Barry McGann was a talented sportsman despite a frame that was chunky enough to have led the famous Irish and Lions wing Tony O'Reilly to comment that "twice around McGann makes you a bona fide traveller". After the game, McBride said: "The aura of invincibility that used to surround the All Blacks has gone." Spring added an intriguing twist, involving his fellow Munster-man and famous Irish lock Keane. 1992: New Zealand 24, Ireland 21; DunedinThe strangest tilt at victory of them all, being away from home and involving a nondescript Irish lineup. The bizarre nature of this near miss was amplified a week later, when the re-jigged All Blacks smashed this Irish team 59 - 3 in Wellington.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 01, 2016 16:20 UTC