Spat between Sexton and Ioane has added another layer of intrigue to first meeting since 2023 quarter-final
The Ireland squad are all smiles at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday but the Test against the All Blacks is likely to be anything other than friendly.The Ireland squad are all smiles at the Aviva Stadium on Thursday but the Test against the All Blacks is likely to be anything other than friendly.n Ireland we have a curious custom of thanking the bus driver when he or she pulls up at our stop.
Consider the drain on resources: team leaders Beauden Barrett and Codie Taylor removed this week from a frame that looks unfinished since the departure of Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Aaron Smith and Richie Mo’unga. This wasn’t an example of managing the chaos Smith speaks of, rather it was somewhere in between structure and ad lib. First they tweaked the England defence in the hope it would throw up a potential victim – Genge was that man – and second, how he was mugged became a matter of choice, worked out on the hoof between Barrett and Will Jordan.
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