Shane Horgan
Former Ireland wing on BBC Radio 5 Live

There's a foot underneath - it's Michael Alaalatoa. I'm not sure he went over - it's quite bizarre.

Ireland will be confident they can get something from this position.

It's short but Ireland will have the five-metre screw. They might be a man down but the men in green are turning the screw now.

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Ireland are held up over the line but the referee wants to go upstairs to check his decision.

Did Tadhg Furlong manage to get over the line?

Samoa enter the maul at the side and Johnny Sexton sticks the ball in touch again.

Ireland will go again from the line-out.

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Ireland win the penalty as Seilala Lam holds on in the tackle.

This says a lot about Ireland's mindset as Johnny Sexton pops the ball into touch, rather than go for the posts.

Here comes the heave!

Michael Morrow
BBC Sport NI at Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium

Red card notwithstanding, Ireland will take plenty of positives from that half.

Obviously the bonus-point is a weight off their minds, but the addition of Jordan Larmour into the back three has given a new dimension to an Ireland attack that has often been accused of being merely attritional in recent times.

If they are to go far in this competition, they need some razzle dazzle, and Larmour is giving that today, along with a safe pair of hands.

However, there are still too many sloppy errors from Joe Schmidt's side. I counted five passes that failed to go to hand and contributed to both Aki's red and Lam's try.

Against New Zealand or South Africa, that error count would see Ireland out of the World Cup.

Johnny Sexton gets us back under way...

Philip Rainey
Former Ireland full-back on BBC Radio Ulster

You will probably see Joe Schmidt taking off Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray about 10 minutes into the second half.

In any case, Joey Carbery really needs game time at fly-half.

Matt Dawson
England World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

Ireland are playing a very clever, solid game against Samoa, with minimal risk and lots of strong carries. Murray and Sexton are very much running the show at the moment. Ireland will be very happy with the way they're going through this piece by piece at a pace that Samoa can't live with.

Ireland believe they can win this World Cup - and so they should.

JavelBleach: What's he supposed to do?! The "force" was all from Seuteni! So I can run into anyone face-first & get him sent off? Just ban tackling in rugby!

Ian Daniels: Good call by a good ref left with no other option

Shane Horgan
Former Ireland wing on BBC Radio 5 Live

Beautiful pass by Conor Murray and just the faintest of shows from Sexton - his ability to move forward while looking like he's going to pass the ball meant that the Samoan 14 had to drop off him and it left the gap that he went through.

He's had a massive influence on this game and that really is crucial. That's the bonus point. The second half will all be about control from Ireland.

That Johnny Sexton missed conversion was the final act of the half and Joe Schmidt will be pretty pleased with his side's performance so far.

Bundee Aki's red card is the only negative of an impressive opening 40 minutes, but how costly will it be after the break?

Green shirts pile in against the blue wall and the ball is buried at the bottom of the ruck.

But Ireland can maintain their momentum as they have the scrum five metres out.

Chance.

Michael Morrow
BBC Sport NI at Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium

Well, Samoa's best five minutes of the World Cup so far.

On 21 minutes it looked like Ireland were one try away from a quarter-final.

Now the path doesn't look so clear.

It's not pretty from Bundee Aki, who can have few complaints at the colour of the card.

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Jack Lam concedes a penalty for going in off his feet and Johnny Sexton clears his lines.

Ireland will have the line-out deep in Samoan territory, and with it, the chance to score their all-important fourth try.

Ben Wire: Safety is a clear priority, but the new tackle rules leave no room for whether there was malicious intent or not. The modern game is too fast and attackers too slippery to be certain of where your shoulder might end up

Fighting Sailor: A shame for Ireland but a correct call from the referee. Makes the game interesting!

Ireland regain the momentum as they roll through the phases but Keith Earls throws a loose pass as Alapati Leiua picks up the ball.

You feel Ireland need to get to half time and regroup.