotty game' in 2013. They deserved to win this. They earned this. But they still had to win it. Strip it all down to the bare bones, as Farrell & Co. will do in the debrief, and this is a game that they could and maybe should have won by more and with a greater degree of comfort, if such a thing is possible against the All Blacks. It's a giddy thought. A third win in five years against the game's best and still plenty of 'work ons' to go with it.
Sensational Ireland produced their best - The Telegraph
It was a second successive victory at home against the No 1 ranked team in the world, Ireland's third in five games against the three-time world champions, and entirely deserved for a performance bristling with intent and ambition. New Zealand, who are at the end of a long season and tour, lost fly-half Beauden Barrett to injury in the first half and looked tired, making uncharacteristic handling errors throughout. But no one could say Ireland did not deserve a victory which will give them huge belief that they are building something special under Farrell.
Ireland celebrate greatest win of Andy Farrell era - Daily Mail
But they [All Blacks] could have few complaints about the end result as Ireland impressively registered only a third win from 33 meetings with their opponents to partially avenge their World Cup quarter-final exit of 2019, which marked the end of Joe Schmidt’s reign.
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