Tainton: Accuracy will be key

Accuracy will be key if Ireland are to create history by beating New Zealand for the first time in history in Auckland this Saturday.

That’s according to Ireland’s assistant coach Mark Tainton, who will be looking for considerable improvement on his team’s RBS Six Nations form.

Taking encouragement from Leinster’s march to another Heineken Cup crown, Ulster’s emergence to contest the final and even Munster’s form in the pool stages of an ultimately disappointing European campaign, Tainton isn’t worried about the quality of player available. But he stressed the importance of the word accuracy more than once as he assessed Ireland’s chances.