New Zealand vs. Ireland - prediction, team news, lineups

New Zealand volition big Ireland successful the last circular of their respective Nations Championship fixtures for this planetary period.

Both nations participate this clash having won their erstwhile 2 fixtures, leaving the Irish apical of the Northern Hemisphere table, portion the All Blacks are lone 2nd successful their radical by points quality to South Africa.

Match preview

Dave Rennie has had the cleanable commencement to beingness successful complaint of New Zealand arsenic they bushed France successful an entertaining clash successful his archetypal crippled astatine the helm of the All Blacks earlier they secured a convincing triumph implicit Italy.

While the last people successful their clash with the Azzurri whitethorn person looked comfy arsenic they won 47-17 successful Wellington, Gonzalo Quesada’s broadside fought bravely successful the archetypal fractional and proved to beryllium a pugnacious proposition to get past.

The crippled whitethorn person been moving distant for the Italians, but the last nail successful the coffin was erstwhile they were reduced to 14 men aft a yellowish paper against Niccolo Cannone for an attempted head-butt was upgraded to a red.

However, the astir memorable infinitesimal from the clash volition beryllium erstwhile Will Jordan became New Zealand’s all-time starring try-scorer successful Tests with 50 successful 56 matches aft helium scored 3 successful this match.

Now, they volition look Ireland this weekend, and they volition person the accidental to widen their winning tally implicit Andy Farrell’s broadside to 4 games portion besides being capable to instrumentality revenge against the Irish, who person won their past 2 fixtures against the All Blacks connected New Zealand soil.

Ireland participate this lucifer looking to marque past by becoming the archetypal squad to unafraid a triumph astatine Eden Park since the athletics turned professional.

France were the past federation to bushed the All Blacks astatine this venue, and that triumph came each the mode backmost successful July 1994.

Farrell’s broadside person struggled to find their bushed successful their 2 erstwhile fixtures of this Nations Championship, contempt earning wins implicit some Australia and Japan.

The triumph implicit Joe Schmidt’s broadside was hard fought, portion the triumph implicit Japan whitethorn person felt inevitable astatine times owed to the quality successful power, but they were made to enactment for it by Eddie Jones’ men.

Now, they volition beryllium hoping that they person got these clunky performances retired of their strategy arsenic they look a free-scoring New Zealand side.

New Zealand contention form:

W W

Ireland contention form:

W W

Team News

Rennie has made 5 changes to the starting broadside that bushed Italy past week arsenic winger Josh Moorby is fixed his archetypal commencement aft impressing disconnected the seat against the Azzurri.

While the biggest communicative volition beryllium the determination by the All Blacks caput manager to proceed to omit 145-test seasoned and World Cup-winner Beauden Barrett from his matchday 23.

Farrell has opted to marque 9 changes to the broadside that bushed Japan past weekend, bringing successful respective players who were fixed a remainder successful that fixture.

Rob Boloucoune is acceptable for his archetypal crippled of the Nations Championship arsenic helium returns connected the close helping aft missing Ireland's wins implicit Japan and Australia due to the fact that of a hamstring injury.

Garry Ringrose, Sam Prendergast, Hugo Keenan, Jamison Gibson-Park, Josh van der Flier, Joe McCarthy, Tadhg Furlong, and skipper Dan Sheehan are besides backmost successful the starting lineup aft missing past week.

New Zealand starting lineup:

15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Josh Moorby, 10 Ruben Love, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Luke Jacobson, 6 Tupou Vaa’I, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 4 Josh Lord, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot

Replacements:

16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Anton Segner, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 Cortez Ratima, 22 Anton Lienert-Brown,23 Caleb Clarke

Ireland starting lineup:

15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jimmy O’Brien, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Tom O’Toole

Replacements:

16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Nick Timoney, 20 Sean Jansen, 21 Craig Casey, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Bundee Aki

We say: New Zealand 24-17 Ireland