New Zealand v Ireland preview: Caelan Doris says ‘it goes up another level’ against All Blacks
‘It’s special, especially against New Zealand, it goes up another level, I think,’ says Ireland captain Caelan DorisAlthough this week may in other respects feel like a depressing step back in time to eight years ago, all has changed, changed utterly since’s breakthrough win in Chicago in 2016. Now, as a 10th clash since that historic day looms into view it may be stretching things to say a terrible beauty has been born. But a feisty and very real rivalry certainly has.
Leaving aside all talk of grudges or vengeance, it’s easy to forget that this fixture is the nearest thing to a summit meeting which this month’s global schedule can throw up.’s side could easily have won that quarter-final, but for Same Cane’s 28th-minute red card or Aaron Smith’s wrongly disallowed try in the 54th minute of the final, the All Blacks could easily be world champions.
Meanwhile, no matter how one compares Sam Cane to Richie McCaw, he dominated the breakdown in the quarter-final and it’s the openside’s grafting which allows Sititi and Savea to grab the headlines and highlight reels. “Obviously our connections in defence, being ahead of the game, trying to win scraps, all those little bits are important in trying to negate that threat, but it’s definitely a big one.”
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