Baby Blacks gave Caelan Doris taste of New Zealand challenge

Ireland's Caelan Doris with Tadhg Furlong, Ronan Kelleher, Jack Conan, and James Ryan against Japan. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Caelan Doris was sitting on the bench in Kutaisi, Georgia four summers ago when Conor Fitzgerald kicked the Ireland U20s into a 3-0 lead against the Baby Blacks in the World Championship. ‘Oh jeez, here we go,” he thought.

Well, not quite.