Not as easy as it looked - McCaw

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw insisted his side were made to work hard by Ireland despite a 45-7 score which suggested a walk in the park for the All Blacks.

The tourists fielded an entirely different starting XV to that which hammered Wales in Cardiff last week but they were equally ruthless, wingers Sitiveni Sivivatu and Doug Howlett scoring two tries apiece in a Lansdowne Road rout.