There was a time when it was Brian O’Driscoll and 14 others in green jerseys . . . now all has changed, changed utterly
Ardie Savea of the All Blacks and Ireland's Peter O'Mahony contest the ball in a lineout during the third Test in Wellington in July 2022. Photograph: Joe Allison/Getty Images
Ireland were competitive in most of those games in the noughties, but there was a 66-28 defeat in New Plymouth in 2010, a 42-10 first Test defeat in Eden Park in 2012 and then the 60-0 Hamilton Horror Show in the third Test. We slinked off through the tradesman’s exit into the night for the flight home the next day with not too much in the way of goodbyes to our Kiwi colleagues.
“He’s a warrior,” Savea said of O’Mahony. “He has been around for such a long time but he is probably still one of the best loosies around. I don’t know how he does it, throwing his body around like that in every game. Savea also singled out Van der Flier and revealed: “A good mate of mine off the field, a good Christian man. He has been impressive. Always a hundred per cent, going hard. Just keeps going and could go for another 80.”Richie Mo'unga and Ardie Savea face the media ahead of the quarter-final between New Zealand and Ireland. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images
In Tokyo at the last World Cup, Mo’unga didn’t give much of an answer beyond a cold-eyed stair when asked if he would be additionally motivated about coming up against the then World Player of the Year in the quarter-finals. But he was altogether more effusive about Johnny Sexton this time. At this point, you really did have to wonder if they were pulling the wool over Irish eyes. Like everyone else in the All Blacks, Savea and Mo’unga were on point in declaring this ‘a final’ against the best team in the world.
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