Ireland V New Zealand: Rugby Union Test – Live

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New Zealand squad news

Beauden Barrett starts astatine 10. Not that you’re asking, but I’ve ne'er thought that’s his champion position. But what do I know?

Ardie Savea is astatine 7 . I deliberation that’s his champion position alternatively than 8. So possibly I do cognize a point aliases two.

Cam Roigard, 1 of nan champion 9s successful nan world, continues to make that jersey his own.

Look retired for nan effect of Damian McKenzie and Wallace Sititi disconnected nan wood.

It’s a stacked team. It’s nan All Blacks. They’re primed and fresh to nonstop revenge. Superstars aplenty.

New Zealand: Jordan; Carter, Tupaea, J Barrett, Clarke; B Barrett, Roigard; de Groot, Taylor, Newell, S Barrett, Holland, Parker, Savea, Lakai

Replacements: Taukei’aho, Williams, Tosi, Lord, Sititi, Ratima, Fainga’anuku, McKenzie.

Ireland squad news

It’s Munster complete Leinster astatine 10. Or rather, Jack Crowley Sam Prendergast.

Big Andy Farrell has made a large bold call, but he can’t time off thing to chance and has placed his religion successful nan much pragmatic fly-half, who, to beryllium fair, has been successful superb shape for his province.

He’ll person nan reliable hands of Jamison Gibson-Park wrong him and immoderate powerfulness retired wide.

Dan Sheehan skippers astatine hooker pinch a mobile backmost statement to connection immoderate heft.

Bundee Aki starts connected nan bench. Ireland are present to operation it pinch nan All Blacks heavies.

Ireland: Osborne; O’Brien, Ringrose, McCloskey, Lowe; Crowley, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan (c), Furlong, Ryan, Beirne, Baird, van der Flier, Conan.

Replacements: Kelleher, McCarthy, Bealham, Henderson, Doris, Casey, Prendergast, Aki.

Preamble

Back to nan segment wherever everything changed.

Before kick-off connected 5 November 2016, Ireland had ne'er beaten New Zealand successful 28 matches stretched crossed 111 years.

When nan last whistle rang retired crossed Soldier Field successful Chicago, nan King Kong was disconnected Irish rugby’s backmost acknowledgment to a historic 40-29 victory.

That was nan spark. In nan 10 games they’ve since played against New Zealand, Ireland person won five, including 2 successful force territory to declare a Test bid successful 2022.

But nary Irish protagonist will request reminding that their past brushwood against nan All Blacks came successful nan 2023 World Cup quarterfinal wherever Sam Cane’s men held patient connected defence and dumped nan Irish retired of a tourney they thought was theirs for nan taking.

Which intends location are plentifulness of scores to settee successful Chicago. New histories request writing. New yarns request spinning. Two superb yet flawed teams will beryllium hopeless to get nan occupation done. There mightiness not beryllium a sparkling trophy riding connected this, but you tin beryllium judge there’s plentifulness of pridefulness astatine stake.

Kick-off astatine 8:10 p.m. GMT, 3:10 p.m. section time.

Teams and different bits to travel shortly.