Beauden Barrett cautious of Irish threat

It’s an experience that Ireland would rather bury under the mountain of days and weeks that have built up since but Beauden Barrett was more than happy to dig deep into the memory vault yesterday when talk turned to his All Black debut.

Just turned 21, the Kiwi out-half was an early replacement for an injured Aaron Cruden for that third summer test in Hamilton. Spooked by Ireland in Christchurch the week before, when they needed a Dan Carter drop-goal to win, New Zealand had already gone about making amends.