"I have got to be so careful (about) saying positive things after a loss in South Africa. We meet once more before we play each other in the World Cup. "I really think it was one of our best tactical performances in a while." Ireland will get a crack at New Zealand in Dublin next month but they won't face South Africa until a potential World Cup quarter-final. Pushing the All Blacks so close yet again merely underlines how tough that task would be for an Ireland side with great expectations.

Source: Irish Independent October 08, 2018 01:30 UTC