Joe Schmidt predicted a spiky and manic contest with the All Blacks this Saturday after naming his Ireland side to face the world champions in Dublin. Schmidt insisted Ireland would not need to reinvent the wheel as far as their approach to playing the All Blacks was concerned. We know they'll come after us in some areas because we know that they did last time. “But that's been an area of strength for us, so we'll try to make sure that stays rock-solid for us. So apart from that when the game's up and running it's likely to be fairly manic.”

Source: Evening echo November 15, 2018 17:15 UTC