Tawera Kerr-Barlow: Ireland have clearly worked really hard on 'coping structures'

When I became an All Black in 2012 it was always really interesting how much of an emphasis was put on the mental side of the game.

PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE: Ireland's Finlay Bealham, Johnny Sexton and Peter O'Mahony during the New Zealand haka. 

ULTAN DILLANE tells me he’s organised an Irish flag to drape over my locker next week when we return to training at La Rochelle after a long weekend off but I’m not sure how he’s so confident.

For me, Ireland-New Zealand in Saturday night’s World Cup quarter-final at Stade de France is a toss of the coin game.