Nerves gather inside the Green Room
Celebrate a genuine rivalry, but not necessarily how we got here, PLUS: A bunch of review material.
Here we go, then, the blood match.
It’s Ireland against New Zealand.
It’s O’Mahoney v Retallick (oh, wait, one’s on the bench and one’s in Japan).
It’s Ioane v Sexton (oh, hang on…)
You get the picture though. It’s fire and brimstone; piss and vinegar; a clash of rugby cultures; a race to the top via the bottom.
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