• Ireland have won two of past three games against New Zealand
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If there are two elements New Zealand will summon up for their heavyweight quarter-final against Ireland, they are superior World Cup experience and fearless spark.
On paper Ireland have reason to believe. Their New Zealand-born coach, Joe Schmidt, has the much more settled side, with Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray starting their 56th Test together, while 12 of this Irish team started in their defeat of the All Blacks in Dublin 12 months ago. That 16-9 victory was Ireland’s second over the world champions in the past three attempts.
Written by Liam Napier in Tokyo
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/18/new-zealand-ian-foster-ireland-rugby-world-cup-2019 under the title “New Zealand’s Foster ready for Ireland: ‘We always remember our losses’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
