Henry makes changes to counter ‘very skilful Irish side’

ALL BLACK coach Graham Henry yesterday reiterated his opinion that Ireland are the best team in Europe.

Henry explained that the three changes from the side which beat the Irish 34-23 in Hamilton for Saturday’s second test at Eden Park were to combat a “very competitive, very skilful Irish side”.

Henry said: “You can take what you want from the formation of the team for this weekend. We’re continuing to experiment, continuing with our plan to give game time to certain players but, yes, we considered changes in areas where we didn’t do so well last week.”