International Rugby The shambolic backstory to Ireland's heaviest ever Test defeat

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How times change. Next Saturday a sell-out 51,000 crowd will assemble confident Ireland can put one over the visiting New Zealand. Six years ago, though, no one of green persuasion ever wanted to catch sight of an All Black again.

Liam Heagney by Liam Heagney