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6th November 2016
10:26am GMT

New Zealand's penalty count was all the more remarkable when you consider Ireland conceded just four penalties in the entire match. You can imagine that will make Joe Schmidt as happy as the five tries.
When you dig down into the individual performances a couple of players stand out.
He scored the insurance try with a powerful surge and athletic twist, but how Henshaw still had the energy to do so is a mystery. The Leinster centre made 12 tackles, missing one, while carrying 10 times for 26 metres. Those are phenomenal numbers for an inside centre, especially one coming up against Ryan Crotty and George Moala.
Only full-back Kearney (56 metres) and Conor Murray (26 metres) made more ground than the former Connacht player.
The All Blacks targeted the midfield and the defensive efforts of Henshaw and outside partner Jared Payne were not all about numbers - the sheer ferocity of their tackling was central to repelling the World Champions.
Henshaw's tackling numbers were bettered only by loose forwards CJ Stander (14) and Josh van der Flier (13). Who knows how many tackles the latter would have made if he had been on from the start, rather than replacing Jordi Murphy after 26 minutes.
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It looks like Van der Flier will get a few more opportunities this month at the expense of Murphy, who could be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
Stats don't tell you everything of course, they don't paint a picture of the sheer effort made by props Jack McGrath and Tadhg Furlong, or the stonewall defence of Andrew Trimble, but they do add further understanding to just how 111 years of hurt were ended in Soldier Field on Saturday.
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