Fighting Irish tear up the script

New Zealand 14 Ireland 17

It had been Ireland’s first face-to-face outing with the Haka in a Test series, and the record now stands at Ireland 1, New Zealand 0.

The Black Ferns were the strong favourites, with the Irish predicted to put in a gutsy showing before the southern hemisphere ladies were to stick to the script and pull away. But the script went out the window, and those writing it knew Philip Doyle’s side had the belief to win.