Devin Toner hopes Chicago win gives Ireland mental edge over All Blacks

"Everyone's talking about a potential New Zealand backlash but from our point of view we have to back up what we did."

Devin Toner hopes Chicago win gives Ireland mental edge over All Blacks

Devin Toner believes Ireland dispelled the All Blacks' "mystique" in Chicago, planting doubts in New Zealand minds ahead of Saturday's Dublin rematch.

Ireland claimed their first-ever win over New Zealand in 111 years of trying at Soldier Field on November 5, with lock Toner hopeful that historic victory carried with it some vital myth-busting.

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