Brace for the Blackwash as New Zealand bring the pain

THERE are All Blacks outthere today like big tomcats already relishing the terrible things they are going to do to the Irish in a few days time.

They are licking their huge chops with the greatest of relish. And who would blame them? That was a horrific mismatch of a boxing clash between David Haye and the pitiful Audley Harrison last weekend. The upcoming clash between a rapidly declining Ireland and the All Blacks is in the same league in a different code.

The result is a foregone conclusion and the statistics at the long whistle are certain to be in keeping with our universal mood of recession. If I could afford to leave the country next weekend, I most certainly would. I reckon it is going to be that bad.