Officially the rankings say otherwise but right now Irish rugby is on top of the world. Even more impressive than Saturday night’s historic first home win over New Zealand in 113 years was the manner of it: tactically brilliant, precision engineered and physically relentless. It is hard to think of a more complete performance by any Ireland side, the stunning rout of the All Blacks in Chicago two years ago included.
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Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/19/ireland-new-zealand-rugby-world-cup-joe-schmidt under the title “No limit to height Ireland can reach after historic win against All Blacks”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
