
They did it.
God knows how they did it but they did it. So drink it in.
Ireland have beaten the All Blacks in Chicago.
And this is how it happened.
It started with a penalty via the boot of Johnny Sexton.
https://twitter.com/daniellexfox/status/794994262857359362
The next score led many to believe that the floodgates were about to open up.
https://twitter.com/DrunkRufie/status/794995426999074816
https://twitter.com/autosuggested/status/794995045405433860
https://twitter.com/meabhc/status/794995617697329152
But then Ireland touched down for a try of their very own and proved, at the very least, that they belonged in the game.
https://twitter.com/unlaoised/status/794997718255013889
https://twitter.com/Ukilkelly/status/794997948547559426
https://twitter.com/Langer003/status/794997952578199552
Then, boom, a second Irish try reared its beautiful head.
https://twitter.com/barros_maximus/status/794999527946207232
https://twitter.com/olearysays/status/794999375651074048
https://twitter.com/WillDowningComm/status/794999369586114566
Penalties were exchanged but then, all of a fucking sudden, Murray broke the New Zealand line and got it down and that's the way the scoreboard stayed until the break.
https://twitter.com/mufc_gary/status/795005872120430592
https://twitter.com/dippydash11/status/795005827132297216
https://twitter.com/jonnydbarrett/status/795005671053950976
https://twitter.com/themainmanmono/status/795008261154082816
https://twitter.com/GavinDuffy/status/795008597960884224
After getting a much-needed breather, it was expected that New Zealand would come out all guns blazing but, in fact, it was none other than Simon Zebo who got the first score of the second half.
https://twitter.com/amielouluv/status/795014683141017601
https://twitter.com/Langer003/status/795014445542109184
https://twitter.com/deniese_o/status/795014235138957312
https://twitter.com/Bertfar/status/795014229686386688
Then the tide turned but "tide" wasn't the four-letter word of choice
https://twitter.com/MarkLawless717/status/795015291717750785
https://twitter.com/lugave/status/795015400123748354
https://twitter.com/CHealy_10/status/795015292938293248
https://twitter.com/zedsdead23/status/795016233695358976
https://twitter.com/bambi_JD/status/795016445121925121
https://twitter.com/unlaoised/status/795016662785388544
https://twitter.com/ConorPacKelly/status/795019072165605377
https://twitter.com/aliefahey/status/795018317048201216
It became a one-score game.
https://twitter.com/FintanMusic/status/795020325926924288
https://twitter.com/alanfergs/status/795020739158089728
https://twitter.com/jburns834/status/795020839645224960
Then Henshaw made the impossible very, very, very possible.
https://twitter.com/PadraigNolans/status/795020921757171712
https://twitter.com/PaulDunphy2/status/795022655472762880
https://twitter.com/Rob7111/status/795022722019590144
https://twitter.com/thisisnotmysand/status/795023032565665792
https://twitter.com/ClodaghOox/status/795022787610083328
https://twitter.com/GabbyLogan/status/795022736028471296
80 minutes of absolute war left bodies battered, muscles aching and jerseys blood-caked but they had done it.
Ireland beat the All Blacks.
And nobody could quite believe it.
https://twitter.com/Rachie_h0ward_/status/795023824014213120
https://twitter.com/cmadd88/status/795023824249036800
https://twitter.com/JonnyGreenSport/status/795023824349708289
https://twitter.com/jayhartigan/status/795023825519988736
https://twitter.com/curleynurse/status/795024002091798528
https://twitter.com/skydavidblevins/status/795023998375657480
https://twitter.com/KatieAnnDuffy/status/795024279037476864
https://twitter.com/jamescarville10/status/795024177669541888
https://twitter.com/mkatefitzs/status/795024167120863235
https://twitter.com/ThatBradyDude/status/795024156949680132
https://twitter.com/PepsTikiTaka/status/795024082731495424
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