Stick to guns in Soldier Field, McCarthy tells Packers

THE NFL’s oldest rivalry will be played out on its greatest possible stage tomorrow evening as the Green Bay Packers visit the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship game (8pm, Irish time).

Although it will be their 182nd meeting since they first clashed in 1921, the NFC North rivals haven’t played each other in the post-season since 1941, a 33-14 Bears victory played just days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

The Packers scraped into the post-season, sealing their place with a gruelling 10-3 victory over Chicago — who had already qualified as a second seed — in Soldier Field.