Ireland claimed a historic first victory over the All Blacks on New Zealand soil but thoughts far from resting on their laurels, thoughts immediately turned to next week's series decider.
Andrew Porter scored two tries and skipper Johnny Sexton added 13 points from the boot as Ireland levelled up the three-match series 1-1 ahead of next week's decider in Wellington.
New Zealand's ill-discipline cost them dear with two yellow cards in addition to Angus Ta'avao's red in the first half and they were only able to score tries through flyhalf Beauden Barrett and replacement back Will Jordan.
Ireland have now won four of the last seven encounters with the three-times world champions but in the immediate aftermath of their latest win, Sexton was already looking ahead to next week.
"We played some great stuff at the start, especially when it was 15 against 15," he told Sky Sports. "Then the game was disrupted a bit and we missed some moments.
"I’m unbelievably happy to come here and win, no Irish team has come here and won before. It's all on the line for next week now, it's massive," he told Sky Sports.
"We’ve got a fantastic coaching team, they had us well up for the game. We felt that we didn’t give the best account of ourselves last week and the All Blacks obviously punished us for our mistakes.
"When you’re playing against the All Blacks you can never sit back and the times you do sit back, they punish you. They’ve got some outstanding players, they’re very well coached and they’re the best team in the world for a reason. We’re just delighted to get a win."
"I think 14 against 14 at the start of the second half, to score a try was huge and we knew we’d be playing against 14 for the rest of the game.
"We’re delighted with the win but like I said, we have the chance to win the series here and they don’t come along too often. Let’s build for next week."
Try-scorer Porter was of a similar mind to Sexton and while he admitted that Ireland will take some time to enjoy their win, focus will swiftly turn to next weekend's decider.
"We've created a bit of history today but it would be even sweeter if we could pull of the win next week as well," he said.
"We'll take all of our learnings today and put it all into next week now because we've got nothing to lose. We'll throw everything at it."
Meanwhile head coach Andy Farrell hailed his side's display as a "courageous effort".
"I'm just so pleased for the players because they are so desperate to inspire people back home," he told Sky Sports.
"They keep turning up time and time again and doing special things for Irish rugby and for the Irish people.
"I'm so glad they were able to get over the line because it had a bit of everything, didn't it? It was a courageous effort.
"The main thing is we're learning how to deal with the pressure of the top-level games, our composure is really good and things are not always going to go sprightly for you in any game, especially against the world's best," added Farrell.
"We got what we deserved. These lads have created a bit of history and earned the right to try and compete for a series next week."
