No sign of Umaga backlash as All Blacks arrive in Dublin

THE All Blacks bedded down in their west Dublin hotel last night to the screech of belated Halloween fireworks.

But there was little evidence of anything similar when the side, and captain Tana Umaga in particular, arrived on Irish soil earlier.

The Wellington midfielder has been depicted as ‘persona non grata’ in this country since he teamed up with Keven Mealamu for the tackle that abruptly severed Brian O’Driscoll’s Lions tour.