All Blacks punish Ireland in dominant Eden Park win

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, New Zealand have now won four in a row against Ireland By Matt Gault BBC Sport NI senior journalist Published 32 minutes ago Nations Championship round three New Zealand (28) 40 Tries: Tuipulotu, Savea, Jordan, Aumua, McKenzie, Lienert-Brown Cons: Love 5 Ireland (7) 21 Tries: Conan, McCarthy, Keenan Cons: Prendergast 3 Ruthless New Zealand scored six tries to overwhelm Ireland and preserve their 32-year unbeaten run at Eden Park in a largely one-sided Nations Championship contest. Buoyed by victories over France and Italy, the All Blacks punished a litany of first-half Irish errors as Patrick Tuipulotu, Ardie Savea, Will Jordan and Asafo Aumua all crossed to secure the bonus point. Ireland's solitary first-half score from Jack Conan came after Luke Jacobson was yellow carded for a dangerous clearout on Josh van der Flier, with the New Zealand flanker avoiding a red card following an off-field review. Irish tries from Joe McCarthy and Hugo Keenan either side of the outstanding Damian McKenzie's score boosted the visitors' hopes of a losing and try bonus. However, Anton Lienert-Brown's late score wrapped up an emphatic win for the three-time world champions, who stretched their undefeated Eden Park sequence to 53 Tests. Having beaten Australia and Japan in their first two games, Ireland will leave Auckland empty-handed after their fourth successive loss to New Zealand and must wait until November to atone for a sloppy first-half performance. New Zealand, meanwhile, will approach next month's four-Test series against South Africa with confidence after taking a maximum 15 points from their three home Nations Championship fixtures. More to follow. Line-ups New Zealand: McKenzie; Jordan, Tupaea, J Barrett, Moorby; Love, Roigard; De Groot, Taylor, Lomax, Lord, Tuipulotu, Vaa'i, Jacobson, Savea (capt). Replacements: Aumua, Numia, Newell, Segner, Lakai, Ratima, Lienert-Brown, Clarke. Yellow card: Jacobson (28) Ireland: Keenan; Baloucoune, Ringrose, McCloskey, J O'Brien; Prendergast, Gibson-Park; O'Toole, Sheehan (capt), Furlong, McCarthy, Ryan, Beirne, Van der Flier, Conan. Replacements: Kelleher, Loughman, Clarkson, Timoney, Jansen, Casey, Frawley, Aki. Match officials Referee: Nic Berry (RA) Assistant referees: Luc Ramos & Damon Murphy (RA) Television match official: Ben Whitehouse (WRU) Foul play review officer: Andrew Jackson (RFU) Related topics Rugby Union Irish Rugby Ireland Rugby Union Northern Ireland Sport