Easterby: We don’t accept being ‘gallant losers’ anymore

A lot about the dynamic between Ireland and the All Blacks has changed since the Dublin heartbreak of 2013, and Joe Schmidt has been at the centre of that shift to a more even footing.

A month shy of six years ago, Schmidt closed out his first November series as Ireland head coach with that classic heroic failure, a 24-22 defeat to a New Zealand side digging deep into their reserves and relying on muscle memory and DNA to come from behind and get over the line with the last kick.