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Ireland vs New Zealand live stream End of Year Internationals 2010 schedule:
Match: Ireland vs New Zealand
Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Time: 17:30 GMT
Venue: Lansdowne Road, Dublin.
Competitions: International League
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The teams:
Ireland: 15 Robert Kearney 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c) 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Mick O'Driscoll, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Tom Court, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 John Hayes, 18 Devin Toner, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Peter Stringer, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Keith Earls.
New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Anthony Boric , 3 Owen Franks, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 John Afoa, 18 Sam Whitelock , 19 Liam Messam, 20 Alby Mathewson, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Sonny Bill Williams.
Rampant All Blacks, misfiring hosts and disillusioned Irish fans: A recipe for a forgone conclusion in Dublin on Saturday?
If the vast majority of comments from Irish supporters in our inbox can be taken as an accurate gauge of how this weekend's showdown at Lansdowne Road will pan out, then Ireland don't have a chance.
It's tough to blame the home faithful for losing their faith given Ireland's record this year. Declan Kidney's team have lost seven out of eleven matches and looked unconvincing in last Saturday's 20-10 win against Samoa.
Perhaps the criticism is a little harsh? Sure, Ireland were dominated up front by South Africa but they only lost by two points in the end. Samoa gave them a real scare but that was arguably the best team in blue ever to visit Europe.
Test rugby is a game of small margins - if you're just a little off song, the punishment is usually severe. If we take the comments coming out of the Irish camp at face value, then the hosts are confident that they can fix a few areas and give the All Blacks a run for their money.
But if ever there was a unit that punishes their opposition for the small errors mentioned above, it's the current crop of men in black.
What stood out in the All Blacks' win against Scotland was the ruthless manner in which the tourists went about their business. Even when they were over 30 points ahead, when most teams would have switched to cruise control, they continued to hammer away.
Ireland need to shape up - and fast - or they risk suffering the same fate as their Northern Hemisphere counterparts at Murrayfield. For all their insistence that confidence hasn't taken a slump and that the atmosphere in the camp is positive, they surely cannot be immune to the criticism from outside. Just how the hosts react if New Zealand take an early lead will be interesting to see.
Albert Einstein's definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." What seems to irritate Irish fans the most is Kidney's insistence in picking a virtually unchanged team (compared to the side that faced South Africa), despite their lack or results.
Former New Zealand scrum-half Justin Marshall told an Irish newspaper this week that he reckons there isn't a single player in the Irish team that would be selected for the All Blacks on current form. Marshall obviously could never be the most objective pundit, but he probably isn't far off the mark.
But would wholesale changes to the hosts' team turn the bus around? We're not sure. Good players don't turn bad over night. That said, there's one or two names in that pack that might be past their sell-by date.
In stark contrast, all the news this week regarding the All Blacks has been about records. Mils Muliaina and Richie McCaw will become New Zealand's most capped players on Saturday. If all goes to plan Graham Henry will be rewarded with his 100th Test win as a coach and Dan Carter could become the most prolific points scorer from any nation in Test history.
The Kiwis must be ruing last month's defeat in Hong Kong more than ever as the world record for most consecutive wins would surely have been within their grasps by now.
Of course, Henry has troubles of his own. He has to leave one of Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu and Sonny Bill Williams out of his team every week. Poor guy.
Ones to watch:
For Ireland: Just when we all thought it was time to put Ronan O'Gara out to pasture, he almost pulls the game out of the fire against South Africa and then scores the winning try against Samoa. Jonathan Sexton has to live up to the faith put in him this week. Amid growing calls from some parts of the Irish public to see Sean O'Brien given a spot in the team, David Wallace is also under pressure to come up with a big game.
For New Zealand: The hottest topic of debate in New Zealand right now is 'who should start in midfield?'. Sonny Bill Williams' performance last week set the bar pretty high, so expect a reaction from Conrad Smith and Ma'a Nonu. The opposition his week is high class so a strong game from the Hurricanes' duo will go a long way to helping them retain their status as the incumbents .
Head-to-head: Ireland have disappointed at scrum time this month and the All Blacks won't be too proud of their set-piece performance at Twickenham either. It all starts up front - if the Irish backs don't get the ball on the front foot, their cause is lost.
Previous results:
2010: Ireland lost 66-28 in New Plymouth
2008: Ireland lost 3-22 at Croke Park
2008: Ireland lost 21-11 in Wellington
2006: Ireland lost 27-17 in Auckland
2006: Ireland lost 24-23 in Hamilton
2005: Ireland lost 7-45 at Lansdowne Road
2002: Ireland lost 40-8 in Auckland
2002: Ireland lost 15-6 in Dunedin
2001: Ireland lost 29-40 at Lansdowne Road
Prediction: Ireland have never beaten the All Blacks and nothing suggests this is the weekend for an upset. New Zealand by fifteen points.
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