All Blacks have lost two of their last three against
Irish We are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. Please help us by supporting our independent journalismSteve Hansen has warned
Ireland that recent form will count for nothing when the two sides meet in the
World Cup quarter-final at Tokyo Stadium on Saturday evening.
Ireland have beaten the All Blacks twice in three meetings since the last World Cup, including a 16-9 victory in a relentlessly physical encounter in
Dublin last November, and they arrived in
Japan at the top of the world rankings having nudged
New Zealand off the top.