Ronan O'Gara: Peering through the haze of Irish euphoria
Joey Carberry watches his penalty kick drop through the posts against New Zealand. Ireland have a lot to be proud of but there’s a long way to go before the World Cup.
It isn't necessarily the prospect of back-to-back Test defeats — that happened only a year ago with Australia and Argentina — but for many other peculiarly New Zealand reasons, Saturday night’s France-All Blacks game in Paris has a very important feel about it.
All Blacks coach Ian Foster has been getting it in the neck back home after the defeat to Ireland, from the security of his own position to the lack of subtlety in their game to questions over the very fabric of how the All Blacks play rugby.
