The All Blacks have not lost a Rugby World Cup match in 12 years but Steve Hansen will be wary of the men in green
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No one achieves victory over New Zealand by fluke. Joe Schmidt, who from the age of four was running around barefoot playing rugby in a small town in Waikato and dreaming of playing for the All Blacks, is only too aware of that. Having twice masterminded victories over the World Cup holders, he has spent the week assiduously plotting what would be the third and most momentous.
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Written by Paul Rees in Tokyo
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/18/ireland-new-zealand-all-blacks-rugby-world-cup-quarter-final-kryptonite under the title “Can Ireland and Joe Schmidt again prove to be New Zealand’s kryptonite? | Paul Rees”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
