The New Zealand view: At the Stade de France the All Blacks will enter the most hostile environment they have played in since they ran on to Ellis Park in Johannesburg last year

The loss of Mack Hansen to a calf issue and James Lowe with an eye injury is a serious concern ahead of this Saturday’s quarter-final

Ireland have been historically terrible at peaking for World Cups. This looks different

The mind games have started. Ian Foster, whose New Zealand side face Ireland in the World Cup quarters next week, has done the honours

To the Ireland brains trust, successes are merely stepping stones, further opportunities for growth and development

Three times Arsenal had beaten Manchester City during Pep Guardiola's seven years in charge. They were all at Wembley in the FA Cup and Community Shield

With Chelsea and Manchester United still in the wilderness, it’s fair to say that it still feels like a two-horse title race in the long term

Players removed if in-play data shows collision forces too high

Whatever the thinking was about their pre-match hype, Scotland were left with egg on their face

Ireland's Polish community will be paying close attention to the outcome of an election in their mother country

'He’s the last man to leave the team room every night, he’s down drinking tea whether it be with the young lads or begging me to come down with him'

They have delivered a shift in attitude. Now they expect to keep winning.

Ireland are leaning on the lessons learned in that successful southern hemisphere jaunt ahead of another meeting with the All Blacks, this time in the last eight of the World Cup

Ireland are waiting for the medical bulletins on a string of injured players ahead of this Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand

Matera went off midway through the first-half of Argentina's 39-27 Pool D victory over Japan that secured a last-eight tie in Marseille next Saturday

'It's not like it's been smooth sailing. We've had to work awfully hard to be in the position we are'

Ireland have always made a merit of working harder and thinking smarter than everyone else

This is going to be uncomfortable, mostly because the topic is heavy and about as far from the Cork senior football championship as this column is willing to stray

Argentina set up a World Cup quarter-final against Wales as Mateo Carreras' hat-trick helped them see off Japan 39-27 in their winner-takes-all Pool D clash

The only downside on the night was a worrying injury toll with both wingers, Mack Hansen and James Lowe, absent for the entire second half