New Zealand has advanced to the final of the rugby league's Pacific Championships after a 40-14 victory over Tonga on Sunday.

Stuff.co.nz collected a straw poll consensus of opinion from former players turned pundits on the Tadhg Beirne 20-minute red card under the heading ‘Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne shown a controversial red card in All Blacks test in Chicago’. In shorthand terms, no one supported the decision.

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains why Ireland are facing New Zealand in an Autumn Nations international in Chicago.

Here’s how to watch the 2025 rugby match on TV and live stream as well as the latest team news. The Sporting News takes you through all the information you need to follow the game.

The way Ireland and New Zealand drew on inspiration to get off to a good start to the match on Saturday couldn’t have been more different. Ireland emerged from the tunnel with the players in green tracksuit tops. New Zealand’s entrance was a more ready-for-action look, all of them in short sleeves, guns popping and tattoos aplenty.

Check out how to watch Ireland v New Zealand in the Autumn Internationals 2025, including TV details and more.

Katoa suffered multiple head knocks, but Tonga's coach has defended the team doctors, saying everything was "done by the book".

Shane Horgan was critical of Ireland's second-half performance against New Zealand as they conceded three tries in ... but we played very little rugby in that second-half. "Our territory wasn't great, how often we had the ball.... it wasn't a good ...

SHANE LOWRY and wife Wendy were in Chicago to watch Ireland’s clash against New Zealand – and took in the game alongside a pair of recently retired legends. Andy Farrell’s men