How the All Blacks rated:

Jordie Barrett: 6 Lovely link with brother Beauden to get out of in-goal, then set up Will Jordan beautifully for consolation try, but in between there wasn’t a lot doing.

Sevu Reece: 5 Not shown any room to work in. Great ruck defence to get early second half turnover but pinged for cleanout past the breakdown which gave Ireland 16-point lead.

Rieko Ioane: 7 Had much more involvement with ball in hand than last week, and led the game with 64 metres from six carries. Defended stoutly too.

Quinn Tupaea: 5 Was no chance on Andrew Porter charging through him for game’s opening try. Hands let him down on a few occasions. Ploughed on with late shoulder injury.

Leicester Fainga’anuku: 4 Fair few notches down from his fine debut. Unfortunate yellow card for elbow to head of Mack Hansen. Subbed in 50th minute.

Beauden Barrett: 5.5 Sensational intercept to save a try and scored crucial try in bizarre circumstances after halftime hooter. No real ball to work any magic with. Made way in 57th minute.

Aaron Smith: 6.5 Crisp showing from the base, with all his speed to the ruck and dealing with big irish bodies. Off with 18 to play.

Ardie Savea: 5 Played only 33 minutes thanks to what can only have been a massive mistake from the coaching staff to make him the sacrificial lamb for red carded Ta’avao. Cue the utter confusion that followed.

Sam Cane: 6 Led the team’s tackle count with 13 and dug in at the breakdown without much reward.

Dalton Papalii: 6.5 All eyes on him in the No 6 role and didn’t have the impact Scott Barrett did last week. Sacrificed for 10 minutes when Tuungafasi was in the bin, then off in 69th.

Scott Barrett: 6 Back in the second row and picked off a couple of fine lineout steals, but also knocked on more than once. Made way in 74th minute.

Brodie Retallick: 7.5 Had to front big time with no Sam Whitelock, and did, but lacked quality assistance. Made presence felt with and without ball, in between passing HIA.

Ofa Tuungafasi: 5 Crucial early missed tackle on Tadhg Beirne which got Ireland on their way to the game’s opening try. Yellow card for clumsy dive and some scrum wobbles.

Codie Taylor: 5 Equal-top with Aki for carries (11), but without much really coming of them. Lacking his impact of old. Made way with 23 to play.

George Bower: 7.5 Tackled manfully, particularly when ABs were with 13 men. One memorable run for half of the All Blacks’ clean breaks in the match. Solid-ish at scrum time. Off in 64th minute.

RESERVES

Samisoni Taukei’aho: 7 On in the 57th minute and continues to bang on the door of a starting spot with his

great ball-in-hand power.

Aidan Ross: 5 Thrust in for debut in 33rd minute, off after a couple of minutes, then back in 64th. Worked hard.

Angus Ta’avao: 1 On early with Tuungafasi in the bin but red-carded after sickening head clash with Garry Ringrose.

Patrick Tuipulotu: N/R On in 43rd minute with Retallick doing HIA, then back for final seven minutes.

Pita Gus Sowakula: N/R On for final dozen minutes and like at Eden Park spilled his first pass.

Folau Fakatava: 5.5 Got final 18 minutes on debut and tried to speed things up in desperate situation. .

Richie Mo’unga: 6 On in 57th minute and immediately into his work with ball in hand. Some marvellous long cut-out balls, but couldn’t spark a miracle.

Will Jordan: 7.5 Upped the tempo in final 30min on wing and scored.