Rugby World Cup quarter-final showdown looks completely different from four years ago, with Ireland now boasting All Blacks-type form
The Irish team form a huddle during the team's Captain's Run at the Stade de France, Paris, in advance of the quarter-final against New Zealand. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Ronan Kelleher missed that tour, and with Jack Conan fit again and Conor Murray, who is in line to surpass the Irish record of 17 World Cup matches set by Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell, the bench looks stronger. It’s a shame Ireland and New Zealand have met so early but quarter-final weekends have a habit of throwing up epics and this looks like the pick of them.
Peter O’Mahony chats to Wayne Barnes during the Rugby World Cup victory over Tonga at the Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/InphoThe Captain’s Run marked the last of the Parisian Indian summer, with the clouds enveloping the French capital from mid-afternoon, although the forecast overnight and morning rain is set to pass by around midday, leading to a dry, autumnal day and evening with temperatures in the low teens.
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