Andy Farrell: “The bigger the challenge the more we stand up as Irishmen"

Irish coach is relishing the upcoming games against New Zealand beginning this November

 Head coach Andy Farrell Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Andy Farrell says that a three-game Test series in New Zealand is exactly where his Ireland team want to be at the end of another gruelling rugby season.

Ireland didn’t face the All Blacks on their own patch until 1976 but they have drawn a blank on every single visit. The last was a three-Test tour in 2012 which ended with a 60-0 spanking in Hamilton and that just one week after the tourists were cruelly denied late on in a 22-19 loss.