All you need to know ahead of the All Blacks’ quarter-final match-up with Ireland in Paris at the Rugby World Cup. Team formPast five games: All Blacks 73 Uruguay 0, All Blacks 96 Italy 17; All Blacks 71 Namibia 3; All Blacks 13 France 27; All Blacks 7 South Africa 35. Past five games: Ireland 34 Scotland 14; Ireland 13 South Africa 8; Ireland 59 Tonga 16; Ireland 82 Romania 8; Ireland 17 Samoa 13. The losers of Sunday’s match are knocked out of the Rugby World Cup. In 2019, the All Blacks steamrolled Ireland in the World Cup quarter-finals and that’s sure to be front of their minds too.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 11, 2023 18:22 UTC