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Gregor Paul: Inside the bitter feud between Ireland and All Blacks

Gregor Paul
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Rugby analyst·NZ Herald·
15 mins to read

The All Blacks will play Ireland in Dublin on Saturday for the first time since their epic World Cup encounter last year. It was one of the all-time classics in Paris – New Zealand once again breaking Irish hearts with a 27-24 victory. But it has transpired that there was genuine bad blood between the two teams, with former captain Johnny Sexton revealing in his autobiography that he and Rieko Ioane had an ugly spat after the final how this conflict began and escalated.

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