All Blacks coach on Ireland:  'We are seeing an expansion in ambition of what they want to do with the ball'

11 November 2021; Head coach Ian Foster during a New Zealand All Blacks rugby squad training at UCD Bowl in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

All Blacks boss Ian Foster believes Ireland are a more potent attacking force than when New Zealand last played them in 2019.

The All Blacks had lost twice in three games to Joe Schmidt’s Ireland in 2016 and 2018 but exacted their revenge in Japan a little over two years ago with a 46-14 World Cup quarter-final hammering in Tokyo.