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Ireland dominated from start to finish to topple New Zealand 29-20 at an electric Aviva Stadium on Saturday and make it three wins from the sides' last five meetings with another superb performance against the All Blacks.

Ireland completely controlled the first half but somehow trailed 10-5 at the break when only James Lowe could breach the superb New Zealand defence. Codie Taylor's try on the other hand came from one of only two visiting forays into the Irish half.

Ireland have now beaten the All Blacks in successive home games after a 16-9 victory in 2018

James Lowe is mobbed after opening the scoring just after Codie Taylor had been sin-binned

However, Taylor made amends as he broke clear to score after Tadhg Furlong's disallowed try

Early second-half Irish pressure paid dividends as Ronan Kelleher drove over from close range

A sprinting Caelan Doris then put the hosts in dreamland as Johnny Sexton converted

Sexton opened up a 10-point gap before Sevu Reece's try was ruled out for a knock on

Will Jordan's converted try then set up a grandstand finish in Dublin before Ireland held out

The onslaught continued in the second period and the All Blacks dam was broken, first through hooker Ronan Kelleher and then man-of-the-match Caelan Doris. A conversion and a penalty from captain Johnny Sexton put the hosts 20-10 in front.

Will Jordan's 17th try from 11 caps set up a tense final 20 minutes but Ireland stood firm with replacement flyhalf Joey Carbery knocking over three late penalties, one from the halfway line, before the packed house erupted on the final whistle.